Grimes
Claire Elise Boucher (/buːˈʃeɪ/ boo-SHAY;[2] born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.[3][4] Her early work has been described as extending from "lo-fi R&B" to futuristic dance-pop,[5] and has incorporated influences from electronic music, hip hop, and rock. Her lyrics often touch on science fiction and feminist themes. The visuals in her videos are elaborate and sometimes have fantasy themes. She has released five studio albums.
For other uses, see Grimes (disambiguation).
Grimes
- Musician
- singer
- songwriter
- record producer
- music video director
- visual artist
2007–present
Elon Musk (2018–2021)
3
Jay Worthy (stepbrother)
- Vocals
- keyboards
- synthesizers
- guitar
- Arbutus
- 4AD
- Roc Nation
- Nazgul
- Columbia
Membrain
Born and raised in Vancouver, Grimes began releasing music independently after moving to Montreal in 2006.[6] She released two albums, Geidi Primes and Halfaxa, in 2010 on Arbutus Records, before signing with 4AD and rising to prominence with the release of her 2012 album, Visions. The album received the Canadian music industry Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year,[7] and yielded two singles: "Genesis" and "Oblivion". Following this, her fourth studio album, Art Angels, was released in 2015, and several publications named it the best album of the year.[8] Her fifth studio album, Miss Anthropocene, was released in 2020.
Outside of music, Grimes had a voice role in the 2020 action role-playing video game Cyberpunk 2077 and is a judge on the music competition game show Alter Ego. She has three children with the South African-American businessman Elon Musk.
Early life[edit]
Grimes was born Claire Elise Boucher in a wealthy Vancouver, British Columbia neighborhood,[9] on March 17, 1988,[10] the eldest child of Sandy Garossino, a former Crown prosecutor and arts advocate,[11] and Maurice Boucher, a former banker who works "in the business side of biotech".[12][13] She is of French Canadian (including Québécois), and Italian descent.[14][15][16][17]
Grimes and her younger brother, Mac, were raised Roman Catholic, and attended Catholic school in Vancouver.[18][19] She later commented that her religious upbringing had a significant impact on her: "It totally influences everything I do. I think I have serious latent Catholic guilt issues."[20] Her parents divorced when she was 11 years old, after which her mother remarried.[21] Through her mother's remarriage, she has two stepbrothers, one of whom is a member of the hip hop duo LNDN DRGS and performs under the name Jay Worthy.[22]
In 2006, Grimes graduated from Lord Byng Secondary School and relocated from Vancouver to Montreal to attend McGill University's joint Bachelor of Arts and Science program. "I was studying general Arts and Science degree, but I was in the electro-acoustics program" she said in early interviews.[23][24] However, she later claimed to have studied neuroscience.[25] She was expelled in December 2010 for skipping classes.[26][27][28]
Studio albums