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.
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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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.
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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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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I feel like gender lines are changing. A couple of years ago, it wasn’t nearly as OK for guys to like girly-sounding music. But all of a sudden a lot of my guys friends who would like have been really disdainful of female singers are way more accepting.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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 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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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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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 have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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