Grains photo biography

Born on March 17 in Vancouver, British Colombia Canada. Canadian singer, musician, songwriter, producer and artist. Grains was born on March 17 in the city of Vancouver, the British Colombia Province. Father has mixed roots. Mother has French and Italian roots. Grandmother for father is a Ukrainian. Due to the fact that my grandmother spoke Russian, in childhood, Claire was attracted by such personalities as Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, Nabokov, Tarkovsky.

She graduated from the Russian school in Vancouver.

She also attended a Catholic school. From early childhood, she began to get carried away with a ballet. Having moved to Quebec, she began to record music under the pseudonym Grimes, which later brought it universal fame. In the year, she again moved to Montreal, where she entered the University of McGill. I studied Russian again at the university. In the year, she threw her studies for the sake of music.

In the year, released the debut album of Geidi Primes on the Arbutus Records label. The disk became successful, which Grains did not expect. A year later, the second album was released - Halfaxa. The promoting disk was the song "Outer". In the year she starred in the short drama film of the Canadian director Matthew Rankin “Tabula Rasa”. In January, Graims reported on Twitter that she signed a contract with 4ad label, which later released her Visions album.

The album was recognized among musical critics and listeners. The first single from the album, Genesis, was released on January 9, shortly before the release of the record; It was followed by Oblivion, released on February 20. Video clips were removed on both compositions. The cover of the album was drawn by the singer herself, on the bottom right, a quote from Anna Akhmatova’s poem “Song of the last meeting” was made to it.

John Karamanika from New York Times called him "so far one of the most impressive records of the year." The observer All Music Guide Heler Fears wrote about him: "Fresh and, with all its bizarre, amazingly accessible to hearing, Visions is sturrent." PitchFork Media rated it at 8. Grimes - Genesis on June 26, published a single “GO” together with the musician Blood Diamonds.

In the year, the singer planned to release B-Side to the Art Angels album, but it was canceled. ART Angels was sold widely received from musical critics. According to Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating of reviews from the main critics, the album received an average score 88, which means "universal recognition" based on 27 reviews. According to Consequency of Sound, the album turned out to be maximalist, joyful and relaxed.

In the year, Graims shared information that it works on two records, one of which will have a lighter sound and will be the last release on the 4AD label, and the second is more experimental and dark. In June, Graims appeared in the Apple commercial - Behind the Mac, in which she spoke about the process of creating music, video, as well as paintings on her MacBook.

The video sounded a demo of her song “My Name Is Dark”. In early November, the singer reported on Twitter that the new music was “inevitable” and the fact that she completed work on the cover of a new single. The premiere of Single took place on November 29. According to the singer, the song “We AppredeCiate Power” was inspired by the work of the North Korean rock band Moranborg Band and was written on behalf of “supporters of artificial intelligence”.

She also wrote a musical screensaver for the animated series "Hilda" from Netflix. In January, the British rock group Bring Me The Horizon released the song “Nihilist Blues”, recorded together with the Canadian singer for their sixth studio album AMO. Grains described the song as a “very gloomy ballad” in the style of Nu-Metal about the battle with the balrog a demonic creature in the Universe of the Lord of the rings in the center of the Earth.

She described the record as "the conceptual album about the anthropomorphic goddess, which changes the climate." Grains also added that each song will be "the embodiment of the human extinction shown through the demonic pop star." The description under the video said that the release of her new single from the upcoming record would take place on September 13, but after a while the publication was deleted.

The Premiere of the Single took place on November 15, along with the release of the song, the pre-order of the album Miss Anthropocene, whose release was scheduled for February 21, became available. The song also became the soundtrack for the computer game Cyberpunk, in which Grains voiced the character Lizzy Wizzy. The singer opened two online exhibitions. One of the exhibits was a contract for owning part of the singer’s soul.

The star explained that I initially wanted to set a price of $ 10 million, but I realized that, taking into account the economic situation in the world, no one would pay that kind of money. In this regard, the artist invited customers to independently determine the cost of her soul. Grains growth: centimeters. Grains personal life: Grains for the year was in relations with Devon Welsh, a former frontman of the Canadian electronic group, Majical Cloudz.

They met while studying at the university. In the year, she will meet with billionaire Ilon Musk.In May, Graims officially changed her name with Claire Boucher on Xi Bush - a symbol of the speed of light in a vacuum. She never liked her former name. The picture gave rise to rumors about the possible pregnancy of the singer from Ilon Mask. Later, the singer confirmed her pregnancy.

There is no weapon on it, only speed. It is great in the fight, but without violence, ”said the singer. Grains added that the letter A in the name also means Archangel, "her favorite song." It is assumed that we are talking about the composition "Archangel" from the album "Untrue" British musician Burial. In September, the couple announced a parting. At the same time, they remained in good relations and continue to together educate children.