Grimes Garage Vice photoshoot & interview

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The idiosyncratic pop star Grimes and the preeminent visual artist Rachel Rose, at ages 31 and 33, respectively, are part of a generation marked by unprecedented online access to knowledge and history. At the same time, they, like their peers, are also faced with the overwhelming evidence of our impending doom, and their work has reflected their experience growing up within this precarious space. Miss Anthropocene, the just-released fifth studio album from Grimes, gives name to a new goddess within a new world mythology of her creation, one whose deities wield dark powers over realms such as climate change, identity, social media—even plastics. Through her mesmerizing video installations, Rachel Rose translates historical and mystical notions of morality for our tumultuous modern era. 

RR: What was the process of starting the album? And do you even “start” an album, actually, or are you just always working and then suddenly it’s an album?

G: There’s usually one song. I think, often to the chagrin of the listener, I usually try to redefine my sound with every album, which I understand to be frustrating. I apologize for this, but I still think it’s better than if I was repeating myself. I feel like I’m talking to the comments section right now. [Laughs] So it’s always at one point, you just make a song that is radically different from anything you’ve made before. [Before] “4ÆM,” I was just feeling really down; the album didn’t feel like it was coalescing at all. Then I made “4ÆM” and I was like, “Oh, okay. This sounds ****ing crazy, and this doesn’t sound like any other music I’ve ever heard. This is definitely the starting point of this album. I can feel myself. This is some weird alien music—I can jump off from this point.” Once you have one song, it’s just so much easier to make more songs. You know you’re capable of surpassing your last thing. I just need to know that I’m finding a way to beat my previous self. Recently, I’ve been working more and more with my brother Mac, who’s sort of the opposite. He’s like, “Okay, we’re going to plan this from the top, and then we’re going to execute.” It’s weird—in a capitalist, egocentric, Western society, you always think it’s better to be on your own and not work with other people. And I feel like me and my brother Mac are creative partners, and we just have the exact same mind. I’m working on this digital avatar with him. We’re trying to create a clone of me that exists separate from me—that functions concurrent to me, that can, for example, work while I’m on maternity leave.

Full interview: https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/884kx4/grimes-by-rachel-rose

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Absolute queen I’m glad she’s close with Gaga (Or at least have respect for each other) my two faves 

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2 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said:

she looks so pretty here! 

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2 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said:

 

Is this the ultrasound of the baby? 😍

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2 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said:

We’re trying to create a clone of me that exists separate from me—that functions concurrent to me, that can, for example, work while I’m on maternity leave

YAAAAAS

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Just now, SOON said:

Is this the ultrasound of the baby? 😍

From a Gaga perspective it must be her upcoming album. 

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6 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said:

 I’m working on this digital avatar with him. We’re trying to create a clone of me that exists separate from me—that functions concurrent to me, that can, for example, work while I’m on maternity leave.