Grimes
Early life
In 2006, Grimes graduated from Lord Byng Secondary School and relocated from Vancouver to Montreal to attend McGill University's joint Bachelor of Arts and Science program. "I was studying general Arts and Science degree, but I was in the electro-acoustics program" she said in early interviews. However, she later claimed to have studied neuroscience. She was expelled in December 2010 for skipping classes.
2009–2011: Career beginnings, Geidi Primes, and Halfaxa
!Grimes performing at [South by Southwest 2012](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/GrimesatSxSW2012%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-GrimesatSxSW2012%28cropped%29.jpg)
2009–2011: Career beginnings, Geidi Primes, and Halfaxa
In January 2010, Grimes released her debut album, Geidi Primes, a concept album inspired by the Dune) series, followed by her second album, Halfaxa, in October of the same year. After the release of Halfaxa, she began to publicly promote her music and tour beyond Montreal. In 2011 Grimes released five songs on her side of the split 12" with d'Eon), Darkbloom) (through both Arbutus and Hippos in Tanks). Beginning in May 2011, Grimes opened for Lykke Li on her North American Tour, and the following August her debut album was re-released through No Pain in Pop Records, in CD and vinyl format for the first time. In 2011, she collaborated with DJ/producer Blood Diamonds.
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