Today (July 17), she wrote a couple of tweets about her new album, which is apparently near completion and might be done as soon as this week. She then complained that, as a female producer, working with an outside engineer results in people shifting the credit away from her.
This led to a subsequent handful of messages about the double standards of the music industry. She admitted that this unfair treatment "fills me with a constant feeling of defeat," and she wrote, "shame on all of u." Read the tweets on the subject at the bottom of this page.
This isn't the first time Grimes has addressed similar issues; she previously wrote about sexism and stereotypes in a Tumblr post a couple of years ago.
Meanwhile, Grimes continues to work on her next album. She previously suggested that it would arrive as a surprise album in October. When it drops, there won't be any doubt as to who deserves full credit.
I hope I can finish my album this week I can't remember what it feels like to have friends or participate in recreational activities
— Spaghetti Khaleesi (@Grimezsz) July 17, 2015Perhaps if I smash my head into a brick wall my album will be spontaneously completed
— Spaghetti Khaleesi (@Grimezsz) July 17, 2015Rly fucking sucks that I know so many male producers using ghost producers and i can't even work with an engineer w/o losing authorship
— Spaghetti Khaleesi (@Grimezsz) July 17, 2015LOL a renewed barrage of emails from male artists and engineers offering help cuz of my last tweet it literally never ends shame on all of u
— Spaghetti Khaleesi (@Grimezsz) July 17, 2015The stress caused by people constantly offering to do my job for me sucks so much and fills me with a constant feeling of defeat
— Spaghetti Khaleesi (@Grimezsz) July 17, 2015I can't even discuss the double standard without getting offers of help and advice from men
— Spaghetti Khaleesi (@Grimezsz) July 17, 2015My job is fucking hard but that doesn't mean I don't want to do it. this seems to confuse people
— Spaghetti Khaleesi (@Grimezsz) July 17, 2015
