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Grimes’ Album Announcement Reveals Contradicting Feelings Toward AI: ‘People Have Really Misunderstood Me’

Could Grimes’ claim that AI has become “a bigger deal than Jesus” incite backlash similar to when John Lennon said the same about The Beatles?

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Grimes has announced her newest album, Psy Opera, her first full-length project since Miss Anthropocene from 2020. In between, she’s dropped a handful of stand-alone singles. But during an April 2026 feature in Interview, she admitted her initial intention was to “totally quit music a couple of years ago.”

She explained, “I couldn’t listen to music without getting PTSD. I was only interested in writing and reading.” Initially, she was going to be a “stay-at-home mom” to her three children with ex Elon Musk. But, she added, “I started writing poetry,” which turned into writing raps after she was asked to pen something for a K-pop star.

“But then we had a problem for eight months where I was just a white rapper,” she said. “Luckily, we moved past that, but it was this really cathartic thing. I actually took most of the stuff off the record because it was violently aggressive.”

Grimes clarified that Psy Opera is “not quite done.” She also explained her stance on AI in music, noting that she doesn’t use it in her own work. Grimes has previously said AI “def has the capacity to innovate.” But in the same breath, she’s also........

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