‘Bye Internet,’ Says Internet Musician Grimes After Deleting Most of Her Tumblr

The musician Claire Boucher, better known as Grimes, is responsible for one of last year’s most acclaimed indie albums, Visions. This morning, she posted an essay on her Tumblr regarding her pop-filled best-of 2012 music list. In it, she praised Beyoncé (“She is everything good”), “Gangam Style” mastermind Psy (“Psy is a genius and I don’t think it’s so terrible that he’s been recognized for this”) and Mariah Carey (“The first time I heard Mariah Carey it shattered the fabric of my existence and I started Grimes”). More »