History Music / ArtAngels

* {{Maximalism}}: Production-wise, ''absolutely,'' especially compared to her previous albums. Take a listen to any of the instrumentals and just try to pull back all of the layers. She even said that making the track "Artangels" was a [[https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1688038203394240513 "mind fuck puzzle" that nearly broke her computer.]] [[WalkingTechbane Though this seems to happen to her a lot.]]

''Art Angels'' received critical acclaim upon release, praising Grimes' songwriting and production skills. While on tour, Grimes and her friend/touring musician Hana made an album film titled "The Ac!d Reign Chronicles," containing music videos for every song on the album (and a few of Hana's) barring "Artangels," "Pin," and "Easily."

--> ''At first, I guess there was just Grimes... I don't technically have control over her narrative anymore. You know, she very much exists in pop culture now. Grimes, as one person, cannot represent more than a couple ideas. That's why I started developing some of the other characters, like, really abstract from who I am or how I am. You can start being an actor and like, start adding in more voices and start realizing that you don't just have to, like... not everything has to fully reflect you. The art angels are the face of it.''

--> ''At first I guess there was just Grimes... I don't technically have control over her narrative anymore. You know, she very much exists in pop culture now.'' -->''Grimes, as one person, cannot represent more than a couple ideas. That's why I started developing some of the other characters, like, really abstract from'' -->''who I am or how I am. You can start being an actor and like, start adding in more voices and start realizing that you don't just have to, like... not everything'' has -->''to fully reflect you. The art angels are the face of it.''

* SceneryPorn: The "Belly of the Beat" video, filmed in European mountains.

--> Your voice, it had the perfect flow
--> It got lost when you gave it up, though
--> 'Cause you want money, you want fame

--> I think you are my best friend, gentle, do not reprehend
--> I know it hasn't been a dream, but if you pardon, I will mend

''Art Angels'' (released November 6th, 2015) is the fourth studio album by Canadian musician Music/{{Grimes}}. The album was written, engineered, and produced solely by Grimes from 2013--2015. The album was preceded by the singles "Realiti (demo)," "Flesh Without Blood," "SCREAM," "Kill v. Maim," and "California." Unlike her previous album, ''Visions,'' which was made entirely on [=GarageBand=], ''Art Angels'' was produced with Ableton Live.

* LyricalDissonance: All over the place.

* OminousObsidianOoze: The "Venus Fly" video sees Grimes with angel-wings in a vat of a black oil-like substance, evoking a bird caught in an oil spill.

* FlagBikini: Wears an American flag mini-dress in the "California" video.

* VillianSong: "Kill v. Maim," is written from the perspective of (time-traveling vampire) Michael Corleone. The character called "Kill v. Maim" in the "Flesh Without Blood" video dresses in [[TheDon a suit and fedora]] in homage to this.

* V

* FlagBikini: Wears an American flag leotard in the "California" video.

* Capslock: "SCREAM."

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Visions'' was a spacey, moody dream-pop album with mostly indecipherable lyrics and a lonely atmosphere. ''Art Angels,'' by comparison, has a brighter, bolder electropop sound, with the lyrics taking more of a focus.

* Sampling: "Butterfly" samples "Penguin Dancer" by Masayoshi Takanaka.

''Art Angels'' received critical acclaim upon release, praising Grimes' songwriting and production skills. While on tour, Grimes and her friend/touring musician Hana made an album film titled "The Acid Reign Chronicles," containing music videos for every song on the album (and a few of Hana's) barring "Artangels," "Pin," and "Easily."

[[caption-width-right:1000:''Welcome to realiti.'']]

** She references Theatre/AMidsummerNight'sDream on "Pin:"

* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: "World Princess part II."
* SequelSong: "World Princess part II."

* WeUsedToBeFriends: "Flesh without Blood" is about the dissolution of a friendship.

* Sequel Song: "World Princess part II."

1. "laughing and not being normal"
2. "California"
3. "SCREAM (featuring Pan)"
4. "Flesh without Blood"
5. "Belly of the Beat"
6. "Kill v. Maim"
7. "Artangels"
8. "Easily"
9. "Pin"
10. "Realiti"
11. "World Princess part II"
12. "Venus Fly (featuring Janelle Monae)"
13. "Life in the Vivid Dream"
14. "Butterfly"

* LocationSong:

''Art Angels'' (released November 6th, 2015) is the fourth studio album by Canadian musician Music/{{Grimes}}. The album was written, engineered, and produced solely by Grimes from 2013--2015. The album was preceded by the singles "Realiti (demo)," "Flesh Without Blood," "Kill v. Maim," and "California." Unlike her previous album, ''Visions,'' which was made entirely on [=GarageBand=], ''Art Angels'' was produced with Ableton Live.

''Art Angels'' received critical acclaim upon release, praising Grimes' songwriting and production skills.

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