Grimes (musician)
Claire Elise Boucher , better known by the stage name Grimes, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, music video director, and record producer. Born and raised in Vancouver, she first became involved with the underground music scene and began recording her own experimental music while attending McGill University in Montreal.
Boucher was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is of Qubcois, Ukrainian, Russian and Italian descent. She graduated from Lord Byng Secondary School and studied ballet foryears. In 2006, at age 18, she moved to Montreal, Quebec to attend Montreals McGill University to study neuroscience, philosophy, and Russian literature. According to the time stamps on her original MySpace page, Boucher began writing music under the name Grimes during her second year at McGill in 2007. Grimes later confirmed that she took her name from grime music after discovering the existence of the genre on Myspace. In interviews Grimes explains that she was asked to do backing vocals for a friend, and though at first reluctant, realized it was easier than she expected it to be. After this experience, she asked a friend of hers to teach her the basics of GarageBand in exchange for food and thereafter began writing her own experimental music. As Grimes became a more serious endeavor, she starte
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