Hey everyone, after fidgeting all day and near hyperventilating in anticipation of new Grimes, it’s here, it’s really here! Claire Boucher, that ever eccentric and brilliant pop musician from Canada, has finally released her first new song in ages, and she returns as…. (ahem, implementing my deep devil voice).. METAL GRIMES! Okay, so We Appreciate Power, which arrives by way of a ridiculously amazing neo-futuristic lyric video (if this is the lyric video, I can’t imagine what the music video’s going to be like!) isn’t strictly metal. It’s a myriad of crashing, thundering elements. It’s as if Grimes pulled from classic J-pop, K-pop, electro-clash, nu metal, electro-pop, cyberpunk, and a billion other awesome things to create We Appreciate Power, a truly ravishing and flashy, tenaciously empowering anthem. Who else but Grimes could defy conventional pop in such a flamboyant manner? We Appreciate Power is our official first taste from Claire’s upcoming fifth album, and it’s quite a statement indeed. Despite all the controversy and drama that has swirled around the artist this past year, Elon and Azealia Banks and all, she’s just as stunning a creative force as ever with her clear vision. Everything else is just background noise. Let’s take this new journey with her through what looks to be a dystopian world driven by technology. It’s going to be a helluva ride. Grimes’ friend and fellow creative talent HANA joins her on We Appreciate Power, which is out now, here. The pair are the femme fatale heroes we just so happen to need right now.
Side note, after taking in some of people’s comments/reactions: I know I mentioned Elon in passing above, but it was more to point out her artistic brilliance and sharp focus. I noticed a lot of people making this too much about her relationship with Musk, twisting it to fit unnecessary gossip when it’s not the time and place. Though some of the AI/simulation themes on the song might have been inspired to a degree by him, if they don’t see this music is all Grimes, they don’t know Grimes. Who she dates doesn’t define this woman. This is signature Grimes, though it’s a (kinda) new evolution in sound (it’s aligned with some of Art Angels’ clashiness as well as her recent collabs with Poppy, EURINGER, and more), but it’s awe-inspiring Grimes to the T. And what a song this is… There’s nothing quite like Grimes in this world, and we’re more the fortunate for it. Blessed, really.
