California

California is a promotional single by Grimes. It is the second track on her fourth studio album, Art Angels, and was released as the fifth promotional single.
== Background ==
In a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone, she explained that California came about on a night when, feeling depressed, took a number of tequila shots. In the midst of the haze, she wrote the song’s hook.http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/grimes-the-triumph-of-a-self-made-oddball-20151105?page=3
=== Meaning ===
As stated on her SiriusXM takeover,http://blog.siriusxm.com/2015/11/06/grimes-friends-take-over-siriusxmu-in-honor-of-art-angels-release/ California is a hate track towards the music website Pitchfork. This hate may be the result of various misinterpretations of her words, to which Grimes has expressed her discontent about in several of her tweets. More generally, It's about "the bad side of music journalism".https://www.stereogum.com/1843222/caroline-polachek-alexis-krauss-grimes/news/
Part of the lyrics confess Grimes' "ambivalence about lofty expectations for her own success".https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a35362/grimes-profile/
In a retrospective thought about the song, Grimes said this:https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/grimes-aespa-k-pop-media-ai-music-1234853710/
==Media==
===Artwork===
The artwork for the song depicts many phrases throughout the drawing: "words Fallin' out of my head"; "song: "California" "; "Grimes"; "in the Style of FUTURE PASTORAL"; "fairy cemetery" - referencing a term Grimes often calls herself (that being "faery", or "fairy") and "born: year of the dragon", which directly concerns Grimes as she was born in 1988, the year of the Dragon on the Chinese zodiac calendar.
=== Video ===
==Lyrics ==
==Trivia==
*An unleaked demo from November 2, 2014, was 3:55, 37 seconds longer than the final.https://vk.com/photo-9986050_358797348
*Many publications and reviews have wrongfully stated that California samples Pon de Replay by Rihanna.https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/interviews/interview-grimes-art-angels-touring-and-her-arcane-art
*A remix by HANA of this song is included in the official NBA 2K17 tracklist.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FcBEx08pGk
*It is the fourth act of Art Angels.https://youtu.be/OsCfufAp2tM?si=aMtehlDqKvhhvQ9v&t=5
==References==
Category:2015
Category:Promotional singles
Category:Songs
Category:Art Angels
Category:Music videos