Grimes Blasts Elon Musk’s X, Labels Platform ‘A Poison’ and ‘A Prison’

• Though she didn’t mention Musk by name, her post reflected clear disappointment with how the platform has evolved since his 2022 takeover.

• Grimes described X as “a theatre” and “a s**y pale simulacra of a life.”

Canadian musician Grimes has voiced her frustration with X (formerly Twitter), calling it “like a poison” and criticizing its current state under ex-partner Elon Musk’s ownership.

Though she didn’t mention Musk by name, her post reflected clear disappointment with how the platform has evolved since his 2022 takeover. Grimes described X as “a theatre” and “a s**y pale simulacra of a life.”

Grimes and Musk, who share three children, officially split nearly four years ago but continue to co-parent.

In her post, Grimes wrote:

“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 deep-sounding nonsense attached to no one that ur brain will discard imaging it’s learning.”