Grimes Shares ‘ACCELERANDO,’ First Lead Single From ‘PSYOPERA’
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Grimes has returned with “ACCELERANDO,” the first lead single from her upcoming album PSYOPERA. The project will mark her first album in six years and begin a new phase of releases after a long stretch away from a traditional album cycle. The single arrives with a music video directed by Cho Giseok and creatively directed by Grimes.
In a press release, Grimes’ team announced that “ACCELERANDO” is out now and will lead into PSYOPERA, with more details about the album expected later this month. The song draws on themes of technological acceleration, war and the social changes Grimes says she observed during her years away from pop music.
“ACCELERANDO” is framed as an anti-war song built around electronic dance production, with Grimes drawing on her experiences around Silicon Valley and her concerns about emerging technologies.
Watch the video for “ACCELERANDO” below:
The video features Grimes hovering over battlefield imagery, with crosses appearing behind her and one scene showing her as a mother wrapped in chains.
From the AI debate to immoral wars to a bad ex to looksmaxers to the importance of religion, PSYOPERA will cover everything Grimes witnessed as a woman of history during her hiatus from pop music.
Lyrics from ‘ACCELERANDO’
Key lyrics from ‘ACCELERANDO’:
Oppenheimer Barbie
Mindless machine army
American lobotomy ya a a a
Accelerando
Better than a Van Gogh?
Eat me if u wanna ya yayaya
Oh I know u wanna
U gotta wanna
Automata
Accelerondo
IF YOU NEED SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN
SIT BACK AND LET THE MACHINE IN
MEM-ORIZE MY NUMBER
I NEED THE BASS
GIRL GOD OF THUNDER
EXPENSIVE TASTE
U GET A WEAPON
OR A WAR
EITHER WAY
LETS CARNIVORE!
BASED! BABY
SOFTCORE
Breathe in simulated air baby
Call my name call my name (accelerando)
Everything is rendered in 3d
Call my name call my name (accelerando)
Can you find your way out of the maze?
Call my name call my name (accelerando)
*SCREAMS*
The music (and the screams) speak for themselves.
Grimes will share more about PSYOPERA later this month in sit-down interviews with Swiftologist and Adam Friedland–her first on-camera interviews about the new Grimes era.
ABOUT GRIMES
Grimes is a Grammy-nominated musician, producer, and artist whose genre-defying work has made her one of the most influential voices in music and technology. Known for pushing the boundaries of pop culture and artificial intelligence, she has built a devoted global following as a defining figure of the internet age.
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