Claire Boucher divulges origin story behind her Grimes moniker

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