After scrapping a full album’s worth of material that was set to be the follow up to her landmark record Visions, Grimes has answered a series of fan tweets about the next album she will release. When a fan tweeted, “Let’s talk about a new album releases” to Grimes, she responded simply, “oct!”, elaborating to another that, “it’ll be a surprise release cuz I want fans to get it b4 press and the tracks should be heard together”.
@Luis_RIbarra fall but it’ll be a surprise release cuz I want fans to get it b4 press and the tracks should be heard together
— dolly dothraki (@Grimezsz) May 24, 2015
Grimes has previously said that the next album will be unlike her earlier work, tweeting in December 2014, “woo hoo just finished what could def b a third single for this album, my first attempt at a glam rock style song, feeling queen and bowie” and earlier today she seemed to confirm that, saying, “album will be surprise released all at once prob w 2 singles at the same time cuz every track is super different”. When another fan asked whether the new album was more like Go or REALiTi, her most recent singles, Grimes replied, “neither it’s real instruments very different from anything Previous”. Intriguing! The countdown starts now.
Credits
Text Charlotte Gush
Photography Mac Boucher