Playground magazine

When you hear the name Grimes you think of elves: delicate creatures, clean, beautiful and girlie, blessed with a special magic that could only spring from the mind of a lonely child. Nevertheless, the video Emily Kai Bock made for “Oblivion” is the complete opposite: Claire Boucher is out on the streets, absolutely down to earth, lacking strange attire, visiting, like any other person, a motor sports event and an American football game packed with shouting people. And all the while, she's singing.