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.
GRIMESEspecially with music, people want confidence.
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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 want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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 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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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff 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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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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 love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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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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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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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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It’s important for people not to feel like doing things that are immature, stuff you have to try out when you’re a teenager, is bad, per se. Demonizing it is one of the reasons it becomes such an issue.
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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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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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