Grimes surprises everyone with a LinkedIn profile

Grimes’ unexpected appearance on LinkedIn has left half the internet somewhere between confusion and easy jokes. To understand the buzz, it’s worth starting with the basics: she’s not just any artist. Grimes is one of those figures who doesn’t simply make music, but builds an entire universe around it, blending aesthetics, technology and a very particular vision of the future. Her move onto a professional networking platform feels less strange when you realise she has always operated beyond the traditional idea of a “singer”.

Part of the noise can also be traced back to her past relationship with Elon Musk, whom she was with from 2018 to 2022 and with whom she shares three children. The legal disputes over custody that followed, which she has said affected her both emotionally and financially, have led some to read this move as a sign of necessity. Still, that interpretation oversimplifies a figure who has always existed outside the conventional.

Under her real name, Claire Boucher, she has spent over a decade building a career that began in the alternative scene and later broke into the mainstream without losing its edge. Albums like Art Angels put her on the global map, all while maintaining the experimental touch that defines her. It’s pop, but on her own terms—more artistic, more unusual and far less predictable than the norm.

This is where her multi-hyphenate identity becomes key to understanding her presence on LinkedIn. On her profile, she describes herself as a director, producer, songwriter, visual artist and even an inventor, as well as the CEO of a Los Angeles-based company called ‘Media Empire’. While there is little public detail about the venture, it aligns with her recent evolution, where music intersects with artificial intelligence, digital design and online culture.

In the end, her move to LinkedIn can be read as something fairly straightforward: organising everything she does and presenting it in a professional format. Rather than signalling a job search, it feels more like a way of structuring her hybrid identity as both artist and entrepreneur—something increasingly common in today’s creative industries.

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