Regarding the KillVMaim video: I like the outfits and the videogame references but Claire and her brother should let someone else do the directing and editing of the videos. I can see the potential but it looks very tacky, the whole thing is sort of messy, some cuts going on for too long, some are too short, lips don't sync with the song... it doesn't match the energy of the song at all.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 4 February 2016 00:50 (eight years ago) link
I loved the video for Realiti mind you and they did that one too, but this one clearly required someone with more time and experience.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 4 February 2016 00:51 (eight years ago) link
i gotta agree with ya there. i'd allow a lot of leeway for amateurish charm, but its flaws aren't really charming, just feels off
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 4 February 2016 00:52 (eight years ago) link
Exactly what I thought too watching it. This song is so fast, but the video kind of drags.
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 4 February 2016 00:57 (eight years ago) link
lol of course aenima is on there. awesome
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 February 2016 01:00 (eight years ago) link
Video feels like fiftysomething dude's idea of what the young folk like. Tune is great though.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 4 February 2016 08:16 (eight years ago) link
She should have done a twenty something version of what the old folks like
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 4 February 2016 12:56 (eight years ago) link
eheh. what do 50smthg people like ? good restaurants, week-ends in the country, opera... (I'm closer to 50 than to 20 !)
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 4 February 2016 13:11 (eight years ago) link
So am I.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 4 February 2016 13:12 (eight years ago) link
She should have done an Adele album?
― MarkoP, Thursday, 4 February 2016 13:35 (eight years ago) link
I saw her live last night! She still doesn't know all the words to "Butterfly" yet and had a lyric sheet in her hand as an aide. Ave Maria cover was pretty ~wut~, but it kind of worked. The last time I saw her was 2012 and she barely spoke and was this intense figure darting between all her gear like she was frantically operating the motherboard of a spaceship. Now she spends a lot more time out front dancing and getting down, which suits her.
A lot of favourites from the new album were paid dust (no "World Princess pt II" or "Artangels") but "Kill V. Maim" was a riot.
― art baengels (monotony), Thursday, 4 February 2016 13:36 (eight years ago) link
She should have done a twenty something version of what the old folks likeShe should have done an Adele album?
ahah, following your comment I have checked and Adele and Grimes are the same age : class 88 !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 4 February 2016 13:47 (eight years ago) link
i'm sure that both are pretty happy with where they're at right now
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 4 February 2016 14:07 (eight years ago) link
It may me feel really old when she wrote about hearing "Fever to Tell" as some kind of formative listening experience. It seems like that just came out yesterday.
― o. nate, Thursday, 4 February 2016 21:14 (eight years ago) link
otm
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Thursday, 4 February 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
love that anecdote about Person Pitch.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 4 February 2016 21:39 (eight years ago) link
uh this is amazing (this is the dude from Mindless Self Indulgence apparently?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=89&v=m2W5yf_h8gM
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 4 March 2016 17:35 (eight years ago) link
whoops no it's this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2W5yf_h8gM
yeah, that's awesome. definitely the song the video wants it to be. love the fake scratching at the end, so perfect.
― leet gentlemen's club (contenderizer), Saturday, 5 March 2016 01:16 (eight years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, February 4, 2016 12:16 AM (1 month ago)
video feels like dressing up in dumb costumes w/ your friends & jumping around to loud music & being amazing ftw
― leet gentlemen's club (contenderizer), Saturday, 5 March 2016 01:20 (eight years ago) link
msi rules
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 March 2016 01:20 (eight years ago) link
http://www.stereogum.com/1865746/grimes-electrocuted-onstage-in-dublin/
Stupid sensationalist headline made me think she had died.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 07:28 (eight years ago) link
That's one of my pet peeves. Glad she hasn't been electrocuted. When it comes to onstage electrocutions, I mostly just think of the guy from Stone the Crows back in the 70s, but there was a singer who got killed just a few years ago in Argentina.
― how's life, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 09:56 (eight years ago) link
i've gotten electrocuted before while playing a show but usually that's cos it's in a crappy basement or otherwise makeshift venue w no grounding, not a real venue, that is bs.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 14:33 (eight years ago) link
0:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrKF3IDC6_c
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
surprised artangels didn't become the best selling album of all time or something.
― Treeship, Sunday, 17 April 2016 18:48 (eight years ago) link
kill v maim is way better than i originally realized
― Treeship, Thursday, 21 April 2016 04:48 (eight years ago) link
her ave maria is so gd
― 1st Amendment absolutist in favor of the unltd publication of sextapes (schlump), Thursday, 21 April 2016 05:11 (eight years ago) link
She did good, it's all that matters. Sure this could have, should have be more important than say, Taylor Swift in an ideal universe but she did good.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 21 April 2016 07:28 (eight years ago) link
these songs are so jam packed full of ideas. like, even a seemingly simple one like "california" has that pon de replay beat mixed with that rumbling western guitar line and just all this stuff you wouldn't think to put together.
― Treeship, Thursday, 21 April 2016 13:25 (eight years ago) link
but it never sounds busy or weighed down either. she's like a magician.
― Treeship, Thursday, 21 April 2016 13:27 (eight years ago) link
kill v main is my new jam though
the "eh" in "eh, i don't behave" is a nice canadian flourish in a song about a time traveling "italiana mobster looking so precious"
― Treeship, Thursday, 21 April 2016 13:32 (eight years ago) link
I am glad you like this treeship
― ogmor, Thursday, 21 April 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
i do. it is the best treeship.
― Keks + Nuss (contenderizer), Thursday, 21 April 2016 19:37 (eight years ago) link
I gave Art Angels a run for the first time in over a month yesterday and it didn't strike me as unimpeachable as it did initially. But I stand by my initial assessment that its' highlights are easily the best things she's recorded.
― Austin, Thursday, 21 April 2016 19:49 (eight years ago) link
My 3yo daughter is absolutely batshit insane in love with Kill V Maim, and I agree with her that it's a great song
― a hairy, howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Thursday, 21 April 2016 23:34 (eight years ago) link
i thought she was dinging "now don't be hateful"
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 22 April 2016 00:54 (eight years ago) link
wow i was v wrong
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 22 April 2016 00:55 (eight years ago) link
ha I thought that as well
― We quickly ate the feast as to leave ASAP (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 22 April 2016 05:12 (eight years ago) link
no i listened to it again yesterday closely and i still think it is "now don't be hateful"
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 23 April 2016 14:38 (eight years ago) link
Nooooo she verified the lyrics on "Genius"
― Treeship, Sunday, 24 April 2016 20:05 (eight years ago) link
As much as it pains me, I am going to have to disagree with you
― Treeship, Sunday, 24 April 2016 20:06 (eight years ago) link
it is not "don't be hateful"
― james brooks, Sunday, 24 April 2016 20:20 (eight years ago) link
I know this is redundant as hell, but man, 'REALiTi' is such a wonderful song. Just absolutely gorgeous and transcendent.
― Austin, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 16:55 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsCfufAp2tM
she used a completely different version of the song for this, much more subdued. once again the video starts off strong but goes nowhere, there are all these cool set pieces but nothing really happens, not very compelling, never gains momentum.
― flappy bird, Monday, 9 May 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
music videos don't need to go anywhere. it's fun watching her dancing around in weird outfits on cool sets.
love the new mix.
― Treeship, Monday, 9 May 2016 18:40 (eight years ago) link
It's a little disjointed, but I love all the set pieces individually. The new mix is v bitchin.
― how's life, Monday, 9 May 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
yeah, i'm feeling bitched
― da vinci beaver testicles (contenderizer), Monday, 9 May 2016 19:34 (eight years ago) link
i find it compelling me to turn into a bat and swoop swoop
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 00:13 (eight years ago) link
lol where was this music video supposed to go? Where did Hype Williams' videos ever go? I mean sure this jumps back and forth between lots of different stuff but I don't see it as a flaw
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 00:28 (eight years ago) link