Grimes/Claire Boucher thread

believe it or not, it is possible to hold in one's head the thoughts "I enjoy Grimes' music," "Grimes is an adult who can make adult decisions," "I question some of those decisions," "Elon Musk sucks on a personal and professional level," "it's shitty to publicly speculate about the specific kinks of real people who have not invited such speculation," and "that kind of speculation happens most frequently and with most salivation to women"

and also the thought "there is an elon musk thread and it's not here"

lol yeah i mean obviously but it's still surprising & disappointing at some level.

lol no it isnt

people feel very connected with artists

fools

and Grimes is an eminent millennial artist,

what even

with a history of activism & advocating for liberal/leftist causes.

none of this is real

so intellectually yeah

a very low bar indeed for what intellectual is tbqh

, it's easy to say "who cares who she dates/who she's seen with,"

yes. yes it is

and even if you don't care that it makes her look like a hypocrite,

which u shouldnt even if u swallowed any iota of the public persona of a pop performer

it's just disorienting

arah come on now, disorienting?

, like one of those mr. krabs memes.

dont know this are they good

― flappy bird, Tuesday, 8 May 2018 18:08 (fifty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sup flappy we still cool

lol ilm

katherine's closed the case imo

hi i didnt mean to indulge that creepy shit! i was simultaneously in another convo where someone was doing that "we need to PROTECT her" shit and i guess i got mad abt it here? it was dumb. i wish we could go back in time to when we were excited about LOONA + grimes u know? :(

lol yea dmac

let's hug it out yo

nope

u kno yr within yr god given right and i respect that

this thread has always sucked

I guess that's part of why I'm so conflicted about that Blood Diamonds song. I dig it, but it's so sexually charged that it makes me question my motives for liking it and Grimes overall. Am I into the music, or am I just another dude crushing on the cute girl? And again, how can I even make a distinction?

― Evan R, Thursday, June 7, 2012 7:17 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think the other thing is she has a little girl voice, so when she sings that "talk to me daddy" line, she's playing into some sort of icky fantasies

― Evan R, Friday, June 8, 2012 12:50 AM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Visions is sexy too, of course, but its sexiness comes from her overall energy and intimacy and the romanticism and physicality in her lyrics. This is the first track I've heard where she seems to be going for a deliberate Lolita thing, so it just feels a little cheap and easy

― Evan R, Friday, June 8, 2012 12:53 AM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is gonna sound weird, but i almost think visions is like love king, where like every element is its own little hook, one of the reasons i like it a lot

― "I know its hard to hear but I'm a Realest." (rennavate), Wednesday, April 4, 2012 12:57 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and yes i did just compare boucher to terius

― "I know its hard to hear but I'm a Realest." (rennavate), Wednesday, April 4, 2012 12:58 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

*yanks rope on bus*

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 4, 2012 1:09 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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The Trump era came early to ILM.

kill v. fp

but is she a electro-frankie vallie?

https://gizmodo.com/i-had-no-idea-who-grimes-is-but-after-20-minutes-of-mi-1825843922

btw fps for the use of the word 'gross' makes anyone using it sound so dumb

gross

lmfao @ those quotes whiney posted

what is even happening in this thread now

Dudes being dumbasses

Watch this play out in a 5-part narrative structure, in which the main action will coincide with upcoming album releases. (The music industry sucks and so on ...)

Also, interesting how all this will cross with the lyrics and who knows what else. Swift with a twist.

Also, dolphin.

2018: the year of Tesla Grimes and White Power Kanye.

Don’t forget our childish mangino

Manbino

Back to the music of Claire Boucher

Elon Musk names his favorite Grimes songs https://t.co/7KaAxal8C6 pic.twitter.com/bpSGV6L190

— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) May 9, 2018

he is already renaming her songs! :/

Who we gonna manic pixie dream girl now? :(

of course the guy from the car industry is going to pick kill v maim

odds that elon musk just went onto spotify and played the first 5 or so songs

you like grimes? name three of her records

hey i "like" grimes im not "in like" with her sheesh

deems what's your favourite grimes song

are u nuts i couldnt name a grimes song

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tvQAAOxy4kpQ9zRM/s-l300.jpg

xp it's REALiTi (demo) obv

https://image.ibb.co/fv4jJn/realit.jpg

"It's Grimes Time!! (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)" is my favorite

hmm doesn't seem to be on spotify 🤔

lmao @ the strib article mh dug up. a literal failboat.

how many signals can our rotten culture send that identifying with anyone is delusional? the sense of betrayal about all this is nauseating

deems I'm disappointed you're not a secret grimes fan but impressed at your dedication to ilx

this thread rules!

how many signals can our rotten culture send that identifying with anyone is delusional? the sense of betrayal about all this is nauseating

― goole, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 1:43 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

First, I don't care about Grimes as an idol nor would I identify with her, I think Visions was great and Art Angels was poor and that's the extent of what I think about Grimes as a musician. It would take much more than dating Elon Musk for me to not give her next LP a try. However, she does have her hands in many causes that I do care about, and those causes come in direct conflict with the libertarian visions that Elon Musk has been barking constantly. I think that's ground for disappointment, and I think it's fair to wonder if she has been sincere about her politics.

Second, I think identifying with positive figures is a great thing to do (to a certain extent) and I can totally imagine a 19 year old female musician having a hard time breaking out in the industry taking solace in the success of someone like Grimes. I don't think it's delusional, but I agree that there is no betrayal in the sense she doesn't owe anything to her fans.

deems I'm disappointed you're not a secret grimes fan but impressed at your dedication to ilx

― ogmor, Wednesday, 9 May 2018 18:50 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a vos service

vhs otm

i think it’s perfectly natural, fun even, to “identify with” (not sure what that means) an artist whose work you like and who seems cool in interviews or on social media. part of liking things is “identifying” with them. it’s also reasonable to be disappointed if they say something unchill. “identifying with anyone is delusional” is over the top. like who cares

Is it wrong to view this as an attention grab / publicity stunt by G?

yes

Musk just seems like a self obsessed douche so the whole thing is really confusing to me. Then again who am I to comment on the romantic lives of others. I really shouldn’t give a shit.