Grimes says she finds gaming neighborhood “loads much less poisonous than the indie music stan neighborhood”

Experimental pop artist Grimes has opened up about her new album, TV present and the way gaming tradition is “much less poisonous” than stan tradition in a brand new interview.

The artist sat down with Billboard to speak about her just lately launched Discord server, Grimes Metaverse Tremendous Beta, following the discharge of a promo video for the community-messaging platform – which additionally options Danny DeVito, Awkwafina, and J Balvin. Watch it under.

Talking of her relationship with Discord and the gaming neighborhood who typically use the platform, Grimes stated: “the extra I get into the gaming neighborhood, it’s loads much less poisonous than the indie music stan neighborhood.”

“Everybody’s going to snigger at me saying that gaming tradition is much less poisonous than indie stan tradition, but it surely’s sort of true, frankly, having lived in each extensively.”

Grimes went on to disclose particulars about her forthcoming file, saying “it’s fairly totally different” to her 2020 drop, ‘Miss Anthropocene’.

“It’s type of an idea album, so it does have a story,” she stated of the LP, which she beforehand described as a “area opera” centred round a lesbian AI being.

“With my final album, I had a variety of huge concepts, however I simply let or not it’s extra impressionistic. With this album, I believe I’ve much more to say. I really feel very strongly concerning the materials.

“I believe we’re going to begin dropping singles this summer time after which simply hold dropping singles after which put the album out 4, 5, six singles in or one thing. I’m an enormous album particular person, however I additionally prefer to get music out,” she added.

She’s already teased a few of this new music, and might be previewing extra new cuts tomorrow (July 25) when she hosts the afterparty for Australian competition Splendour In The Grass‘ digital iteration, Splendour XR.

The singer additionally spoke concerning the FOX actuality present Alter Ego that she’s internet hosting alongside Alanis Morissette, will.i.am, Nick Lachey and Rocsi Diaz. It follows the same premise to The Masked Singer, during which performers are masked, however with CGI to create avatars.

“I’ve been actually having fun with that, as a result of we’ve lived in a society for thus lengthy the place you’re caught within the shell that you just’re in, and also you simply must cope with it,” she stated. “We is likely to be about to enter a brand new actuality the place we are able to all reside to the potential of our brains.”

“As a lady within the business, I don’t give a fuck about how I look. I hate desirous about that. I actually don’t care, and it takes a lot time, and it’s costly. We may actually democratize issues. All of this stuff give me a variety of optimism concerning the future.”