Grimes’ ‘Visions’ At 10 Is Still An Oddball Pop Game Changer

Ten years ago, pretty much everyone knew some iteration of the Visions origin story. We talked about it like our parents talked about Pet Sounds — with a vaguely annoying combination of pseudo-authority, morbid curiosity, and reverence. The agreed-upon details went something like this: Claire Boucher, the 23-year-old DIY artist who had already released multiple albums as Grimes, locked herself in a Montreal apartment and blacked out the windows, the same time-warping technique regularly utilized by casinos and strip clubs and illegal raves. According to legend, she spent the next few weeks in a drug-addled creative delirium, relying on GarageBand… Read Full Article