Doomscroll: Grimes
Added 2025-10-30 21:00:12 +0000 UTCMy guest is Grimes, an artist and musician. Her new single, Artificial Angels, explores our unique technological and cultural moment on the eve of AI. We discuss the profound impacts of social media, her new album and the role of art during periods of political transformation.
In the 20th century, artists served as an avant-garde. Movements on both the left and right, such as the Bauhaus or Italian Futurism, offered radical new visions for a modernizing society. In the 21st century, we see a similar dynamic emerge through online folk art such as memes and other digital content. We explore the complex references and symbolism throughout the Artificial Angels music video and official album artwork:
Grimes: Pop Star Diplomacy and the Avant-Garde | Doomscroll
On this week’s bonus episode, Grimes and I map the possible future horizons for a politics beyond western-style liberal democracy and explore the philosophical impacts of AI. We discuss post-enlightenment thinking, the crisis of digital art and the aesthetic stagnation of creative work today:
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Comments
I like the episodes where I don’t feel dumber at the end for having watched them. Unfortunately, this is not one of them.
Josh Kodroff
2025-11-01 13:57:52 +0000 UTCShe so dumb I love her
Kikikuma
2025-11-01 00:10:47 +0000 UTC
