Grimes/Claire Boucher thread

I just think it’s weird to criticize her for “inviting the male gaze.” She would anyway as a young woman, first of all, even if she explicitly tried not to; secondly, it doesn’t seem like she is invoking any problematic/sexist tropes in this image.

Inviting the Elon gaze.

i'll be back on board if this actually turns out to be her nu-metal pivot

whatever her flaws I've certainly never thought of her as an artist who panders to a trad "male" audience in any way

For sure

Boobs and butt for everyone! Lesbians can gaze as well.

Lovely

fp’d you obviously

lmao at this comment on the gram

Sort of disturbed to find this rhetoric enter into the style. It is naive to consider that the robot overlords aren’t controlled by the same powers that we should be resisting. Appreciate power in the small places please.

Lol. If grimes is truly pro AI takeover than it looks like my politics might diverge from hers. Still stoked for the album.

Just clicked thru to the photographer's feed; there is some legit "boobs and butt" happening over there (moreso than I thought was even permitted on Insta!)

Why would you take offense to that? I don't know you at all. If you're queer as well, my bad.

Who are you addressing?

Nevermind. Grimes has nice boots.

"If you want a vision of the future, imagine Grimes's left boot in the extreme foreground of an Instagram post -- forever."

That said, I hope Grimes isn't dissected into oblivion by fans and critics alike. She's so damn likable, but even better than that she has interesting songs and you can actually dance to some of them. The ideas behind them are what stick out for me.

― Cousin Slappy, Friday, March 16, 2012 11:34 AM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes. Guard your manic pixie/gnat.

― Cousin Slappy, Monday, March 9, 2015 8:32 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

She's a 30yo, grown woman. She is well past the point of needing help being a shitty person. Why not just go full misogny and say she's been dickmatized?

― Cousin Slappy, Thursday, May 24, 2018 12:00 AM (six months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Boobs and butt for everyone! Lesbians can gaze as well.

― Cousin Slappy, Wednesday, November 28, 2018 12:03 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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I'll probably listen to a new album and really enjoy it

here's the single

https://vimeo.com/303323077

wow brad you were sorta right

this is great :/

ugh god it sucks this artist keeps making interesting music that i like fuck

love it

it's really good and so was her single with Poppy a month or so ago

the thing about grimes is, she is a brilliant artist, even if she dates weird billionaire dudes or violates cousin slappy's code for modesty

this song makes me think ... she should do an album with devin townsend

^^^^ exactly what i wanted to fuckin hear

this rules, great to have her back

i'll be back on board if this actually turns out to be her nu-metal pivot

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, November 28, 2018 12:55 PM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

back on board!!!

is this grebo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYG_4vJ4qNA

and here's the video

Great single. Her vocals in the chorus remind me of Ladytron so much.

I know this has been a brilliant year for albums already and I'm just being greedy, but I'm really hoping the album will come in the next few weeks.

This is a very strange song

lmao this might be the first Grimes song I actually like, can't tell if she's doing an earnest tech-fascism or an irony tho

“We Appreciate Power” is written from the perspective of a Pro-A.I. Girl Group Propaganda machine who use song, dance, sex and fashion to spread goodwill towards Artificial Intelligence (it’s coming whether you want it or not). Simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you’ve supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring.

so it's in character but i wouldn't say it's meant to be ironic

but like, of course she'd write a song about roko's basilisk lol

this wasn't in the pre-covers right?

ugh she knows how to get a simple hook stuck in your head

compares well to previous illuminaticore heelturns

something grotesque about it of course but there always was, cf grimes as cool-kid commodifier of soft weirdness

yeah it wasn't on the album tracklist she posted earlier in the year. some demos from that did leak today though

This is much more to my liking than anything on Art Angels. Cautiously optimistic.

I haven't heard the song yet but this is a legit contender for creepiest ILM thread.

Agreed. It reads like a more sophisticated instantiation of 'why because she look interesting'.

Song rules.

that is a hilarious song

obv satire

this is like a really chill Fear Factory ballad.

I wonder if the whole album will be about AI

I also wonder if she believes AI is a true threat.

Is this somehow going to tie in with Dirty Computer?

Idk what that is.

It's a concept album by Janelle Monae that came out earlier this year and featured a Grimes guest spot.

Oh. My gut tells me no. A new Grimes album is a big event, I don’t think she’s make it a tie in to someone else’a project.