Grimes – The Muskette https://themuskette.com Sat, 30 May 2020 16:16:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://themuskette.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-elon-fav-32x32.png Grimes – The Muskette https://themuskette.com 32 32 Here’s an Auction Item You Might Be Interested In: A Piece of Grimes’ Soul https://themuskette.com/heres-an-auction-item-you-might-be-interested-in-a-piece-of-grimes-soul/ https://themuskette.com/heres-an-auction-item-you-might-be-interested-in-a-piece-of-grimes-soul/#respond Sat, 30 May 2020 16:16:46 +0000 https://muskette.com/?p=1403 No, this is not clickbait. She really is selling a piece of her soul.

Grimes has defied convention on several occasions with her music, looks, stage name, son’s name (X Æ A-Xii Musk) and more. Now, she’s doing it again by auctioning a ‘piece of her soul’ to the highest bidder. This auction will take place in her debut online art exhibition called ‘Selling Out,’ according to Bloomberg. The exhibition will be presented by Gallery Platform Los Angeles and Maccarone in Los Angeles, starting today until August 31st.

Initially, she priced it at $10 million, then changed it to ‘highest offer.’ Grimes said that she didn’t want anyone to buy it, the reason why the initial price was so high. Maybe her billionaire partner, Elon Musk, will win the bid.

But what exactly does the winner stand to gain by buying her soul? Nobody knows. Many are simply calling it an elaborate troll (apparently not the first one she’s trying to pull off).

There’s more to the online exhibition though. Visual art is another one of Grimes’ talents. She created the album art for all of her albums as well as illustrated her merchandise and concert posters. Her illustrations have also appeared in galleries before. Even though most of us probably recognize her as a singer, she told Bloomberg that she sees herself as a “visual artist first and foremost.” Hence, it’s unsurprising that her prints, photographs, drawings and sketches will also be featured in the exhibition.

It would be really interesting to see the outcome of this. Who’s going to buy her soul? Will anybody at all? We’ll probably know soon enough.

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Musk and Grimes Change Baby’s Name and It’s Still Confusing https://themuskette.com/musk-and-grimes-change-babys-name-and-its-still-confusing/ https://themuskette.com/musk-and-grimes-change-babys-name-and-its-still-confusing/#respond Mon, 25 May 2020 19:05:37 +0000 https://muskette.com/?p=1311 All of the media’s attention again seems to be on Elon Musk and Grimes’ newborn baby boy.

Specifically, the internet doesn’t seem to agree on how the baby’s name is to be pronounced or what the different characters in the name are supposed to mean. Elon Musk announced on May 4 that his son’s name is going to be ‘X Æ A-12,’ but has since changed it to ‘X Æ A-Xii.’

Why the change? Many speculate that this may be because of Californian laws, which don’t permit the use of numbers, Roman numerals and other symbols as names. Hence, ‘Æ’ and ‘12’ are likely to cause the name to be rejected.

That wasn’t the case though. ‘Æ’ was accepted and the change from A-12 to A-Xii, which represents the Roman numeral ‘XII,’ solved the issue of using numbers in the name. Hyphens are also allowed by the law so that wasn’t a problem.

Grimes did not provide further details about the name change. She did indicate that she was pleased with the new name though, replying in a tweet, “Roman numerals. Looks better tbh.”

However, Musk elaborated further on this topic in a Joe Rogan podcast episode he appeared on early in May. He mentioned that his girlfriend, Grimes, is the one who “mostly came up with the name.” The ‘X’ and ‘A-12’ in the name are pronounced as they are, the ‘Æ’ is pronounced as ‘Ash.’ Therefore, the name is ‘Ex Ash A Twelve.’ But this is just one among the tons of ideas floating around on the internet.

Musk said that he came up with the ‘A-12’ part. A-12 is the short form for Archangel 12, the plane that came before SR-71, which he said was the “coolest plane ever.” Apparently, it’s also Musk and Grimes’ favorite airplane.

The change was announced on Musk’s Twitter the day after the baby was born, along with a picture of him holding his son. The next day, Grimes explained that ‘Æ’ is the Elven spelling of AI, or artificial intelligence. She also talked about the aircraft A-12, saying that it was the “precursor to SR-17” (which Musk later corrected to SR-71). ‘Archangel’ is her favorite song, another reason why they chose to put A-12 in the name.

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