Canadian synth-pop superwoman Claire Boucher, also known as Grimes, took to Twitter to clear the air about the origin of her stage name.
In an interview with Lucy Jones from The Telegraph in 2012, Boucher said: “it’s a secret and I’m never going to tell because it’s actually really embarrassing.” Then, she goes on to (untruthfully) reveal that she named herself after artist Ken Grimes, known for his alien drawings.
At last, Grimes has unveiled the truth in tweets:
on myspace ur genre could be grime and u could have 3 genres so i was plural grime, b4 knowing what grime was
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
i was very please to discover that i actually loved grime music
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
dizzee is one of my all time favorite musicians, discovered him whilst googling 'grime', guess i am so named cuz like dizzee, wiley etc
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
an odd series of events
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
i was originally too embarased of this story so i told journalists i was named after frank grimes, who is also very cool
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
or wait, no i said i was named after someone else named grimes argh, — see this is why you shouldnt lie to journalists
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
frank grimes is possibly best simpsons ep tho
— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014
You can still find some of her old songs on her Myspace page.
