Grimes shares new song and video “Shinigami Eyes”
thefader.comGrimes has never been one to mince words. Discussing her new track on today's episode of Apple Music's Zane Lowe Show, she revealed that releasing it was more Columbia Records' decision than her own. "I always say a bunch of stupid shit and get in trouble, but either way, this is the label executive decision song," she told Lowe. "I love the record, but...everyone's like, what's the deeper meaning?
And it's like, well, Nino Angelo...had just watched Death Note and really liked it. Basically, I wrote the whole space opera thing and this is the only song that wasn't this big narrative plot.
Anyway, I actually do really like the song. Sorry. I'm just undermining the marketing strategy." Read Next: Grimes shares “Player Of Games” music video PR maneuver or not, "Shinigami Eyes" is true to Grimes' aesthetic. "Are you ready to die? / Got my Shinigami eyes on," she repeats in the chorus, and the notion that her piercing stare could kill someone doesn't feel far fetched.
Her characteristically wild video blends uncanny valley realism with fantastical elements: wings, a light saber, interstellar archery, the works.
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