Grimes has once again taken aim at the ventures of her ex-partner Elon Musk — this time slamming his social media platform, X/Twitter, as "poison" and "a prison".
Musk famously acquired Twitter in 2022 in a staggering $44 billion deal, later rebranding it as X in a move that shocked users and industry insiders alike.
The Canadian musician returned to the platform on 7 July for the first time since mid-June, initially to express her excitement about collaborating with English drum and bass artist Sub Focus.
But it was a follow-up tweet that truly caught attention.
“Ok I've basically been entirely off social media and returning here it is overwhelmingly abundantly and profoundly clear that this place - and all of these places - are a poison - a prison of utterly short form deep sounding nonsense attached to no one that ur brain will discard imaging its learning,” she wrote.
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The post has since racked up nearly a million views and sparked a flurry of debate online.
One user replied: "There’s a lot of great people on here too tho. It becomes what you focus on."
Another commented: "I went camping over the weekend without internet and boy does this feel accurate."
A third added: "It has positives too. Just really important to understand how dangerous it is for your brain and apply self control to not let it destroy you."
Grimes — real name Claire Boucher — shares three children with Musk: X Æ A-Xii, Exa Dark Sideræl, and Techno Mechanicus.
This isn’t the first time she’s spoken out against Musk's decisions either.
Back in February, when the Tesla boss brought their son X Æ A-Xii to the White House, Grimes criticised the move on X, writing: "[My son] should not be in public like this. I did not see this, thank u for alerting me. But I'm glad he was polite. Sigh."
Whether her latest critique will prompt a response from Musk remains to be seen — but for now, Grimes seems to be making it clear she wants little to do with the digital empire her ex built.
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