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Nov 29, 2019 · [Verse 1] So, we party when the sun goes low. Imminent annihilation sounds so dope. I'm not shy but I refuse to speak. Because I don't trust you to understand me. [Pre-Chorus] You know me as the...
Nov 29, 2019 · Grimes - My Name Is Dark (Audio) Grimes. 1.24M subscribers. 4.2M views 4 years ago. ...more. New album 'Miss Anthropocene' out now: https://grimes.ffm.to/missanthropoceneWritten,...
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" My Name Is Dark " is a song by Canadian musician Grimes. It was released on November 29, 2019, and is the third single from her fifth studio album Miss Anthropocene. The original title was "That's What the Drugs are For". A lyric video was published on December 3, 2019, featuring the Algorithm Mix of the song.
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My Name is Dark is a single by Grimes. It is the third single and seventh track on her fifth studio album, Miss Anthropocene.
My Name is Dark is the Demon of Political Apathy.
Meaning
Grimes told Apple Music: Grimes has stated that certain lyrics in the song have their own themes, such as lyrics about insomnia, her experiences with record labels, and the city she recorded the song in. According to a Grimes interview for Cultured magazine, My Name Is Dark ''is about all the people she knows who didn’t vote in the U.S. (2016) presidential election.''
•The song was originally titled "thats what the drugs r 4", and registered as "that's what the drugs r for". Grimes wanted this to be the final title but was unable to change it.
•My Name is Dark and 4ÆM were, according to Grimes, the hardest songs to make for Miss Anthropocene.
•The drums were inspired by SGL and used with permission from the original song Now, Now.•The lyric "Put on "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" " refers to a song by The Smashing Pumpkins of the same name.
•The title of the song is a direct quote of the antagonist Mr. Dark in Ray Bradbury's 1962 novel Something Wicked This Way Comes.
•The bridge of the song features Grimes overhearing a conversation between God and the Angel of Death, each protecting Hell and Heaven respectively; the Angel of Death pleads with God to fix the world, while God does nothing. This may be a metaphor for the album's theme of climate change going unnoticed. The line describing the encounter, "Paradise on my right, and h-h-hell on my left, the a-a-angel of death, right behind me" is also a reference to a line in Frank Herbert's novel Dune.
•On April 30, 2023, Grimes released the acapella and instrumental to the Art Mix version of My Name is Dark, called "That's What The Drugs Are For".
Jan 13, 2020 · Grimes‘ “My Name Is Dark” is her latest hit, and it’s already racked up more than 2 million Spotify streams to date. The single is produced by Grimes herself. On today’s episode,...
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Grimes. 1.24M subscribers. 24K views 4 years ago. ...more. Provided to YouTube by Beggars Group Digital Ltd.My Name is Dark (Art Mix) · GrimesMy Name is Dark℗ 2019 4AD...
