I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
GRIMESIf 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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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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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 prefer making videos to making music.
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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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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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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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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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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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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 tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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