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Grimes - Releases BloodPop® and Nightcore Remixes for 'We Appreciate Power'
Grimes : Releases BloodPop® and Nightcore Remixes for 'We Appreciate Power'
18th January 2019

Today Grimes 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.  This remix comes off the heels of BloodPop®’s first single of the year, 'Newman.'

`We Appreciate Power (BloodPop® Remix) - BloodPop®HANA
We Appreciate Power (Nightcore Remix) – HANA

Listen here.

This will be 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. 

“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

The song meshes the dark, heavy sounds of rock and industrialmusic 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 AppreciatePower’ 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 (its 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* reviews every night.  She has since collaborated with Janelle Monáe on the feminist anthem ‘Pynk’ andhas been working on her fifth album. ‘We Appreciate Power’ is the first track to be heard from it.