Genesis (Grimes song)

"Genesis"
Single by Grimes
from the album Visions
B-side "Ambrosia"
Released January 9, 2012 (2012-01-09)
Format
Recorded August 2011
Length 4:15
Label 4AD
Writer(s) Grimes
Producer(s) Grimes
Grimes singles chronology
"Genesis"
(2012)		 "Phone Sex"
(2012)

"Genesis" is a song by Canadian singer and songwriter Grimes, released on January 9, 2012 as the lead single from her third studio album, Visions (2012).[1] The song is one of Grimes' most successful releases so far due to its music video becoming viral, mostly through micro-blogging site Tumblr. The NME placed the song at number 16 on its list of 50 Best Tracks of 2012.[2]

Music video

The self-directed video for "Genesis" premiered on August 22, 2012.[3] It was filmed in Los Angeles and co-stars rapper and stripper Brooke Candy, whom Grimes describes as "a very contemporary muse". In the video, Grimes is seen alongside a group of friends while driving an Escalade in the desert, holding an albino python in the back of a limousine, and posing in the woods. She said of the concept of the video: "It's loosely based on this painting by my favorite painter, Hieronymus Bosch, called The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things. I wanted to play with Medieval/Catholic imagery. I was raised in a Catholic household and went to a Catholic school, and my childhood brain perceived medieval Catholicism as an action movie: There's this crazy omnipresent guy who can destroy you at any moment."[4]

Track listings

  1. "Genesis" – 4:15
A. "Genesis" – 4:15
B. "Ambrosia" – 3:31

References

  1. 1 2 "Genesis – Single by Grimes". iTunes Store (US). Apple. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Album and Tracks of the Year". Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Watch The New Video for 'Genesis' by Grimes". 4AD. August 22, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  4. ↑ Battan, Carrie (August 27, 2012). "Director's Cut: Grimes: "Genesis"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ Yin-Wong, Flora (March 20, 2012). "EXCLUSIVE: Grimes Cassette Tape Treasure Hunt". Dazed. Retrieved December 14, 2015.

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