Claire Boucher divulges origin story behind her Grimes moniker
A couple of days ago the producer/electronic musician took to Twitter to explain the accidental awesomeness behind her nom de guerre, Grimes.
It gets a bit tangent-y, but is kind of interesting nonetheless.
on myspace ur genre could be grime and u could have 3 genres so i was plural grime, b4 knowing what grime was
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
i was very please to discover that i actually loved grime music
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
dizzee is one of my all time favorite musicians, discovered him whilst googling 'grime', guess i am so named cuz like dizzee, wiley etc
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
an odd series of events
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
i was originally too embarased of this story so i told journalists i was named after frank grimes, who is also very cool
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
or wait, no i said i was named after someone else named grimes argh, -- see this is why you shouldnt lie to journalists
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
frank grimes is possibly best simpsons ep tho
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
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