Grimes wants everyone to know that, “contrary to popular belief”, Elon Musk – her partner, the father of her child X Ć A-Xii, and, incidentally, the second richest person in the entire world – doesn’t fund her career.
The message was conveyed after Grimes shared a snippet of a song from her upcoming lesbian opera album. The musician said her label, Columbia Records, didn’t think it was worthy of a single and she wanted feedback from her fans. When one fan asked why she was even signed to a label, Grimes replied: “Need to get out of the gate-keeping of indie music and I need $ for music videos etc haha contrary to popular belief my bf doesn’t fund my career.”