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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: Venus Fly
“Venus Fly” Features Janelle Monáe And Is One Of Grimes‘ Favorite Tracks Off Her Fourth Record Art Angels. This Song Encapsulates Boucher And Monáe Interrogating Someone For Looking At Them Using Threats Like Changing Their Appearance In Frightening Ways And Using Conventional Symbols Of Beauty As Weapons. “Venus Fly” May Be The Track Grimes Described As Being About “being Too Scary To Be Objectified.” The Artwork For “Venus Fly” Shows A Monstrous-Looking Woman Also Suggests This Interpretation. It May Also Be One Of The “diss Tracks” That Boucher Talked About In Her Fader Interview. The Song Was Used In A TV Advertisement For Stella McCartney’s POP Fragrance Which Also Featured Grimes In The Ad.
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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.
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“Venus Fly” features Janelle Monáe, and is one of Grimes‘ favorite tracks off her fourth record Art Angels.
This song encapsulates Boucher and Monáe interrogating someone for looking at them, using threats like changing their appearance in frightening ways and using conventional symbols of beauty as weapons.
“Venus Fly” may be the track Grimes described as being about “being too scary to be objectified.” The artwork for “Venus Fly” shows a monstrous-looking woman also suggests this interpretation.
It may also be one of the “diss tracks” that Boucher talked about in her Fader interview.
The song was used in a TV advertisement for Stella McCartney’s POP fragrance, which also featured Grimes in the ad. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.