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- Birth nameClaire Elise Boucher
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Claire Elise Boucher (born March 17, 1988), better known by the stage name Grimes, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and music video director. Born and raised in Vancouver, she first became involved with the underground music scene and began recording her own experimental music while attending McGill University in Montreal.
Boucher released the studio albums Geidi Primes and Halfaxa through Arbutus Records in 2010, and signed a secondary recording contract with 4AD in 2011. Her third studio album Visions (2012) and its singles "Genesis" and "Oblivion" received widespread critical acclaim; it was hailed as "one of the most impressive albums of the year so far" by The New York Times was nominated for the Polaris Prize, and received the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year. Her fourth studio album Art Angels was released in 2015 and has since become her highest-charting project in the United States peaking at number 36.
Grimes' music has been noted by critics and journalists for its atypical combination of vocal elements, as well as a wide array of influences across electronica and pop, hip hop and R&B, experimental and medieval music. In 2013, Grimes was awarded the Webby Award for Artist of the Year.
- IMDb mini biography by: Candas Karabacak - Claire Elise Boucher (born March 17, 1988), better known by the stage name Grimes, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and music video director. Born and raised in Vancouver, she first became involved with the underground music scene and began recording her own experimental music while attending McGill University in Montreal.
Boucher released the studio albums Geidi Primes and Halfaxa through Arbutus Records in 2010, and signed a secondary recording contract with 4AD in 2011. Her third studio album Visions (2012) and its singles "Genesis" and "Oblivion" received widespread critical acclaim; it was hailed as "one of the most impressive albums of the year so far" by The New York Times was nominated for the Polaris Prize, and received the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year. Her fourth studio album Art Angels was released in 2015 and has since become her highest-charting project in the United States peaking at number 36.
Grimes' music has been noted by critics and journalists for its atypical combination of vocal elements, as well as a wide array of influences across electronica and pop, hip hop and R&B, experimental and medieval music. In 2013, Grimes was awarded the Webby Award for Artist of the Year.
- IMDb mini biography by: Grimes
- ChildrenTechno Mechanicus Musk
- (July 16, 2019) Had part of her eyeball removed in an experimental surgery to cure seasonal depression.
- Dated Elon Musk from April 2018 to September 2021.
- In 2009, she and a school-chum constructed a house-raft, and spent three weeks journeying down the Mississippi River.
- Has two children with with ex-boyfriend, Elon Musk: son X Æ A-Xii Musk (b. May 4, 2020) and daughter Exa Dark Sideræl Musk (b. December 2021).
- In September 2023 she has 3 children with Elon Musk: Techno Mechanicus Musk, X Æ A-Xii Musk & Exa Dark Sideræl Musk.
- In my life, I'm a lot more weird than this.
- [when asked what advice she would give to a young girl aspiring to be a musician] I'd say learn about technology and learn about how to produce. If you can work on your own you don't even need anyone.
- I so need to be in love to make good art. The best is being heartbroken, or in a volatile relationship. My worst creative periods have been when I've just been in a stable relationship.
- I think my motto in life is just, "Don't be bored." Even if I'm having the worst time, I'm like, "Wow, this rules."
- Usually, the songs other people like are the songs that make me the most uncomfortable - so I usually try to allow some of those to make it onto the record.
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