Grimes plans to legally sell her soul — to the tune of $10 million

What’s the value of a soul? About $10 million, in accordance to Grimes.

Forward of her upcoming on-line artwork exhibition — titled “Promoting Out” — opening in Los Angeles on Could 28, the avant-garde artist has introduced that the title piece in the assortment will likely be a authorized doc that entitles the purchaser to a proportion of Grimes’ soul.

That nugget of Grimes’ essence will likely be bought together with sundry different prints, drawings and images by the the singer whose given title is Claire Elise Boucher however prefers “C,” in accordance to Bloomberg. The 32-year-old Canadian musician informed the journal this week that she doesn’t truly suppose it would sell.

“I didn’t need anybody to purchase it, so I stated we must always simply make it $10 million after which it in all probability received’t sell,” she stated of the outsized beginning bid. As she mentioned the legitimacy of the stunt with her lawyer, she turned extra intrigued with the idea, she stated.

“The deeper we obtained with it, the extra philosophically fascinating it turned,” stated the new mother of child boy X Æ A-Xii, born earlier this month. The daddy is SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, 48.

“Additionally, I actually wished to collaborate with my lawyer on artwork,” she continued. “The concept of fantastical artwork in the kind of authorized paperwork simply appears very intriguing to me.”

As the world reels from the coronavirus pandemic, Grimes additionally admitted that the expensive assertion on “promoting out” was coming at a considerably awkward time.

“With the present state of the world, would you like to put one thing up for $10 million?” she requested, rhetorically, and added that she’ll take the “finest supply” — thus leaving it up to the public to resolve what her soul is value.

Her soul is by far the priciest piece of the exhibit. Different works, corresponding to the edgy-whimsical print illustration titled “Seldon Disaster” from 2016, will begin at a modest $500.

The “Miss Anthropocene” singer defined that she thought-about herself a tremendous artist lengthy earlier than she began writing electro-pop music.

“I made artwork 10, 12 years earlier than I ever touched a keyboard,” she stated. “I see myself as a visible artist at first, and I’ve all the time felt unusual that folks know me for music.”