Grimes wants to do a hologram tour to combat her awful stage fright.
To the outsider, Grimes appears to have it all. She’s a talented and successful singer and she is dating eccentric billionaire Elon Musk. Her shows are always full of life and fun to watch but in reality, Grimes suffers from terrible stage fright and would rather avoid touring altogether.
“I wanna retire from touring,” she confessed to Flaunt. “I wanna do a hologram tour. Why do we keep doing them for dead artists instead of living ones who have stage fright?”
She then elaborated on this stage fright and explained: “It’s nightmarish. Apocalyptic. Terrifying, horrible. I can’t hear clapping or cheers – I just hear an echo chamber of death. I black out.
“Dissociation – I can’t tell what’s happening. After a show, I’m always thinking, ‘What happened?’ And people are like, ‘It’s OK!’ I know people like the authenticity of live performance, and I do too. But I’m not a good performer. I’m a director who accidentally fell into this position and now it’s too late to change. So I need to Gorillaz it – I need to find a way to not have to do the Beyoncé thing as much.”
Grimes is currently not on tour but has played over 300 shows in the past to date.
