Today sees experiemental Canadian artist Claire Boucher, more commonly known as Grimes, release her second music video for her track Genesis...
Who? Today sees experiemental Canadian artist Claire Boucher, more commonly known as Grimes, release her second music video for her track Genesis.
What? The mesmerising video is self-directed and features Grimes in various guises, accompanied by a gang, on a roadtrip across America, loaded with references to Japanese culture. A striking cyber-warrior, with pink plaits, pink talons, silver armour and white platforms weilding a sword is juxtaposed with a softer, pigtail-wearing Grimes, carrying a yellow snake.
"The video, mesmerising in its entirity, is a clever visual nod to Grimes ethereal sound"
Why? The video, mesmerising in its entirity, is a clever visual nod to Grimes' ethereal sound: hard meets soft; a rich mix of vocal elements and influences. The video follows Grimes' comments about the Russian government – the artist studied Russian literature at universitry – after their decisions on the well-documented Pussy Riot trial last week. "I went to school in Russia for a while, so I'm very familiar with it. It's funny to me because I think a lot of people are just realising now how f*cked up Russia is, and I'm not surprised at all that that situation is happening. I think it's something that happens more than people know", she said. " It's going to be a matter of time before things die off. But it's still a really racist, homophobic place."
Text by Laura Bradley
