Claire Elise Boucher (/bu?'?e?/ boo-SHAY; born March 17 1988) known professionally as Grimes is a Canadian musician singer songwriter and record producer. Her early work has been described as extending from "lo-fi R&B" to futuristic dance-pop and has incorporated influences from electronic music hip hop and rock. Her lyrics often touch on science fiction themes. She has released five studio albums. Born and raised in Vancouver Grimes began releasing music independently after moving to Montreal in 2006. She then released two albums Geidi Primes and Halfaxa in 2010 on Arbutus Records and subsequently signed with 4AD and rose to prominence with the release of her 2012 studio album Visions. Visions includes the singles "Genesis" and "Oblivion" and received the Canadian music industry Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year. Following this her fourth studio album Art Angels was released in 2015 and several publications named it the best album of the year. Her fifth studio album Miss Anthropocene was released in 2020.