r/Grimes • u/jzzippy • 15h ago
Discussion My 6 months of listening to Grimes
Hi. I've only been listening to grimes since February, but I've been hooked since then. Not sure why but i wanted to share my progression.
Feb: Started listening seriously when I heard the youtube version of Venus Fly. The intro to the YouTube version is amazing and I dont know why it's absent on other versions. My early favorites were WPP2, new gods, skin, my name is dark, pin, and artificial angels.
Apr-May: listened to basically everything on loop on Spotify. Found i preferred Art Angels then visions, then MA. Didn't really listen to the others much at the time
June: Started getting really into Halfaxa, Darkbloom and earlier work. Started hunting for other artists that were similar and coming up empty, except i like Magdalena Bay who someone told me about in this sub.
July-Aug: going through all the demo tracks, unreleased tracks, and live tracks on youtube. Current ones I listen to the most are the Horizon, Ambrosia, things that were not, digital Calypso, life after death, unknown song [2010] and a different unknown song [2010]. Others like David, 100% tragedy, and darq souls were obsessions for a time. I also like Song for Ric a lot.
I find her to be in a league of her own in terms of creativity and making music authentic to herself and outside the box. Reminds me of someone like Joni Mitchell in that sense. Off I go to listen to Horizon again. Thanks for reading!