Fashion can be a really powerful tool, but it’s also a place where you can be totally humiliated and have your power taken from you.
GRIMESI only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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I don’t even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
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It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it’s really important for me to not break the groove.
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I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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I find it really hard to throw myself into something artistically where I’m making up a whole character and finding something for that character to do.
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I don’t have any money to hire actors. I just need to get people who are going to do a good job being themselves.
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Lately I’ve been really into screaming a lot through delay [effects], having seven people on stage topless going crazy, stuff like that. Really in your face, but maybe more organic than choreographed dance moves.
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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
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I think a lot of music that’s really innovative is not even considered because it was made by people who had a sexual image. And people assume that it’s a commodified thing, so it can’t be “indie.”
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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Obviously, I like things that are cute and aggressive at the same time, but I didn’t want it to just be mini-bangs and lip-syncing in a dress. I need to get away from that stuff.
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I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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If painters could be compared to filmmakers, Bosch is the Hype Williams of renaissance painters. With Bosch, there’s always a narrative that is very nonlinear – and that’s the essence of a good music video.
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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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