Grimes/Tattoos

Grimes has fourty-seven tattoos, eleven of which are covered up/faded. Some of them have been done by herself or her friends, but most have been done by professional artists, most notably Delphine Noiztoy,https://x.com/Grimezsz/status/1875928088821055787 ZHENJA 777R, Jancob (Tweakt), and glyphomancer.
Grimes has said "I never decide until 10 minutes before I'm getting a tattoo what it's going to be."https://www.teenvogue.com/story/grimes-interview-teen-vogue-april-2016 and "What I normally do is I find a tattoo artist that I really love and let them do their best work on me."https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/grimes-aespa-k-pop-media-ai-music-1234853710/ about getting her tattoos. 
She also loves tattoos very much and "I would be so sad without them - it seems so sad to have the stock starter pack human body."https://x.com/Grimezsz/status/1876308008759889986
The most recent ones have been centered around her wish to "The long slow effort to have a full alien body - gna be totally covered in white ink/ ..post-human".
Grimes Wiki has listed and identified her tattoos to the best of abilities.
Photo	Explanation
Crescent left thumb tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a picture posted to Grimes's Twitter account
Instagram (19 Jan 2015) 001.jpg|How it looked in 2015
Crescent left thumb tattoo2.jpg|How it looked in 2023	Crescent Tattoo: Grimes has the outline of a moon crescent on her left thumb.
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Grimes foot thumb tattoo 001.jpg|Visible here in a rotated picture by Stella McCartney for POP! perfume campaign
Grimes foot thumb tattoo 003.png|Barely visible here in a zoomed in picture for Pirelli Calendar
Pirelli Calendar (Sept 2021) 006.jpg|<=	Toe Tattoo: Grimes has the outline of a triangle or a bow on her right big toe, situated more on the fore end but not on the nail, facing away from her.
Inner left calf dagger tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a picture posted to Grimes's Instagram account
Vanity Fair (Winter 2016) 002.jpg|Visible here in a photo for Vanity Fair	Dagger Tattoo: Grimes has a dagger tattoo on her inner left calf, but it is now partially covered by her brushwork leg tattoo, though some of it is still visible.
ASOS (08 Jun 2016) 5-003.jpg|Visible here in a picture for ASOS magazine
Cover Darkbloom.png|Visible here in the artwork of her Darkbloom EP (2011)	Left Arm Tattoos: Grimes has the outline of a small heart and a faded skull on her left arm.
Triforce tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a picture posted to Grimes's Instagram account
Instagram (28 Sept 2015) 001.jpg|<= Me and my brother @macboucher	Triforce Tattoo: Grimes has a Triforce tattoo on her left forearm, which matches to that on her brothers. She explained to Bullett Media in June 2012: "The Legend of Zelda was the first video game me and my brothers ever got, and so we all got matching Triforce tattoos."https://web.archive.org/web/20121013095137/http://bullettmedia.com/article/4ad-summer-grimes-on-hacking-video-games-mariah-carey/
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Head tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a 2012 photoshoot for Sup magazine by Jody Rogac	Head Tattoo: Grimes has three lines behind her ear on the right side of her head.
Grimes diy tattoos 4.png|Visible here in a picture taken during the 2013 MTV Music Video Awards
Grimes_diy_tattoos 2.jpg|Meander, wrist, '8' and the alien head tattoo
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grimes-finger-lines-tattoos 003.jpg|The two lines tattoo(s)	Self-done Hand Tattoos: Grimes has a Greek meander on her left index as well as the number 8 and an alien head on the back of her left hand. She also has a band around her left wrist and two band-like lines on her pinkie (see next). She explained to Prefixmag in February 2012: "I did them all myself, I have a Greek meander that is often mistaken for a square wave on my finger (very telling of the times), an alien head because I believe in aliens, an '8' because it's my lucky number and a wrist band my friend designed for me that I did in the woods in Minnesota."https://web.archive.org/web/20190327184138/https://www.prefixmag.com/features/grimes-interview/61395/ Her album Visions (2012) features a song called "Eight" and has an artwork with a similar alien drawing. We have not been able to identify the symbol tattooed between the alien head and the 8, but it looks like a combination of a DNA strand and the greek letter Psi (Ψ). The squiggly lines in alternating directions on her knuckles which represent the four elements from the movie Fifth Element were later covered up by several Delphine Noiztoy tattoos in 2016 and 2018.
While her left hand is covered in numerous tattoos, her right hand only features two lines on her index finger: a simple one and another one with smaller lines coming out of it, looking a bit like a ruler.
When Grimes was asked if she has a tattoo she doesn't like anymore, she responded that it's the alien head tattoo:https://grimes.fandom.com/wiki/Rolling_Stone_Mexico/Interview
Blue triangle tattoo.png|Visible here during the Showbox at the Market Seattle (26 May 2011). Photo by Kirk Stauffer	Triangle Tattoo : Grimes used to have a blue triangle on her right wrist as of May 2011 before getting it covered.https://www.flickr.com/photos/kirkstauffer/5796952028/in/photostream/There has been no additional information about it, but it could have resembled a play button. There in a scar between the triangle and the crease of the wrist.
Cross_right_wrist_tattoo 001.jpg|Visible here on the left hand side
Cross right wrist tattoo.jpg|thumb|Visible here in a picture by Mat Hayward	Cross Tattoo: Grimes used to have an ornate cross with an eye in the middle on her right wrist, tattooed in April 2012.https://grimes-claireboucher.tumblr.com/post/21759814228/grimes-new-tattoo-shes-the-one-with-the-white In her Teen Vogue cover story, she called it "a really bad tattoo that I got when I was younger" and it has since been covered up. She said of the cross imagery: "I'm not religious, but I grew up religious, so it's a comforting image to me."
Grimes-artist-donel-hand-tattoos.jpg|Visible here in a since deleted Instagram post of hers
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Nylon (2015) 005.jpg|Visible here in a photo for Nylon	Beautiful Tattoo: The back of her left hand features the word "Beautiful". In a since-deleted Instagram post, she wrote: "feeling beautiful despite many imperfections haha, terrible and wonderful memories etched into my skin. Even the most screwed up ones were all done w or by my best friends and they all feel like home." In her Teen Vogue cover story, she revealed that it was done in New Zealand by a man called Victor J Webster, who offered to give her a free tattoo if he could come to her show. Her March 2020 Rolling Stone cover story mentioned that it is a tribute to Christina Aguilera's song "Beautiful"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/grimes-rolling-stone-digital-cover-960843/ from Aguilera's fourth studio album Stripped (2002).
Grimes-chain-arm-tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a since deleted Grimes' Instagram post
Instagram Story (19 Mar 2019) 002.mp4|link=File:Instagram Story (19 Mar 2019) 002.mp4
Stella McCartney (Mar 2016) 013.jpg|Visible here in a picture for Stella McCartney's POP perfume campaign	Chain Tattoo: Grimes started this homemade tattoo of chains around her left arm in February 2015.
In an Instagram caption she wrote:https://grimes.fandom.com/wiki/Instagram/2015/Feb
It remains unfinished since.
Brush cross right wrist tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a picture posted to Grimes's Instagram account
Instagram (19 Jan 2016) 001.jpg|Visible here in a selfie from 2026	Brushwork Cross Tattoo: Grimes got this huge brushstroke tattoo on her right forearm in December 2015. Although most of her other tattoos have been done by herself or friends, this one was created by Delphine Noiztoy, an artist who specializes in realism blackwork.
In an instagram post, she explained: “Big streaks of paint so I always remember that I’m an artist, Delphine is a master of this style. I hope to add more specks of paint with her later, so that my hands always look as if I’ve just been painting and making a mess.”
The tattoo is a redesign of her existing cross tattoo, which was smaller and more ornate.
Grimes-side-tattoo 003.jpg|Visible here in an inversed Instagram post from 2023
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Grimes-side-tattoo 001.mp4|link=File:Grimes-side-tattoo 001.mp4|Behind The Scenes	Runes Tattoo: Grimes got the runes "ᚷᛈᚫ ᚷᛗᚫ" (representing the letters "gpa gma") tattooed on the right side of her ribcage by Delphine Noiztoy in November 2016.https://www.instagram.com/p/BMULtDPAh9t/
Left middle finger tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a picture posted to Delphine Noiztoy's Instagram account
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Harper's BAZAAR (2017) 005 cropped (3).jpg|Visible here in a photo for Harper's BAZAAR
Left middle finger tattoo 003.jpg|Behind the scenes
Trashique (03 Dec 2016) 001.mp4|link=File:Trashique (03 Dec 2016) 001.mp4|Behind the scenes
Left middle finger tattoo 004.mp4|link=File:Left middle finger tattoo 004.mp4|Behind the scenes	Middle Finger Tattoo: Grimes got a tattoo on her left hand's middle finger from Delphine Noiztoy in November 2016. She created a geometric blackwork design, covering her whole middle finger with concentric shield shapes.https://www.instagram.com/p/BMUakhEgo5G/
Left leg tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a picture posted to Delphine Noiztoy's Instagram account
Left leg tattoo 002.jpg|Stencil
Left leg tattoo 006.jpg|Completed
GrimesFlaunt2019 4.jpg|Visible here in a photo for Flaunt
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Left leg tattoo 007.mp4|link=File:Left leg tattoo 007.mp4|Behind The Scenes	Left Leg Tattoo: Grimes got this huge brushstroke tattoo on the front of her left leg from London-based artist Delphine Noiztoy at LoveLetters tattoo parlor in Los Angeles in January 2017. The creative blackwork design stretches from just above her knee all the way onto the top of her foot. The brushstrokes spell out the letters “тихо” which means “quiet” in Russian,https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/тихо#Russian which was also the name of her dog. It partially covers her dagger calf tattoo.
Grimes explained her experience in an Instagram post:https://www.instagram.com/p/BPJikA-gyvU/?hl=en
Inner left hand tattoos.jpg|Visible here in a picture posted to Grace Neutral's Instagram account
Inner_left_hand_tattoos2.jpg|Flipped view
Crack (2019) 1-002.jpg|Visible here in an image for Crack magazine	Palm Tattoos: Grimes got a series of symbols hand-poked on her left palm in March 2017 by artist Grace Neutral, who captioned them as "Spells for Elves" in an Instagram post.https://www.instagram.com/p/BSMP0-FhqDc/ 
On her index finger is the alchemy symbol for the planet Jupiter (♃), which is associated with thinking and learning.
We have not been able to identify the other symbols, which may be custom designs. Magical sigils can be created by combining the letters into a unique design.
The lines at the center of her palm bear some resemblance to the letter E in the old Irish Ogham alphabet, but it doesn’t have the same bend at the bottom.https://stealherstyle.net/tattoo/164947/#more-164947
Instagram Story (22 Sept 2017) 002.png|Visible here in a screenshot from Grimes's Instagram story
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Grimes Fae tattoo.jpg|Visible here in an Instagram Story from 2019	Fae Tattoo: Grimes gave herself a stick-and-poke saying "ФАЙ" above her right knee in September 2017. As it is a DIY tattoo, it is upside-down and faces towards her. "Фай" is a transliteration into Russian of the word "fae", an old English word for fairy that Grimes has used (sometimes with her own spelling "faé") to refer to art that gives off fairy vibes. The actual Russian word for fairy is "фея" ("feya").https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/фея#Russian This results in the tattoo resembling the word “РАЙ” more, which means paradise. She curated a playlist called “the faé list” and has applied her own artistic backstory to the sound, writing in October 2017: “The fae are the children living at the end of the world, who make art that reflects what it’s like to live knowing the earth may not sustain humanity much longer. We live knowing that environmentally driven genocide is nigh, that the least equipped are to be struck down by the very earth itself. Repentance by the innocent for the sins of the rich. This does not mean that all fae art is directly about this, but that the influence of this reality is inescapable for the fae.”
https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37722/1/what-exactly-is-grimes-new-music-genre-fae
Grimes-LOTR-finger-tattoos.jpg|Visible here in a picture posted to Hana's Instagram account
Grimes-LOTR-finger-tattoos2.jpg|Another look at the tattoos, from Noiztoy's Instagram account
Grimes-LOTR-finger-tattoos3.jpg|Visible here before the 2021 Met Gala
Grimes-LOTR-finger-tattoos BTS 004.jpg|Behind The Scenes
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Grimes-LOTR-finger-tattoos BTS 005.mp4|link=File:Grimes-LOTR-finger-tattoos BTS 005.mp4|Behind The Scenes	Elven Tattoos: Grimes and her friend HANA got semi-matching Lord of the Rings tattoos in July 2018. Artist Delphine Noiztoy came over to HANA’s house to tattoo both of them with writing in J.R.R. Tolkien’s elvish language. This was HANA’s very first tattoo and she got the Gandalf quote “and all turns to silver glass” on her thigh, while Grimes got Tengwar script on her left pinky, ring, and index fingers reading “Contradiction“ () / “Be ready for wa[r]“ () / “No shields allowed” () respectively, which are not quotes from the book series.https://stealherstyle.net/tattoo/164955/#more-164955https://www.tecendil.com/
The script goes over her meander and two lines tattoo.
Grimes red tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a picture posted on Tweakt's Instagram account
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Selfies (17 Jun 2021) 002.jpg|Visible here in a selfie from June	Butterfly Tattoo: Grimes got a red and to a lesser extent black what appears to be a fairy butterfly wing tattoo on her right lower forearm-upper wrist area from Los Angeles based tattoo artist Tweakt, on March 17th, 2021 - the date of her 33rd birthday.
Grimes Alien scar tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a picture posted to @w4th.co Instagram account
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Grimes Alien scar tattoo 003.jpg|Posted to her Instagram story
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Shinigami Eyes (2021) 001.jpg|Visible here in a photo for Shinigami Eyes
Grimes Alien scar tattoo 007.jpg|Behind The Scenes
Grimes Alien scar tattoo 005.mp4|link=File:Grimes Alien scar tattoo 005.mp4|Behind The Scenes	Back Tattoo: Grimes got a full back tattoo in white ink from Tweakt in April 2021. 
In an Instagram post, she wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/CNjOvN0sfv4/ 
On her Instagram story, she posted:
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Grimes_Shoulder_Tattoo2.png	Left shoulder Tattoo: Grimes has another 'alien scar' tattoo on her left shoulder, which is possibly an extension of her back tattoo, however this one has not been shown or announced publicly, and the tattooist is not known. It is faded now.
Grimes_Chest_Tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a picture posted on Grimes' Instagram story
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Various Selfies (20 Jan 2022) 001.jpg|Behind The Scenes	Lower Chest tattoo: Grimes got a white ink chest tattoo, located between her breasts, that is "a pattern of pale lines that curve beneath her breasts and come to a point at her upper chest"https://pagesix.com/2022/01/31/grimes-wants-to-be-totally-covered-in-alien-tattoos/. on January 24, 2022. A tattoo artist, whose Instagram tag goes by the name of @glyphomancer, is the artist of the tattoo. The tattoo partially strikes through her runes tattoo.
upper chest tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a selfie posted to her Twitter account
Various Selfies (26 May 2023).jpg|<=	Upper Chest Tattoo: at some point Grimes got another white ink chest tattoo, likely done around the same time as her other. It has the Marain text tattoo tattooed over now.
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Instagram (11 Jun 2023) 002.jpg|Visible here in a press photo from 2023
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Right leg tattoo bts 005.jpg|Behind the scenes	Right Leg Tattoo: On May 31, 2023, Grimes tweeted pictures of her in a tattoo studio with a blue stencilled design on her leg, and that the final design would be done in red ink.https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1664074047716753411 The tattoo was done by @caidasindesamparo on Instagram. It goes through her "Fae" tattoo.
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Instagram (25 May 2024) 001.jpg|Visible here in a selfie from May 2024	Right Ear Tattoo: On June 2nd, 2023 Grimes tweeted a picture of her new right ear tattoo with the caption:https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1664466024505421825 Closest I've come to letting anyone tattoo my face @zhenja_tttr (on insta)
left collarbone tattoo.jpg|Visible here in a selfie posted to Grimes' Twitter account
Twitter (10 Jun 2023) 002.jpeg|<=	Left Collarbone Tattoo: On June 10th, 2023, Grimes got an 'alien scars' white ink tattoo under her left collarbone by a tattoo artist whose Instagram profile is called @zhenja_tttr.https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1667567612895584256 
The text is in the fictional language Marain created by Iain M Banks.https://trevor-hopkins.com/banks/a-few-notes-on-marain.html It translates to "tehknoh y ehks" or "techno y x", the nicknames of her three children.
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Paparazzi Photos (25 Jul 2023) 016.jpg|Partially visible here in a paparazzi photo	Abdomen Tattoo: Grimes posted a TikTok video on July 28th, 2023 showcasing her new hand poked pink ink tattoo on the left (right when mirrored) side of her abdomen. The description credited the tattoo artist @glyphomancer on Instagram for the work. Only one half of it has been revealed to the public.https://www.tiktok.com/@grimes/video/7260723873530842414https://www.instagram.com/p/CvSLo8WO1mG/?hl=en&img_index=1
Grimes believes this is the best tattoo she has ever seen.
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Various Selfies (21 Apr 2024) 010.jpg|Visible here in a picture taken by Anyma during Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Palm Tattoo 001.png|Visible here in a side by side comparison	Palm Tattoo: Sometime in April of 2024 Grimes and Anyma (her current boyfriend and collaborator) got a matching tattoo on Grimes' right and Anyma's left palm. What the symbol represents is currently unknown.
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Instagram (25 May 2024) 002.jpg|Visible here in a picture uploaded to her Instagram and X account	Right shoulder Tattoo: On May 25, 2024, Grimes posted a selfie of herself, showing new white scars on her right shoulder and trapezius area.
She said:https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1794484080110973072
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