it's not like she needs to be in a studio with a producer, band, engineers, etc.
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 28 October 2013 13:22 (ten years ago) link
maybe she doesn't spend any time at all on music, maybe she just fucks around on tumblr for hours on end until she passes out
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Monday, 28 October 2013 13:24 (ten years ago) link
ahah. maybe !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 28 October 2013 13:32 (ten years ago) link
otm
― Tip from Tae Kwon Do: (crüt), Monday, 28 October 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link
Signed with Roc Nation.
― mums go off when i enter the building (monotony), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
how many cute animals were in that contract
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/BMFQWBl.jpg
― markers, Saturday, 25 January 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
Wut
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 25 January 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
she's on instagram now as "actuallygrimes"
― markers, Sunday, 26 January 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/mT39CNP.png
― markers, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 01:19 (ten years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/53538-grimes-at-work-on-new-album-no-release-date-set/
― tɹi.ʃɪp (Treeship), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 01:40 (ten years ago) link
"a toast, to all the Lorde money you'll be making us soon" xp
― some dude, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 01:42 (ten years ago) link
i wonder if jay-z is like me, in that he still listens to visions at least once a month
― tɹi.ʃɪp (Treeship), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 01:47 (ten years ago) link
has blue ivy heard visions
― katherine, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 02:00 (ten years ago) link
has she stepped foot in an old navy
― balls, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 02:06 (ten years ago) link
http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/84400601704/tbt
― markers, Thursday, 1 May 2014 20:14 (ten years ago) link
http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/86126857724/a-recording-of-my-voice-heehehoo
― markers, Sunday, 18 May 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
Thk u grimes for introducing me to "I luh you papi"
― funny and lolexander (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 19 May 2014 12:00 (nine years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/55446-grimes-says-she-wrote-a-song-for-rihanna-that-got-turned-down/
― how's life, Thursday, 5 June 2014 15:37 (nine years ago) link
cool story bouch
― ₴HABΔZZ ¶IZZΔ (Hurting 2), Thursday, 5 June 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
I wrote a song for Rihanna too, got turned down tho, wanna hear it
re-recorder the visions songs ??what the !?
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
tbh I'm intrigued. Some of the songs on Visions were cool but missing something.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
hum. I can't see how this could be any good... reminds me of the thread about re-recorded albums (that are always shitty).anyway, looking forward to the new album !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:13 (nine years ago) link
seems like she only re-recorded the tracks for her live show, not for release? makes sense, i'm sure she feels like she can make them sound a lot better now.
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
That's what I was thinking. Bedroom recordings sounding different at pitchfork fest or whatever. Haven't seen her live though, so I don't know.
― how's life, Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/actuallygrimes/go-1/
"The look is an anime elf assassin who is a big fan of dolly parton and patsy cline"
<3<3<3<3
I love the percussion in this (and the bass is cool too), like how she's using handclaps where hi hats would be, and the cool metallic kling klang stuff at the end! Grimes is so awesome!
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
oh wow.
― how's life, Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
how she's using handclaps where hi hats would be
has been done in that exact way on 50 million popular songs in the past 3 years fyi
― some dude, Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
lol at the avalanche of fan comments on there hating the EDM breakdown
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
uh it's decent i guess (not really, kinda boring actually) but if i didn't know it was grimes i don't think i would have given it even one full listen
― dyl, Thursday, 26 June 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
i am glad she is angering her fans tho, they need to be angered more
Right.
I like this song a lot after two listens (wasn't sold after one).
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
I'd say at this point, I listen to a lot of music made my women. Probably more than music made by men. However, it creeps me out beyond belief when I see the fans of a lot of these women claim ownership of the particular artist's will and choices they make, and seeing how people were commenting on the new Grimes track just reminded me of that.
Quit being gross bossy fans, you dopes. These are grown ass women and they can do what they want...even if that means including a drop.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
drop is dumb, song is pretty dumb
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 26 June 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
But are you suggesting that these fans claim ownership of a particular artist's will and choices because they are female? Because I'm pretty sure there would be the same amount of complaining if a track like this was put out by a male artist, like Panda Bear for instance.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 26 June 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
I'm just saying I see it happen more with female artists, but I'm sure Austin Mahone and Twin Shadow and whoever else get a bit of it too.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 26 June 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
lol at handclaps exchange
on first listen this does a better job of extending the Grimes brand into EDM than the taylor swift single from last summer did hers so w/e
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Thursday, 26 June 2014 22:43 (nine years ago) link
It doesn't happen more often with women musicians. You're imagining things.
― Cousin Slappy, Thursday, 26 June 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link
apparently this was the song written for rihanna
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 26 June 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link
yeah that's the narrative
― Number None, Thursday, 26 June 2014 22:58 (nine years ago) link
yeah it could be any fucker this.
― piscesx, Friday, 27 June 2014 00:08 (nine years ago) link
However, it creeps me out beyond belief when I see the fans of a lot of these women claim ownership of the particular artist's will and choices they make, and seeing how people were commenting on the new Grimes track just reminded me of that.Quit being gross bossy fans, you dopes. These are grown ass women and they can do what they want...even if that means including a drop.
people love the DIY aspects of "Visions," which Grimes made on her computer using Garageband. i personally really liked the album in part because the eclecticism of its influences felt really personal, right down to the akhmatova quotes on the album sleeve she designed herself. it's an indie album that appealed to indie fans with indie sensibilities. how do you expect them to react to this song? i get that some of the reactions are probably extreme and over-dramatic but i think most of the backlash is from fans who feel that grimes' music is important to them personally. many are probably teenagers. i don't think it has to do with not respecting her autonomy because she is a woman.
― Treeship, Friday, 27 June 2014 01:19 (nine years ago) link
n.b. i like the new track fine.
I haven't really dug around to read any supposed "backlash" but are people really surprised that she has gone hi-fi / come out of the bedroom after previously participating in huge tours with Skrillex and Diplo, signing to Roc Nation, and for many years now professing a love for a lot of major label pop music? Not only that but she played this song a few weeks ago at the Governor's Ball, cameraphone youtubes of which were posted by pitchfork et al, where the presence of a "drop" was fairly evident?
fwiw i don't think her album will all sound like this. I recall 'Go' being labelled on her Twitter as "different from regular Grimes" before she played it live, and the fact that the song is being given away as a free download at least 6-7 months before an actual album release seems to suggest it will eventually be relegated to bonus track status / a fun little anomaly à la 'Phone Sex'.
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Friday, 27 June 2014 01:40 (nine years ago) link
o ok wow i'm convinced thanx
― dyl, Friday, 27 June 2014 02:03 (nine years ago) link
yeah grimes has written at length about how she is constantly patronised by dudes thinking she doesn't know what she's doing as a producer or that she doesn't know anything about musical equipment
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Friday, 27 June 2014 02:30 (nine years ago) link
oh yeah, that's totally an issue. i just think that the backlash against this song is a separate issue and i don't think there is anything inherently sexist about hoping her new album is more similar to her last album than to a skrillex album. it seems outrageously condescending to like, not criticize something you don't like because you think the artist's autonomy is so fragile it must be nurtured and supported at all costs.
on another note, i agree with monotony that i think her new album will sound totally different from both this single and anything she's released in the past. i hope to be surprised by her new album and i expect to be.
― Treeship, Friday, 27 June 2014 02:55 (nine years ago) link
It's gonna be children of men jams crazy
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 27 June 2014 03:19 (nine years ago) link
i just think that the backlash against this song is a separate issue
Right. I get that people might be taken aback by a style shift as dramatic as this one, but the way some of the pushback has been phrased is the same as I've seen with other female artists—especially the ones who are active on social media. All these fans flock to them very quickly and then get really possessive and creepy about every move they make. Can I cite examples? Not really. It's just a tone I've picked up by following Marina & The Diamonds and Charli XCX and Betty Who and Sky Ferreira and MØ and whoever else and seeing the fawning messages of support turn when something they don't like happens.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 June 2014 03:32 (nine years ago) link