--- title: "Grimes Says Elon Musk Has Become “Unrecognizable”" description: "Claire \"Grimes\" Boucher is getting personal on Elon Musk's \"everything\" app as she opens up about how he has affected her and her art." date: "2024-11-21" modified: "2024-11-21" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/grimes-elon-musk-unrecognizable" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "grimes" - "politics" - "the digest" --- # Grimes Says Elon Musk Has Become “Unrecognizable” ![Claire "Grimes" Boucher is getting personal on Elon Musk's "everything" app as she opens up about how he has affected her and her art.]() *\Image: Jason Kempin via Getty\* ## Grime Time Claire "Grimes" Boucher is getting personal on Elon Musk's "everything" app as she opens up about how the [right-wing billionaire]() has affected her and her art. The Canadian-born artist and [mother to three]() of Musk's [ever-growing litter of children]() suggested in a [lengthy post on X-formerly-Twitter]() that the Tesla and SpaceX CEO is no longer the man she fell in love with. Boucher wrote that among the life experiences going into her next project, "detaching from the love of my life as he becomes unrecognizable to me" is chief among them. Though not explicitly stated, that sorry statement seems like a certain reference to Musk's rightward turn that led him to [disown and disavow]() Vivian Jenna Wilson, his estranged transgender daughter, as part of his transphobic crusade that Boucher once said was "[not \[his\] heart]()." Over the summer, Boucher [publicly shared her support for Wilson]() and said she is "[endlessly proud]()" of the 20-year-old. Beyond the bigotry, the billionaire has also become a newly-minted politico during his [crusade to get Donald Trump back into the White House]() — though given that [Boucher has claimed she's apolitical](), that may not matter all that much to her. ## Behind Closed Doors In the post, Grimes went on to say that having access to only a "fraction of \[Musk\]'s resources" — and his "IQ/strategy experience," whatever that means — is yet another difficulty she's gone through during the ordeal. "And this is only what can be said publicly," she continued cryptically, "since most of my experience these last years should remain behind closed doors." Notably, these comments could discount [reporting from *People*]() earlier this month suggesting that Boucher and Musk were house-hunting together in Los Angeles as the multi-hyphenate business owner seeks to get all his exes and kids below the age of 18 [into one massive compound](). Then again, the 36-year-old singer did point out in her X post that during her protracted legal battle with Musk, she was painfully separated from one of their three children for five months — which could, in a coercive way, incentivize her to join the billionaire's reproductive compound. Dramatic as her [tempestuous partnership with Musk]() has been, Boucher said she's "grateful for every bullet" she's caught because it's leading her to create more and better art than ever before. "It might be upsetting and provocative to many," she concluded, "but it's real and the people who will feel me will feel me." **More on Musk's family matters:** [*We Have to Point Out That Elon Musk Clearly Has Huge Daddy Issues*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()