Grimes Explains the Story Behind Her Stage Name: Claire Boucher Used MySpace to Help

Grimes, aka Claire Boucher, took to Twitter recently to give fans the lowdown on how she got her name. Previously, the singer told journalists that the name was inspired by artist Ken Grimes and cartoon character Frank Grimes from The Simpsons. Turns out the name actually originated as a misunderstanding on MySpace, Consequence of Sound notes.

Here is how Grimes explains Grimes:

"On myspace ur genre could be grime and u could have 3 genres so i was plural grime, b4 knowing what grime was," she tweeted. "I was originally too embarased of this story so i told journalists i was named after frank grimes, who is also very cool. Or wait, no i said i was named after someone else named grimes argh, -- see this is why you shouldnt lie to journalists."

The artist went on to reveal, in a few other tweets, that things are coming along on her next album, which will be the follow-up to 2012's Visions. One song, she said, is a "glam rock style song, feeling Queen and Bowie."

Rolling Stone gave Visions three stars out of a possible five:

"But Boucher's voice is all airy top end: She sounds like the cross between a J-pop pipsqueak and Alvin and the Chipmunks. It's an irksome, sometimes shrill sound; often, her lyrics are unintelligible," RS wrote. "The result is an emptiness at the center of the record: Grimes isn't spooky enough to be 'ghostly,' and not substantial enough to hold your attention."

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Grimes, Queen, David Bowie