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Kill V. Maim by Grimes

Artist Biography For Grimes

Claire Elise Boucher Known Professionally As Grimes Is A Canadian Musician Singer Songwriter Record Producer Music Video Director And Visual Artist. Her Music Incorporates Elements Of Varied Styles And Genres Including Dream Pop Synth-Pop Art Pop Electronic Experimental Pop R&B And Hip Hop. Throughout Her Career She Has Released Five Studio Albums Two Extended Plays Eleven Singles And Four Promotional Singles. 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 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. Her Fourth Studio Album Art Angels 2015 Received Critical Praise And Was Named The Best Album Of The Year By Several Publications. Her Fifth Studio Album Miss Anthropocene Was Released In 2020. Her Next Album Book 1 Is Supposed To Be Released In Early 2023.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Kill V. Maim

"Kill V. Maim" Is A Song From Grimes' Fourth Solo Studio Album "Art Angels" Being The Sixth Track Off The Album And Second Promotional Single. A Music Video For The Song Was Released On January 19 2016. The Song Is Grimes‘ Favorite Off Of "Art Angels". She Told Q Magazine "“Kill V. Maim” Is Written From The Perspective Of Al Pacino In The Godfather Pt II. Except He’s A Vampire Who Can Switch Gender And Travel Through Space." Kill V. Maim Is A Character Who Also Makes An Appearance In “Flesh Without Blood ” According To A Fuse.Tv Interview In Which The Characters Are Explained. Kill V. Maim Is Described As “the Vampire.” The “Flesh Without Blood” Video Begins With The Label Of Act I And Later Flashes To Act II While The “Kill V. Maim” Video Begins With The Label Of Act III Hinting At Continuation Of The Same Story. The Music Video Was Directed By Grimes And Her Brother Featuring The Canadian Singer Driving A Tricked-Out Pink Car Dancing At A Blood-Soaked Rave And Wearing Black Wings À La Natalie Portman In Black Swan. The Video Also References Various Pop Culture Motifs Including Law & Order Anime The Legend Of Zelda And Blade. Grimes Wanted To Make A Harder Song With A Friend Of Hers Who Makes Aggressive Music But They Told Her No Because She Makes “cute Music.” In Order To Prove Them Wrong She Started Work On “Kill V. Maim.” Grimes Has Described “Kill V. Maim” As “Something I Would Want To Play During An Action Sequence In A Movie.” “I Had Been Watching Godfather And Godfather Part II And I Just Had This Thought In My Mind Of This Insane Movie That Would Just Be Like The Godfather With Vampires. Like A Combination Of Godfather And Twilight. I Just Wanted To Make The Trailer To The Fictional Movie In My Mind.”

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