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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.

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Grimes
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: March 17
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Claire Elise Boucher
Claire Boucher
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I was raised in a Catholic household and went to a Catholic school, and my childhood brain perceived medieval Catholicism as an action movie: There's this crazy omnipresent guy who can destroy you at any moment.
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