Grimes Says It’s ‘Profoundly Clear’ That X, Social Media Is ‘Poison’
"The entire thing is a theatre," the musician added.
Grimes is here to talk about “REALiTi.” The singer shared her thoughts about social media — and specifically X — when she shared her dissatisfaction in a post made on Monday (July 7).
“Ok I’ve basically been entirely off social media and returning here it is overrwhelmingly abundantly and profoundly clear that this place – and all of these places – are a poison – a prison of utterly short form deep sounding nonsense attached to no one that ur brain will discard imaging its learning,” wrote the artist, who has charted three albums on the Billboard 200, on X. “The entire thing is a theatre. A s—ty pale simulacra of a life.”
While the artist hasn’t exactly been absent from social media platforms in the last few months — she’s posted on X about her thoughts on AI, her favorite controversy of her own, Game of Thrones, Sailor Moon and more — this isn’t the first time she’s aired her concerns about the negativity on apps.
“I’ve been way more offline lately, tried all the apps for a bit yesterday and man! It’s rly dark on here!” she wrote on X in April. “I think it’s very unhealthy to be on social media, it feels like a ghost town of depression, bitterness and pictures of beautiful women doing sext things I feel like this is a massive moral failure of all the apps. And it’s causing great harm to society.”
Billboard has reached out to X for comment on Grimes’ post.
X is owned by Elon Musk, with whom Grimes was previously in a relationship. Musk confirmed their split in 2021 after three years together. The former couple shares three children: son X Æ A-Xii, who was born in 2020; daughter Exa Dark Sideræl arrived in 2021; and son Techno Mechanicus joined the family in 2022.
