Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
GRIMESI prefer making videos to making music.
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In America there’s lot of cool cities, but in Canada there’s, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they’re so expensive. Montreal is the only city that’s affordable but also has buses and culture.
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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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My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It’s a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district.
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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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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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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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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If I think about what other people are thinking when I’m making music, I just can’t do it. It’s too withheld – I need to go totally over the top, and then kind of clean it up a bit and make it more reasonable after the fact.
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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 think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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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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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
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