Experimental pop artist Grimes says gaming culture is “less toxic” than the indie music stan community. In a new interview, she talked about her recently launched Discord server. Grimes Metaverse Super Beta is following the release of a promo video for the community-messaging platform. It also features Danny DeVito, Awkwafina, and J Balvin.
Grimes talked about her relationship with Discord and the gaming community. She said, “the more I get into the gaming community, it’s a lot less toxic than the indie music stan community.” Then she added, “Everyone’s going to laugh at me saying that gaming culture is less toxic than indie stan culture, but it’s kind of true, frankly, having lived in both extensively.”
Grimes also stated in the interview, “It’s sort of a concept album, so it does have a narrative. With my last album, I had a lot of big ideas, but I just let it be more impressionistic. With this album, I think I have a lot more to say. I feel very strongly about the material.”
The artist continued, “I think we’re going to start dropping singles this summer and then just keep dropping singles and then put the album out four, five, six singles in or something. I am a big album person, but I also like to get music out.”
Then Grimes concluded, “As a woman in the industry, I don’t give a fuck about how I look. I hate thinking about that. I don’t care, and it takes so much time, and it’s expensive. We could really democratize things. All of these things give me a lot of optimism about the future.”