Grimes has spoken out in defence of Beyonce again, calling out music snobs who dismiss the superstar because of her huge sales figures.
Earlier this year (2013) Grimes wrote a Tumblr post defending Mariah Carey, K-pop star Psy and especially Beyonce. “How can you hate BeyoncĂ©? She’s changing the world,” Grimes wrote at the time. “She stands for people of colour and women everywhere succeeding in a stifling patriarchy without compromising her morals.”
Now Grimes has shown further support for the singer during an interview before last night’s MTV Video Music Awards, whose red-carpet coverage Grimes was hired to co-host. “In my opinion it’s kind of crappy to belittle an artist such as BeyoncĂ© just because she is successful,” Grimes said. “Maybe she’s successful because she earned it. You know, she’s been working really hard since she was, like, a kid.”
Grimes went on to praise Beyonce’s artistry on stage, saying: “For me, I don’t even experience her art as pop music. I think the choreography and visuals of the show, everything altogether is a new thing that works in the realm of pop music, but it’s doing a bunch of other stuff too.”
Grimes’s love of pop music proved unpopular during a recent DJ set in Ibiza, when she apparently cleared the floor after playing songs by Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey and The Vengaboys.