Grimes has revealed in a brand new interview that one among her songs, ‘California’, was written whereas she was “cosplaying” as Taylor Swift.
Whereas talking to Okay-pop lady group aespa for Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians collection, Grimes and the group exchanged their ideas on expertise and AI in music and extra. aespa’s Giselle requested Grimes how she got here up with the sounds of her 2015 songs ‘California’ and ‘Simply’, including that she loves each tracks.
“‘California,’ I feel I used to be simply doing Taylor Swift cosplay, nevertheless it’s additionally vaguely about how the media is obsessive about portraying you as this troubled soul or one thing,” Grimes mentioned in response to Giselle’s query. “I don’t know in case you guys get that the identical approach in your media.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Grimes was requested by aespa member Ningning if she was getting ready for a brand new album. Whereas Grimes says she has “an entire album” prepared, she’s not releasing it simply but as she’s readying an AI album to launch on the similar time and is “going to make them compete”.
Grimes went on to clarify: “I’s form of an experiment about AI versus humanity. I’m working with a bunch of children utilizing varied varieties of AI within the Grimes model. I’m feeding them coaching information and varied issues. They’re doing the AI factor and all of the artwork for it. After which I’m doing my factor and the artwork for it. I need them to compete.”
Grimes’ newest album was the 2020 effort ‘Miss Anthropocene’, which scored a four-star evaluate from Rhian Daly for NME. Daly wrote: “On ‘Miss Anthropocene’ Grimes proves herself as soon as once more to be the grasp of her personal future, refusing to let any outdoors forces steer her from the course she’s chosen for herself, even when the album itself does deviate from the anticipated script. It’s a file full of creativeness and full of magnificence. It’s additionally a becoming subsequent step for an artist who’s constructed her popularity as somebody who refuses to maintain in keeping with the remainder of the world.”
