Who said that angels had to be nice all the time? Sometimes they want to rebel just like the rest of us. Although we have to say that plunging a knife into Marie Antoinette goes a bit too far, even by our standards.
In Grimes’ latest self-directed video, a 2-part epic for new tracks “Flesh Without Blood” and “Life in the Vivid Dream”, the Dazed cover star plays the part of the murderous angel, a suited zorro-like middle-man and a neon-coloured Marie Antoinette-style character (who doesn’t let being stabbed ruin her walk around the gardens). The video is divided into Act 1 and Act 2 and sees the various characters dance around to the euphoric, synth-stuffed tracks amidst their blood-soaked adventures.
The tracks themselves will appear on her eagerly awaited fourth album Art Angels, which she has now revealed will be available digitally on November 6, with a physical version coming on December 11. Read the tracklist below, which features a collaboration with Janelle Monáe.
Art Angels:
01 laughing and not being normal
02 California
03 SCREAM [ft. Aristophanes]
04 Flesh without Blood
05 Belly of the beat
06 Kill V. Maim
07 Artangels
08 Easily
09 Pin
10 Realiti
11 World Princess part II
12 Venus Fly [ft. Janelle Monáe]
13 Life in the Vivid Dream
14 Butterfly
