Grimes
Claire Elise Boucher (/buːˈʃeɪ/;[2] born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian singer and musician.[3][4][2][5] Her music incorporates elements of varied styles and genres including dream pop, R&B, electronic music, and hip hop.[6]
Born and raised in Vancouver, Grimes began releasing music independently late in the first decade of the 2000s, releasing two albums, Geidi Primes and Halfaxa in 2010 on Arbutus Records. She subsequently signed with 4AD[3] and rose to fame with the release of her third studio album Visions in 2012. It produced the singles "Genesis" and "Oblivion", and received the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year.[7] Her fourth studio album Art Angels (2015) received critical praise, and was named the best album of the year by several publications.[8] Her fifth studio album, Miss Anthropocene, was released on February 21, 2020
Boucher was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[10] She is of French, Italian, Métis, and Ukrainian descent.[11][12][13][14] She was raised Roman Catholic, and attended Catholic school.[15] Her mother is Sandy Garossino, former Crown prosecutor and arts advocate;[16] her father, a former banker, works "in the business side of biotech".[17][18] In 2006, Boucher graduated from Lord Byng Secondary School and relocated from Vancouver to Montreal to attend McGill University focusing on neuroscience and Russian language, but left the school in early 2011 before finishing her degree.[19][20][21]
According to the timestamps on her original Myspace page, Boucher began writing music under the name Grimes in 2007. Her performer name was chosen because at the time, MySpace allowed artists to list three musical genres. She listed grime for all three, before knowing what grime music was.[22][23] Grimes is self-taught in music and visual art.
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