Grimes is nothing if not versatile, as shown by her collaborations ranging from Janelle Monae to now K-pop girl group LOONA/yyxy on their new single “love4eva.”
While it is a bit difficult to discern Grimes’ contribution to the track, one can assume she had a hand in the song’s synth-heavy break in the middle, or perhaps the production overall, which provides an interesting backdrop for the group’s glittery pop vocals. The track appears on the group’s new EP, Beauty & The Beat, out now. Grimes described the song as “dark chaos magic.”
Thankfully, we should expect to hear more from Grimes soon, as she has been teasing a new project. In February, she responded to a fan on Twitter saying we could be getting the follow-up to 2015’s Art Angels in the fall. Since then, she posted a tracklist of “working titles” on her Instagram story earlier this month, with song titles like “Nymphs at Versailles” and “blaze forever like a useless star,” and tweeted descriptions of the four songs that are the closest to being done which, well, we’ll leave them up to your interpretation.
Check out the “love4eva” video, Grimes’ 2013 Daytrotter Session and her recent tease tweets below.
wanna drop song soon ish so wud u pref super dark heavy ballad about fighting balrog in the center of earth that is a sex metaphor or a very not pg13 ethereal shadow of colossus demon nu metal song abt insomnia? not 1st single or indicative of album direction, wuts the vibe?
— Grimes (@Grimezsz) May 12, 2018
or a super lame love song i hate but other ppl dig or an elven take on train spotting soundtrack. those prob 4 main closest to being done rn
— Grimes (@Grimezsz) May 12, 2018