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[floatboxright: Influences: Music/AnimalCollective, Music/DavidBowie, Music/MariahCarey, Music/{{Beyonce}}, Lata Mangeshkar, Dandi Wind, Music/CocteauTwins, Portishead, Music/NineInchNails, Music/{{Tool}}, Music/YeahYeahYeahs, Music/BikiniKill, Music/TheSmashingPumpkins, Majical Cloudz, Music/DollyParton, Music/JoannaNewsom, Music/AphexTwin, Music/{{Burial}}, Music/{{Enya}}, Yoko Kanno, Literature/{{Dune}}]

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[floatboxright: Influences: Music/AnimalCollective, Music/DavidBowie, Music/MariahCarey, Music/{{Beyonce}}, Lata Mangeshkar, Dandi Wind, Music/CocteauTwins, Portishead, Music/NineInchNails, Music/{{Tool}}, Music/YeahYeahYeahs, Music/BikiniKill, Music/TheSmashingPumpkins, Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu, Music/{{Vangelis}}, Majical Cloudz, Music/DollyParton, Music/JoannaNewsom, Music/AphexTwin, Music/{{Burial}}, Music/{{Enya}}, Yoko Kanno, Literature/{{Dune}}]
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[floatboxright: Influences: Music/AnimalCollective, Music/DavidBowie, Music/MariahCarey, Music/{{Beyonce}}, Lata Mangeshkar, Dandi Wind, Music/CocteauTwins, Music/Portishead, Music/NineInchNails, Tool, The Smashing Pumpkins, Majical Cloudz, Music/DollyParton, Music/JoannaNewsom, Music/AphexTwin, Burial, Enya, Yoko Kanno, Literature/{{Dune}}]

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[floatboxright: Influences: Music/AnimalCollective, Music/DavidBowie, Music/MariahCarey, Music/{{Beyonce}}, Lata Mangeshkar, Dandi Wind, Music/CocteauTwins, Music/Portishead, Portishead, Music/NineInchNails, Tool, The Smashing Pumpkins, Music/{{Tool}}, Music/YeahYeahYeahs, Music/BikiniKill, Music/TheSmashingPumpkins, Majical Cloudz, Music/DollyParton, Music/JoannaNewsom, Music/AphexTwin, Burial, Enya, Music/{{Burial}}, Music/{{Enya}}, Yoko Kanno, Literature/{{Dune}}]
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[floatboxright : Influences: Music/AnimalCollective, Music/DavidBowie, Music/MariahCarey, Music/{{Beyonce}}, [[UsefulNotes/Bollywood Lata Mangeshkar]], Dandi Wind, Music/CocteauTwins, Music/Portishead, Music/NineInchNails, Tool, The Smashing Pumpkins, Majical Cloudz, Music/DollyParton, Music/JoannaNewsom, Music/AphexTwin, Burial, Enya, Yoko Kanno, Literature/{{Dune}}]

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[floatboxright : [floatboxright: Influences: Music/AnimalCollective, Music/DavidBowie, Music/MariahCarey, Music/{{Beyonce}}, [[UsefulNotes/Bollywood Lata Mangeshkar]], Mangeshkar, Dandi Wind, Music/CocteauTwins, Music/Portishead, Music/NineInchNails, Tool, The Smashing Pumpkins, Majical Cloudz, Music/DollyParton, Music/JoannaNewsom, Music/AphexTwin, Burial, Enya, Yoko Kanno, Literature/{{Dune}}]
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[floatboxright : Influences: Music/AnimalCollective, Music/DavidBowie, Music/MariahCarey, Music/{{Beyonce}}, [[UsefulNotes/Bollywood Lata Mangeshkar]], Dandi Wind, Music/CocteauTwins, Music/Portishead, Music/NineInchNails, Tool, The Smashing Pumpkins, Majical Cloudz, Music/DollyParton, Music/JoannaNewsom, Music/AphexTwin, Burial, Enya, Yoko Kanno, Literature/{{Dune}}]
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* OlderThanTheyLook: You'll often see comments online of people shocked to learn she's currently in her mid-thirties.
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* WordSaladLyrics: Several of her older songs are this. She's said that early on in her career, she fundamentally did not understand that songs had lyrics and assumed all songs were just "saying bullshit," although this has changed on recent releases.

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* WordSaladLyrics: Several of her older songs are this. She's said that early on in her career, career she fundamentally did not understand that songs had lyrics and assumed all songs were just "saying bullshit," although this so many of her early lyrics [[SquatsInAName don't really mean anything]], though fans still attempt to analyze and create meaning out of them. This has changed on recent releases.
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** ''Halfaxa's'' original title was ''Glossolalia.''



* WordSaladLyrics: Several of her older songs are this.
** Early on in her career, she fundamentally did not understand that songs had lyrics and assumed all songs were just "saying bullshit," although this has changed on recent releases.

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* WordSaladLyrics: Several of her older songs are this.
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this. She's said that early on in her career, she fundamentally did not understand that songs had lyrics and assumed all songs were just "saying bullshit," although this has changed on recent releases.
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* CallBack: The background vocals on "Realiti" repeat, "I go back alone," a lyric that first appeared on "Heartbeats," a ''Halfaxa'' bonus track.
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* {{Troll}}: She describes herself as being one since she was young. This tends to get her in trouble with the media, such as when she lied about getting an "experimental eye surgery" or walking around reading [[Creator/KarlMarx ''The Communist Manifesto]]'' shortly after her breakup with Elon Musk went public.

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* {{Troll}}: She describes herself as being one since she was young. This tends to get her in trouble with the media, such as when she lied about getting an "experimental eye surgery" or walking around reading [[Creator/KarlMarx ''The ''[[Creator/KarlMarx The Communist Manifesto]]'' shortly after her breakup with Elon Musk went public.
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* {{Troll}}: She describes herself as being one since she was young. This tends to get her in trouble with the media, such as when she lied about getting an "experimental eye surgery" or walking around reading ''[[Creator/KarlMarx ''The Communist Manifesto]]'' shortly after her breakup with Elon Musk went public.

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* {{Troll}}: She describes herself as being one since she was young. This tends to get her in trouble with the media, such as when she lied about getting an "experimental eye surgery" or walking around reading ''[[Creator/KarlMarx [[Creator/KarlMarx ''The Communist Manifesto]]'' shortly after her breakup with Elon Musk went public.
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* {{Troll}}: She describes herself as being one since she was young. This tends to get her in trouble with the media, such as when she lied about getting an "experimental eye surgery" or walking around reading [[Creator/KarlMarx ''The Communist Manifesto'']] shortly after her breakup with Elon Musk went public.

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* {{Troll}}: She describes herself as being one since she was young. This tends to get her in trouble with the media, such as when she lied about getting an "experimental eye surgery" or walking around reading [[Creator/KarlMarx ''[[Creator/KarlMarx ''The Communist Manifesto'']] Manifesto]]'' shortly after her breakup with Elon Musk went public.
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* {{Troll}}: She describes herself as being one since she was young. This tends to get her in trouble with the media, such as when she lied about getting an "experimental eye surgery" or walking around reading [[Creator/KarlMarx ''The Communist Manifesto'']] shortly after her breakup with Elon Musk went public.

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** When their child was born, Grimes and Elon Musk declared that his name was [=X Æ A-12=] Musk. The letter [=Æ=] is known as "ash" when used in Old English.

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** When their child was born, Grimes and Elon Musk declared that his name was [=X Æ A-12=] Musk. The letter [=Æ=] is known as "ash" when used in Old English. She usually refers to him as [[AffectionateNickname "Little X."]]
** She calls her daughter, officially named Exa Dark Sidereal, "Y."
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While she's mostly retired from live performances, she still tours as [=DJ=].

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While she's mostly retired from live performances, she still tours as a [=DJ=].
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!! Grimes and her music contain examples of:

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!! Grimes and her music contain examples of:
My heart, I never see, I never feel, I never trope:
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* SurrealMusicVideo: "Vanessa" probably wins for the most surreal video, with kaleidoscope effects and girls smearing makeup all over their faces.
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In addition to her solo work, she has also collaborated with a myriad of other artists, such as Jack Antonoff (Bleachers), Music/CarolinePolachek, Music/JanelleMonae, {{Music/LOONA}}, Music/BringMeTheHorizon, [=BloodPop=], HANA, Music/{{Poppy}}, IC3PEAK, Ashnikko, BENEE, Illangelo, and Anyma, to name a few.

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In addition to her solo work, she has also collaborated with a myriad of other artists, such as Jack Antonoff (Bleachers), Music/CarolinePolachek, Music/JanelleMonae, {{Music/LOONA}}, Music/BringMeTheHorizon, [=BloodPop=], HANA, Music/{{Poppy}}, IC3PEAK, [=IC3PEAK=], Ashnikko, BENEE, Illangelo, and Anyma, to name a few.



* ChristmasSongs: "Christmas Song," a bonus track from ''Visions,'' and "Christmas Song II (grinch)," posted on her youtube channel. Both are collaborations with her stepbrother, rapper Jay Worthy.

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* ChristmasSongs: "Christmas Song," a bonus track from ''Visions,'' and "Christmas Song II (grinch)," posted on her youtube [=YouTube=] channel. Both are collaborations with her stepbrother, rapper Jay Worthy.
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In addition to her solo work, she has also collaborated with a myriad of other artists, such as Jack Antonoff (Bleachers), Music/CarolinePolachek, Music/JanelleMonae, {{Music/LOONA}}, Music/BringMeTheHorizon, Blood Diamonds/[=BloodPop=], HANA, Music/{{Poppy}}, Illangelo, and Anyma, to name a few.

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In addition to her solo work, she has also collaborated with a myriad of other artists, such as Jack Antonoff (Bleachers), Music/CarolinePolachek, Music/JanelleMonae, {{Music/LOONA}}, Music/BringMeTheHorizon, Blood Diamonds/[=BloodPop=], [=BloodPop=], HANA, Music/{{Poppy}}, IC3PEAK, Ashnikko, BENEE, Illangelo, and Anyma, to name a few.
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After the release of ''Visions,'' she went on tour opening for Lana del Rey. She released ''Art Angels'' in 2015, marking a stylistic shift and asserting her prowess as a producer, engineering and producing the entire album herself. Following a five-year hiatus, she released ''Miss Anthropocene'' in 2020, a ConceptAlbum about the goddess of climate change.

Her upcoming album, ''Book 1'', another concept album described as "lesbian space opera," featuring collaborations with other producers. The album has no set release date.

In addition to her solo work, she has also collaborated with a myriad of other artists, such as Jack Antonoff (Bleachers), Music/CarolinePolachek, Music/JanelleMonae, {{Music/LOONA}}, Music/BringMeTheHorizon, Blood Diamonds/[=BloodPop=], HANA, Music/{{Poppy}}, Illangelo, and Anyma, to name a few.

While she's mostly retired from live performances, she still tours as [=DJ=].
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* RealitySubtext: "I Wanna Be Software," an upbeat track about abandoning humanity and joining the computers, was released a few months after she [[https://pitchfork.com/news/grimes-unveils-software-to-mimic-her-voice-and-announces-2-new-songs/ open-sourced an A.I. version of her voice, free for other producers to use on their own songs.]] Grimes literally ''is'' software now.
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* RealitySubtext: "I Wanna Be Software," an upbeat track about abandoning humanity and joining the computers, was released a few months after she [[https://pitchfork.com/news/grimes-unveils-software-to-mimic-her-voice-and-announces-2-new-songs/ open-sourced an A.I. version of her voice, free for other producers to use on their own songs.]] Grimes literally ''is'' software now.
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** In the "Delete Forever" music video, she sits on the broken white throne from Anime/{{Akira}}.
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* LimitedLyricsSong: "Genesis" and "Be a Body."
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* ChangedForTheVideo: The "California" video uses a more subdued, synthier version of the song than the one on the album.

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** ''Geidi Primes'' is ConceptAlbum based on ''Literature/{{Dune}}''. Majority of song's titles are names of locations and characters from the novel.

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** ''Geidi Primes'' is ConceptAlbum based on ''Literature/{{Dune}}''. Majority of the song's titles are names of locations and characters from the novel.



** "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" by The Smashing Pumpkins gets name-dropped on "My Name is Dark."

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** "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" by The Smashing Pumpkins Music/TheSmashingPumpkins gets name-dropped on "My Name is Dark."



* VoodooDoll: Uses one in the "Flesh Without Blood" music video.



--> ''And I'll kill them if they try to hurt you''
--> ''You dethrone me, boy, what nerve''
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* MoodWhiplash: The music video for "Flesh Without Blood/Life in the Vivid Dream" which cuts from the upbeat "Flesh Without Blood" to the mournful "Life in the Vivid Dream" with little transition. Also extends to the visuals, which combine bright, kitschy colors and costumes with slasher horror.


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* SlasherSmile: Gives one of these in the "Flesh Without Blood/Life in the Vivid Dream" music video, covered in blood and brandishing a knife.
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* SpellingSong: "B-E-H-A-V-E, arrest us!"

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