Grimes

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Claire Boucher, aka Grimes, was raised in Vancouver's goth and industrial scenes, and started performing and recording while studying Russian language and neuroscience in Montreal. Drawing on a variety of influences from the punk of Blink 182 to 1990s R&B stars like Mariah Carey to the shoegaze Cocteau Twins, her early albums 'Geidi Primes' (2010) and 'Halfaxa' (2010) were initially given away on cassette and as free downloads as Grimes toured the country living in a tent and performing to handfuls of people.

A deal with legendary indie label 4AD led to a growing buzz, before 'Visions' (2012) was released to huge acclaim from the critics. With its ethereal synth-pop, it was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize and came in second on NME's Albums of the Year list, while her single 'Oblivion' was named Best Song of 2012 by websites Pitchfork and PopMatters. Another track from the album, 'Genesis', was also commercially successful.

After a hectic schedule of touring and writing for other artists, Grimes returned with her fourth studio album, 'Art Angels' in 2015 which includes the tracks 'Flesh Without Blood' and 'Kill V. Maim', alongside a collaboration with Janelle Monáe on 'Venus Fly'. The album hit number one on the Billboard Top Alternative Albums Chart, two on the Independent Albums Chart and 36 on the Billboard 200.

In 2016, Grimes collaborated with Hana in 'The Ac!d Reign Chronicles', which saw both artists in seven videos of their own respective songs, with Grimes' instalments including 'Butterfly', 'World Princess Part II', 'Belly of the Beat' and 'Scream'. Two years later, she collaborated with Janelle Monáe once again on Monáe's track 'Pynk' and then on Bring Me the Horizon's 'Nihilist Blues'.

Fifth studio album 'Miss Anthropocene' arrived in 2020 and includes the singles '4ÆM' and 'So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth'.

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03	Oblivion	Grimes	Visions	04:11
	Composers: Grimes
01	Genesis	Grimes	Genesis	04:15
	Composers: Grimes
01	Delete Forever	Grimes	Delete Forever	03:57
	Composers: Grimes
06	Kill V. Maim	Grimes	Art Angels	04:06
	Composers: Grimes
01	Shinigami Eyes	Grimes	Shinigami Eyes	02:39
	Writer: Claire "Grimes" Boucher / Composers: Claire "Grimes" Boucher - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese
05	4ÆM	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene	04:30
	Composers: Ganesh Chandanshive - Grimes - Nasir Faraaz - Sanjay Bhansali - Siddharth Garima
12	Venus Fly	Grimes	Art Angels	03:45
	Writer: Janelle Robinson / Composers: Grimes
02	Delicate Weapon	Grimes	Cyberpunk 2077: Radio, Vol. 2 (Original Soundtrack)	03:50
	Composers: Grimes
02	Face The Flamë	Yeat	ADL	03:44
	Writer: Noah Smith - Lucien Dunne - Benjamin Saint Fort - Abdul Moois - Yaroslav Sazhin - Artem Murashov - Elijah Milinin - Abdullah Hussein - Claire Boucher - Kentrell Gaulden / Composers: Noah Smith - Lucien Dunne - Benjamin Saint Fort - Abdul Moois - Yaroslav Sazhin - Artem Murashov - Elijah Milinin - Abdullah Hussein - Claire Boucher - Kentrell Gaulden
07	Fly To You (feat. Grimes and Dido)	Caroline Polachek	Desire, I Want To Turn Into You	04:05
	Composers: Caroline Polachek - Claire Elise Boucher - Daniel Harle - Dido Armstrong
01	Image (Grimes Special)	Magdalena Bay	Image (Grimes Special)	03:35
	Composers: Matthew Lewin - Mica Tenenbaum - Grimes - VADAKIN
01	Artificial Angels	Grimes	Artificial Angels	02:49
	Writer: Grimes / Composers: Grimes - VADAKIN - Grant Boutin
10	Symphonia IX (My Wait Is U)	Grimes	Visions	04:52
	Composers: Grimes
04	Flesh without Blood	Grimes	Art Angels	04:24
	Composers: Grimes
01	Violence (Original Mix)	Grimes	Violence	03:40
	Composers: Garrett Lockhart - Grimes
10	Realiti	Grimes	Art Angels	05:06
	Composers: Grimes
08	Be a Body	Grimes	Visions	04:20
	Composers: Grimes
11	World Princess part II	Grimes	Art Angels	05:05
	Composers: Grimes
10	Medieval Warfare	Grimes	Suicide Squad: The Album	03:01
	Writer: Claire Boucher
01	A Drug From God	Chris Lake	A Drug From God	03:12
	Writer: Chris Lake - Claire Elise Boucher - Gita Lake - Ian Massoth / Composers: Chris Lake - Claire Elise Boucher - Gita Lake - Ian Massoth
02	California	Grimes	Art Angels	03:18
	Composers: Grimes
01	Realiti (Demo)	Grimes	Realiti (Demo)	04:27
	Composers: Grimes
09	Pin	Grimes	Art Angels	03:32
	Composers: Grimes
11	Nightmusic	Grimes	Visions	03:58
	Composers: Grimes
04	Sagrad Прекрасный	Grimes	Halfaxa	05:11
	Writer: Grimes
09	Before the Fever	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	03:37
	Composers: Grimes
01	Entwined	Sub Focus	Entwined	03:41
	Writer: Nicolaas Douwma - Maegan Severia Cottone - Lloyd Zak Steven - Ollie Green - Moa Pettersson Hammar - Bruce Fielder - Claire Elise Boucher / Composers: Nicolaas Douwma - Maegan Severia Cottone - Lloyd Zak Steven - Ollie Green - Moa Pettersson Hammar - Bruce Fielder - Claire Elise Boucher
01	We Appreciate Power	Grimes	We Appreciate Power	05:35
	Composers: Chris Greatti - Grimes - HANA
07	Artangels	Grimes	Art Angels	04:07
	Composers: Grimes
02	Vanessa	Grimes	Darkbloom	05:24
	Writer: Grimes
05	Circumambient	Grimes	Visions	03:43
	Composers: Grimes
02	Welcome To The Opera	Anyma	Genesys	04:05
	Writer: Matteo Milleri - Christian Vornweg - Claire Boucher / Composers: Matteo Milleri - Christian Vornweg - Claire Boucher
01	Infinite Love without Fulfilment	Grimes	Visions	01:35
	Composers: Grimes
12	Skin	Grimes	Visions	06:09
	Composers: Grimes
07	Visiting Statue	Grimes	Visions	01:58
	Composers: Grimes
03	SCREAM	Grimes	Art Angels	02:20
	Composers: Grimes - Pan Wei-Ju
09	Colour of Moonlight (Antiochus)	Grimes	Visions	03:59
	Composers: Grimes
13	Life in the Vivid Dream	Grimes	Art Angels	01:27
	Composers: Grimes
02	Darkseid	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	03:44
	Composers: Grimes - Pan Wei-Ju
01	So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth (Art Mix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	06:08
	Composers: Grimes
03	Crystal Ball	Grimes	Darkbloom	03:16
	Writer: Grimes
08	Easily	Grimes	Art Angels	03:03
	Composers: Grimes
08	You'll miss me when I'm not around	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	02:41
	Composers: Grimes
07	My Name is Dark (Art Mix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	05:56
	Composers: Grimes
06	Vowels = space and time	Grimes	Visions	04:21
	Composers: Grimes
13	Know the Way	Grimes	Visions	01:44
	Composers: Grimes
01	laughing and not being normal	Grimes	Art Angels	01:47
	Composers: Grimes
04	Violence (REZZ Remix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Rave Edition)	03:15
	Composers: Garrett Lockhart - Grimes
05	Belly of the Beat	Grimes	Art Angels	03:25
	Composers: Grimes
14	Butterfly	Grimes	Art Angels	04:12
	Composers: Grimes
12	My Sister Says The Saddest Things	Grimes	Halfaxa	04:11
	Writer: Grimes
01	Entropy	Grimes	Entropy	03:04
	Writer: Jack Antonoff - Claire Boucher / Composers: Jack Antonoff - Claire Boucher
01	Player Of Games	Grimes	Player Of Games	04:05
	Writer: Claire "Grimes" Boucher / Composers: Claire "Grimes" Boucher - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese
06	New Gods	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	03:15
	Composers: Grimes
10	IDORU	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	07:12
	Composers: Grimes
04	Eight	Grimes	Visions	01:47
	Composers: Grimes
01	Go	Grimes	Go	04:00
	Composers: Grimes - Michael Diamond
07	Dream Fortress	Grimes	Halfaxa	05:00
	Writer: Grimes
04	Rosa	Grimes	Geidi Primes	03:12
	Writer: Grimes
13	Hallways	Grimes	Halfaxa	05:43
	Writer: Grimes
05	Avi	Grimes	Geidi Primes	02:35
	Writer: Grimes
01	We Appreciate Power (Algorithm Mix)	Grimes	We Appreciate Power (Algorithm Mix)	03:44
	Composers: Chris Greatti - Grimes - HANA
03	Weregild	Grimes	Halfaxa	05:13
	Writer: Grimes
04	Taratata	Anyma	The End Of Genesys (Deluxe)	03:22
	Writer: Grimes - Matteo Milleri - Cassian Stewart-Kasimba / Composers: Grimes - Matteo Milleri - Cassian Stewart-Kasimba
06	Devon	Grimes	Halfaxa	04:30
	Writer: Grimes
13	Violence (Club Mix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	04:12
	Composers: Garrett Lockhart - Grimes
01	Pretty Dark (Demo)	Grimes	Pretty Dark (Demo)	04:12
	Composers: Grimes
08	World ♡ Princess	Grimes	Halfaxa	04:40
	Writer: Grimes
15	IDORU (Algorithm Mix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	04:46
	Composers: Grimes
09	† River †	Grimes	Halfaxa	01:56
	Writer: Grimes
01	I Wanna Be Software	Grimes	I Wanna Be Software	03:38
	Writer: Grimes / Composers: Grimes - Illangelo
10	Swan Song	Grimes	Halfaxa	03:04
	Writer: Grimes
06	Feyd Rautha Dark Heart	Grimes	Geidi Primes	03:41
	Writer: Grimes
01	Kill V. Maim (Little Jimmy Urine Remix)	Grimes	Kill V. Maim (Little Jimmy Urine Remix)	04:35
	Composers: Grimes
02	Intro / Flowers	Grimes	Halfaxa	02:49
	Writer: Grimes
01	A Drug From God (Rebūke Remix)	Chris Lake	A Drug From God (Rebūke Remix)	03:08
	Writer: Chris Lake - Claire Elise Boucher - Gita Lake - Ian Massoth / Composers: Chris Lake - Claire Elise Boucher - Gita Lake - Ian Massoth
01	Caladan	Grimes	Geidi Primes	02:25
	Writer: Grimes
01	idgaf	Grimes	idgaf	02:14
	Composers: Grimes
02	So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth (Algorithm Mix)	Grimes	So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth	03:52
	Composers: Grimes
11	Beast Infection	Grimes	Geidi Primes	02:21
	Writer: Grimes
01	Outer	Grimes	Halfaxa	01:11
	Writer: Grimes
14	My Name is Dark (Algorithm Mix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	04:03
	Composers: Grimes
03	Last Day / Новый День	Ic3peak	KISS OF DEATH	03:06
	Composers: Anastasia Kreslina - Nikolai Kostylev
01	Hilda Main Theme	Grimes	Hilda: Season 1 (Original Series Soundtrack)	00:31
	Composers: Claire Elise Boucher
08	Venus in Fleurs	Grimes	Geidi Primes	02:43
	Writer: Grimes
05	Dragvandil	Grimes	Halfaxa	01:38
	Writer: Grimes
09	Grisgris	Grimes	Geidi Primes	03:22
	Writer: Grimes
02	Sardaukar Levenbrech	Grimes	Geidi Primes	02:05
	Writer: Grimes
07	Gambang	Grimes	Geidi Primes	01:34
	Writer: Grimes
03	Zoal, Face Dancer	Grimes	Geidi Primes	02:36
	Writer: Grimes
01	We Appreciate Power (BloodPop® Remix)	Grimes	We Appreciate Power (BloodPop® Remix)	06:10
	Composers: Chris Greatti - Grimes - HANA
02	We Appreciate Power (Nightcore Remix)	Grimes	We Appreciate Power	04:18
	Composers: Chris Greatti - Grimes - HANA
04	Urban Twilight	Grimes	Darkbloom	04:15
	Writer: Grimes
04	Welcome To The Opera (Adriatique Remix)	Anyma	Genesys II	05:13
	Writer: Matteo Milleri - Christian Vornweg - Claire Boucher / Composers: Matteo Milleri - Christian Vornweg - Claire Boucher
07	You'll miss me when I'm not around (Things You Say Remix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Rave Edition)	05:11
	Composers: Grimes
10	Welcome To The Opera (Kobosil 44 Symbiont Mix)	Anyma	Genesys II	03:10
	Writer: Matteo Milleri - Christian Vornweg - Claire Boucher / Composers: Matteo Milleri - Christian Vornweg - Claire Boucher
01	Ophia	Grimes	Darkbloom	01:09
	Writer: Grimes
01	So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth (ANNA Remix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Rave Edition)	06:45
	Composers: Grimes
01	A Drug From God (SOSA Remix)	Chris Lake	A Drug From God (SOSA Remix)	05:27
	Writer: Chris Lake - Claire Elise Boucher - Gita Lake - Ian Massoth / Composers: Chris Lake - Claire Elise Boucher - Gita Lake - Ian Massoth

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Discography

Albums

4AD Ltd: 21-02-2020

Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)

01	So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth (Art Mix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	06:08
	Composers: Grimes
02	Darkseid	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	03:44
	Composers: Grimes - Pan Wei-Ju
03	Delete Forever	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	03:57
	Composers: Grimes
04	Violence (Original Mix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	03:40
	Composers: Garrett Lockhart - Grimes
05	4ÆM	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	04:30
	Composers: Ganesh Chandanshive - Grimes - Nasir Faraaz - Sanjay Bhansali - Siddharth Garima
06	New Gods	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	03:15
	Composers: Grimes
07	My Name is Dark (Art Mix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Deluxe Edition)	05:56
	Composers: Grimes

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4AD Ltd: 21-02-2020

Miss Anthropocene

01	So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth (Art Mix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene	06:08
	Composers: Grimes
02	Darkseid	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene	03:44
	Composers: Grimes - Pan Wei-Ju
03	Delete Forever	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene	03:57
	Composers: Grimes
04	Violence (Original Mix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene	03:40
	Composers: Garrett Lockhart - Grimes
05	4ÆM	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene	04:30
	Composers: Ganesh Chandanshive - Grimes - Nasir Faraaz - Sanjay Bhansali - Siddharth Garima
06	New Gods	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene	03:15
	Composers: Grimes
07	My Name is Dark (Art Mix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene	05:56
	Composers: Grimes

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4AD Ltd: 21-02-2020

Miss Anthropocene (Rave Edition)

01	So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth (ANNA Remix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Rave Edition)	06:45
	Composers: Grimes
02	Darkseid (Richie Hawtin Remix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Rave Edition)	10:37
	Composers: Grimes - Pan Wei-Ju
03	Delete Forever (Channel Tres Remix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Rave Edition)	03:01
	Composers: Grimes
04	Violence (REZZ Remix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Rave Edition)	03:15
	Composers: Garrett Lockhart - Grimes
05	4ÆM	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Rave Edition)	04:30
	Composers: Ganesh Chandanshive - Grimes - Nasir Faraaz - Sanjay Bhansali - Siddharth Garima
06	My Name is Dark (Julien Bracht Remix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Rave Edition)	10:23
	Composers: Grimes
07	You'll miss me when I'm not around (Things You Say Remix)	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene (Rave Edition)	05:11
	Composers: Grimes

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4AD Ltd: 06-11-2015

Art Angels

01	laughing and not being normal	Grimes	Art Angels	01:47
	Composers: Grimes
02	California	Grimes	Art Angels	03:18
	Composers: Grimes
03	SCREAM	Grimes	Art Angels	02:20
	Composers: Grimes - Pan Wei-Ju
04	Flesh without Blood	Grimes	Art Angels	04:24
	Composers: Grimes
05	Belly of the Beat	Grimes	Art Angels	03:25
	Composers: Grimes
06	Kill V. Maim	Grimes	Art Angels	04:06
	Composers: Grimes
07	Artangels	Grimes	Art Angels	04:07
	Composers: Grimes

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Arbutus Records under exclusive license to 4AD Ltd: 31-01-2012

Visions

01	Infinite Love without Fulfilment	Grimes	Visions	01:35
	Composers: Grimes
02	Genesis	Grimes	Visions	04:15
	Composers: Grimes
03	Oblivion	Grimes	Visions	04:11
	Composers: Grimes
04	Eight	Grimes	Visions	01:47
	Composers: Grimes
05	Circumambient	Grimes	Visions	03:43
	Composers: Grimes
06	Vowels = space and time	Grimes	Visions	04:21
	Composers: Grimes
07	Visiting Statue	Grimes	Visions	01:58
	Composers: Grimes

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Singles

℗ 2025 Sub Focus, under exclusive licence to Universal Music Operations Limited: 31-10-2025

Entwined

01	Entwined	Sub Focus	Entwined			03:41
	Writer: Nicolaas Douwma - Maegan Severia Cottone - Lloyd Zak Steven - Ollie Green - Moa Pettersson Hammar - Bruce Fielder - Claire Elise Boucher / Composers: Nicolaas Douwma - Maegan Severia Cottone - Lloyd Zak Steven - Ollie Green - Moa Pettersson Hammar - Bruce Fielder - Claire Elise Boucher

2025 Nazgul Recording LLC, under exclusive license to Eternal Recurrence: 17-10-2025

Artificial Angels

01	Artificial Angels	Grimes	Artificial Angels			02:49
	Writer: Grimes / Composers: Grimes - VADAKIN - Grant Boutin

℗ 2024 Mom+Pop: 29-10-2024

Image (Grimes Special)

01	Image (Grimes Special)	Magdalena Bay	Image (Grimes Special)			03:35
	Composers: Matthew Lewin - Mica Tenenbaum - Grimes - VADAKIN

℗ 2022 Black Book Records, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.: 28-10-2022

A Drug From God (Rebūke Remix)

01	A Drug From God (Rebūke Remix)	Chris Lake	A Drug From God (Rebūke Remix)			03:08
	Writer: Chris Lake - Claire Elise Boucher - Gita Lake - Ian Massoth / Composers: Chris Lake - Claire Elise Boucher - Gita Lake - Ian Massoth

℗ 2022 Black Book Records, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.: 04-03-2022

A Drug From God (SOSA Remix)

01	A Drug From God (SOSA Remix)	Chris Lake	A Drug From God (SOSA Remix)			05:27
	Writer: Chris Lake - Claire Elise Boucher - Gita Lake - Ian Massoth / Composers: Chris Lake - Claire Elise Boucher - Gita Lake - Ian Massoth

(P) 2022 Nazgul Recording LLC, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment: 26-01-2022

Shinigami Eyes

01	Shinigami Eyes	Grimes	Shinigami Eyes			02:39
	Writer: Claire "Grimes" Boucher / Composers: Claire "Grimes" Boucher - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese

(P) 2021 Nazgul Recording LLC, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment: 03-12-2021

Player Of Games

01	Player Of Games	Grimes	Player Of Games			04:05
	Writer: Claire "Grimes" Boucher / Composers: Claire "Grimes" Boucher - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese

℗ 2021 Black Book Records, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.: 12-11-2021

A Drug From God

01	A Drug From God	Chris Lake	A Drug From God			03:12
	Writer: Chris Lake - Claire Elise Boucher - Gita Lake - Ian Massoth / Composers: Chris Lake - Claire Elise Boucher - Gita Lake - Ian Massoth

4AD Ltd: 12-02-2020

Delete Forever

01	Delete Forever	Grimes	Delete Forever			03:57
	Composers: Grimes

4AD Ltd: 03-01-2020

My Name is Dark

01	My Name is Dark (Art Mix)	Grimes	My Name is Dark	05:56
	Composers: Grimes
02	My Name is Dark (Algorithm Mix)	Grimes	My Name is Dark	04:03
	Composers: Grimes