I prefer making videos to making music.
GRIMESI think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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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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 love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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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.
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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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