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.
GRIMESIt 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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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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When an artist, or whomever, moves from their scene to the bigger pond, it starts getting crazy, because all of a sudden people don’t respect you, and you have to start being a lot more aggressive than you would normally be.
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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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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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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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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 Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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I’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
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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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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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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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