Musician (and girlfriend of Elon Musk) Grimes no longer wants to make albums or perform live–she instead wants to do a hologram tour. And Twitter is less than thrilled about the prospect.
“I wanna retire from touring. I wanna do a hologram tour,” Grimes recently told Flaunt.
Hologram tours are usually reserved for artists who no longer can perform live–often because they are dead. Notably, a hologram of Tupac Shakur performed at Coachella, alongside real-life Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, in 2012. A hologram of Michael Jackson also performed at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards.
So this is understandably confusing, as Grimes is very much alive.
“She not dead yet tho?” one Twitter user questioned.
She not dead yet tho?
— Danny (@Danny99Campbell) April 26, 2019
Others just found the idea ridiculous.
eyes rolling into OBLIVION https://t.co/9xThnieVyo
— bambino (@maaarktim) April 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/REALiTiGENESiS/status/1122126284287614977
https://twitter.com/Hiim_brendan/status/1122051403961135104
Of course, Twitter had plenty of jokes about the whole thing.
https://twitter.com/slimthiccest/status/1122118147623014405
grimes’ hologram when she starts performing art angels pic.twitter.com/q9gHJnkEPl
— Jevika Burgers (@Iocalharlot) April 27, 2019
An Elon Musk-funded, K-pop-styled Grimes hologram tour, presented by The Boring Company, promoting a record that *might* come out in 2019, coming to an arena near you in 2021 (it takes a while to code these things).
— Noah Love (@noahlove) April 26, 2019
If Grimes wants to do hologram tours she better expect hologram money tf
— natalie (@natalieisfrzing) April 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/zag_loz/status/1122148169582821376
https://twitter.com/wayvisi0n/status/1122155280127676416
https://twitter.com/theanaXO/status/1122164894558826497
Grimes alluded to stage fright as the reason for wanting to do a hologram tour.
“Why do we keep doing them for dead artists instead of living ones who have stage fright?” she asked.
Grimes then opened up about her stage fright, and what it feels like.
“It’s nightmarish. Apocalyptic. Terrifying, horrible. I can’t hear clapping or cheers–I just hear an echo chamber of death. I black out,” Grimes said. “I’m not a good performer,” she said. “I’m a director who accidentally fell into this position, and now it’s too late to change.”
Some Twitter users were surprisingly interested in the idea; some identified with her stage fright, too.
https://twitter.com/randellshea715/status/1122119526693376000
https://twitter.com/tyraynnosaurus/status/1122144858817355778
https://twitter.com/carterfife/status/1122152076853702656
https://twitter.com/Danniwah/status/1122122397354725376
grimes talking about doing a hologram tour to avoid stage fright is something i can relate to
— mr born to lose 🌙 (@plxnethunter) April 27, 2019
u go girl
Grimes’ desire to do a hologram tour should come as no surprise—she’s previously discussed her interest in science and technology. After all, her and Elon Musk’s relationship infamously began after a joke about artificial intelligence.
H/T Flaunt
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