Grimes has released two remixes for her newest single ‘We Appreciate Power.’ In a rare collaboration, Grimes enlisted two of her friends, HANA and BloodPop, for the two high energy tracks.
BloodPop is a Grammy-nominated artist and certified member of the generation of pop whose remix comes off the heels of first single of the year, ‘Newman’. The other remix is the first of original Grimes Nightcore tracks that will be released this year.
Released last month to rave reviews, the original track is a hard, audacious rock banger which was produced, performed and written by Grimes and featuring HANA. The song meshes the dark, heavy sounds of rock and industrial music with huge pop sensibility and hooks, further underlining the sonic innovation which Grimes time and time again masters. ‘We Appreciate Power’ is anthemic.
Inspired by the North Korean band Moranbong, ‘We Appreciate Power’ is written from the perspective of a Pro – A.I. Girl Group Propaganda machine who use song, dance, sex and fashion to spread goodwill towards Artificial Intelligence (it’s coming whether you want it or not). Simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you’ve supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring.
Grimes’ previous album, her fourth studio record, Art Angels was released in 2015 and critically lauded, topping ‘Album Of The Year’ lists worldwide with a campaign that ended in a sold-out tour earning her 5-star reviews every night. She has since collaborated with Janelle Monáe on the feminist anthem ‘Pynk’and has been working on her fifth album. ‘We Appreciate Power’ is the first track to be heard from it.
Praise for ‘We Appreciate Power’ feat. HANA
“Once again, you can hear the DIY Canadian producer-performer pushing her pop vision forward” –triple j
“Somewhere between power pop and straightforward industrial, it’s a distinctly 2018 take on Nine Inch Nails-esque hard-edged rock.” – Rolling Stone
“A dystopian, aggressive dive into a more rock-leaning sound” – Billboard
“The zany, industrial cut finds Grimes submitting to the robot state atop some monster truck-level production.” – The Fader
