Elle/2013/Interview

Interview
Photoshoot
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GRIMES
Grimes, née Claire Boucher, makes music born of Montreal's DIY warehouse- party scene, so—whether you describe it as synthpop, indie electro, or just “man, this is weird”—anything goes. From her unstudied art-school-kid style (think tomboy gear and pastel-hued raver hair) to the pastiche of cultural references in her lyrics, she embodies the no-boundaries Internet-age zeitgeist. "I'm from the generation that got really good at searching for stuff," the 25-year-old says. "The world is a lot more malleable in terms of what we end up creating." Last year's Visions, her third album, was a critically adored mash-up of whimsical references to K-pop and '90s girl group R&B. "There's a misconception that music that's popular isn't innovative," she says. "I think a song like Beyoncé's 'Single Ladies' is as experimental as Fugazi." For her next album, now in progress, Grimes is thinking even harder about what pop can be, melding inspiration from Top 40 queens like Carly Rae Jepsen with her industrial and heavy-metal roots. "I want it to be intelligent, aggressive, and adult," she says. "Taylor Swift and Nine Inch Nails at the same time."-ALLISON P. DAVIS
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