 Genius Meanings
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Grimes (Ft. BloodPop®) – Go
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Released by Grimes as a thank-you to the fans waiting for her next album. “Go” was initially written by Grimes and BLOOD for Rihanna, but was purportedly rejected by the pop star
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Grimes – REALiTi
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“REALiTi” was originally recorded for the follow-up to Grimes' 2012 breakthrough album, Visions, before she scrapped the whole thing. The song was then later released via a music
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Grimes – Delete Forever
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“Delete Forever” – originally titled “Black Swan Blues” – is the third track on Grimes‘ 5th album Miss Anthropocene. Grimes wrote and produced the guitar-based song herself.
The
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Grimes – Kill V. Maim
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“Kill V. Maim” is Grimes‘ favorite track off of her fourth LP, Art Angels. She told Q Magazine:
“Kill V. Maim” is written from the perspective of Al Pacino in The Godfather Pt II
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Grimes – Flesh Without Blood
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Just a few years after the critically acclaimed album Visions came to light in 2012, Canadian songwriter and producer Grimes makes a huge comeback with “Flesh Without Blood
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Grimes – Oblivion
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The third track off Grimes' third studio album, Visions. It was named by Pitchfork as the best track of the decade so far.
In an April interview, Boucher explained the song’s true
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Grimes – Vanessa
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[Intro] / I've been / [Verse 1] / Oh, I've been waiting destiny / And my heart is here right next to me / And I'm caught waiting in the rain / Oh, I've been waiting destiny / And
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Grimes – Butterfly
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“Butterfly” is the last track off Grimes' fourth album, Art Angels.
She explained to Consequence of Sound :
There’s a song that’s from the perspective of a butterfly in the
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Grimes – David
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David is an unreleased song from one of Canadian artist Grimes‘ scrapped albums, a project which she worked on in the time between between the release of albums Visions and Art
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Grimes – World ♡ Princess
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“World ♡ Princess” is about Claire Boucher’s best friend who passed away while they were in high school.
The song appears on Grimes' second studio album, Halfaxa. Grimes later
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Sevdaliza & Grimes – Nothing Lasts Forever
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[Chorus: Grimes] / Go, love me, then let me go / Acid rays through my bones / Angels in a raver's heart / Love me, then let me go (Nothing lasts forever) / Tomorrow, I'll open my
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Grimes (Ft. Majical Cloudz) – Nightmusic
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Track #11 on Visions, this song is featuring Majical Cloudz.
A music video for the song was released on May 10th 2012. It takes place in a “barren, greywashed” landscape, and
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Grimes – Sagrad Прекрасный
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[Intro] / Oh, my darling / Near the water / I, I sing my songs, I play / I, I know, I play it myself / Oh, you know / [Verse] / Oh, my darling / What have you done? / I've made my
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RL Grime (Ft. 24hrs) – UCLA
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[Chorus] / She just moved to LA / Go to UCLA / And she drive a Maserati / Damn, she got a body / She be tryna party / She be tryna party / She just moved to LA / Go to UCLA / And
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Grimes (Ft. Bleachers) – Entropy
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Grimes and Bleachers team up once again, this time for a song for HBO’s Girls, starring Jack Antonoff’s (Bleachers) girlfriend, Lena Dunham.
FMRDX put it well in their review of “
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Janelle Monáe (Ft. Grimes) – PYNK
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“PYNK” is the third single released from Janelle Monáe’s fourth studio album Dirty Computer. The song features artist and producer Grimes who previously collaborated with Janelle
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Grimes – Be a Body (侘寂)
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This is the eighth track off of Grimes' third studio album, Visions.
The Japanese title of this song refers to the concept of Wabi-Sabi, which represents a Japanese worldview that
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Grimes – So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth (Art Mix)
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[Refrain] / O silly love / Coming here / When I said, "Go" / [Pre-Chorus] / Weigh me down / O love / Me now / O love / [Chorus] / Yeah, oh / So heavy, I fell through the earth
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Grimes – California
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As stated on her siriusXM takeover, “California” is a hate track towards the music website Pitchfork. This hate may be the result of various misinterpretations of her words, and
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Grimes – Song for Ric
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Song For Ric is another bonus track on Grimes' third studio album Visions.
Grimes and Devon from Majical Cloudz made this song in 2012 for Ric Leichtung and Emilie Friedlander to
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Luke Grimes – Clay Pigeons
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[Chorus] / I'm goin' down to the greyhound station / Gonna get a ticket to ride / Gonna find that lady with two or three kids / And sit down by her side / Ride 'till the sun comes
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Current Joys – Symphonia IX
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The eighth track on Current Joys' Wild Heart, released in 2013, this song is a cover of a song by singer Grimes from her 2012 album Visions.
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Grimes – laughing and not being normal
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“laughing and not being normal” by Grimes kicks off her fourth release Art Angels with an operatic and floaty introductory track. The artwork of the song is a drawing made by
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