Grimes opines she’s “very easy to cancel” and “canceled often”
During an appearance on Julia Fox's podcast, Grimes admits she says "a lot of dumb stuff."
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Whether it’s over-sharing an eccentrically-named child with the bane of Twitter’s existence, leaning into AI-generated music, or simply smelling like a “roll of nickels,” the internet getting angry at Grimes is a tale as old as time—and not one she needs told to her. In a new interview, the singer seems pretty clear-eyed about the general public’s ever-changing relationship with her.
“I’m very easy to cancel and canceled very often,” Grimes tells Julia Fox on the latest episode of Fox and Niki Takesh’s podcast Forbidden Fruits. “I’ve always been exceptionally canceled. People call me a ‘techno-fascist’… I agree a lot of things have been mishandled and we’re in this giant hiccup into a different part of civilization that is extremely unprecedented.”
Although Grimes doesn’t speak highly of getting “canceled” (which realistically, giving her continued success and arguably amplified platform, doesn’t quite seem like the right word for what she’s experienced), she’s also humble enough to admit not every single one of her quotes across her career of more than a decade has been a diamond.
“I say a lot of dumb stuff… above average I’d say,” she admits, although Fox quickly jumps in with some affirmation: “You say a lot of smart stuff too!”
Ultimately, Grimes says she just wishes people would approach her and the things she says with slightly less skepticism. After all, the ills of modern society don’t all rest on her “alien-scarred” shoulders.
“I think we need a better discourse,” Grimes shares. “I wish people would approach me in better faith — I approach everyone in good faith — if people are being hateful on the internet those people are mad because they want a better world.” Hey, who doesn’t?
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RIP Grimes
Or “Grimey,” as she liked to be called.
“Change the channel, Marge.”
I’m all for approaching most people in good faith, but if approaching everyone in good faith leaves even the slightest chance of being inseminated by Elon Musk, I think I’ll go on being a bit discriminatory.
the singer seems pretty clear-eyed about the general public’s ever-changing relationship with her.
There is, however, plenty of evidence of her following, interacting with, and liking the content of explicitly nazi-sympathizing twitter accounts. So, you know, very big grain of salt.
As a rule, I don’t trust the judgement of anyone who’s wanted to fuck Elon Musk, whether that’s Grimes, or people paying him 8 bucks.
Don’t you mean people he’s paying 8 bucks?
Isn’t it a bummer when people who made interesting music for a little while turn out to be idiots?
Bono says hello!
thankfully there are tons of brilliant weirdos making stuff out there that don’t spend years making you read the words “Elon Musk” regularly
Sure, but what does that have to do with this Grimes person?
I think Visions was an interesting album that was apparently made by an idiot.
She’s kind of a flake.
If (and it’s an if) “cancelling” really means anything, it definitely does not mean “experiencing any criticism at all”, which is how she seems to be using the word (and she’s not alone in this regard).
Here use of the phrase “canceled very often” on its own conveys an almost comical lack of awareness, while “always exceptionally canceled” is just incoherent.
“This cancellation goes up to 11.”
“It’s like, how much more cancelled could Grimes be? And the answer is none. None more cancelled.”
“You’d cancel me, wouldn’t you?”“If I gave you any thought I probably would”
That’s more self-aware than I’d expect from someone doing business as “Grimes”.
My brother once had a goldfish named Grimey. I think of him whenever this goofy woman comes up.
What made you decide to go with “Grimes opines” instead of “Grimes gripes”?
She’s repeatedly interacted with openly fascist and neo-Nazi accounts in “good faith” on Twitter. Those people aren’t being hateful because they want a “better world,” which is why Grimes is such a fucking idiot. There’s no “discourse” to be had if you are in any way familiar with history. There’s no “good faith” to extend to people who declare themselves Christian Nationalists, or like Walsh, Theocratic Fascists, etc. No rational, moral person should give a fuck about their reasoning for wanting the absolute power to oppress people. It’s the same reasons as it’s always been. The only thing you should give a fuck about is stopping them.
What do you think of Daryl Davis?
She’d probably get canceled for real instead of cosplaying it if anyone who cared knew her as something other than the richest Nazi in the world’s ex-bae.
Her music is dope.
Why is this in the news? Is she putting something out – ‘music’ or another kid? What little I’ve seen and heard of her is borderline repulsive.
I’m just surprised a podcast with these two didn’t devolve into a live game of one-upmanship for outrageous, attention-seeking behavior