{"id":17252,"date":"2013-01-27T03:22:48","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T08:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=17252"},"modified":"2013-01-27T03:22:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T08:22:48","slug":"dont-hate-me-because-im-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/dont-hate-me-because-im-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, Mr. Moderator admitted to a musical version of beer goggles: listening with his groin<\/a>. On the thread, I reminded him of a conversation we had been having about an artist, and he responded,<\/p>\n

The woman who\u2019s videos you were sending me looked like jailbait. And I don\u2019t like spiders and snakes! The music that woman was doing had some merit, as I worked to get myself back into my 22-year-old Kate Bush appreciating self, but there was a troubling line for me to get past.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gentlemen and Ladies, I now admit to you my girl crush: Grimes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I first heard about Grimes from Simon Reynolds. Mr. Royale and I had gone to hear him discuss his 2011 book, Retromania<\/em>. Audience discussion led to questions about the future direction of popular music, and one of the artists he mentioned was Grimes and her “post-internet” music of a multitude of references.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t swayed by the first few singles (to quote another wag, “Cranes with a laptop”). But then came the new album, Visions<\/em> and this video:<\/p>\n