Grimes Unveiled Her New, Rather Large Face Tattoo

Grimes unveiled a new face tattoo, and even her parents didn’t notice. Person wearing an avant-garde outfit with metallic mask and carrying an ornate sword, posing for photographers at a high-profile event

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The musician is no stranger to body modifications and already sporting a number of tattoos — including a red, alien-style piece that spans her entire right leg by tattoo artist Daniela (@caidasindesamparo).

Back in 2022, she unveiled her list of ideal body mods, including vampire teeth and elf ears, adding, “These next few years will be spent doing [all] my dream body mods.” Well, it looks like the time to check “face tattoo” off the list has come. Performer on stage with long hair and plaid skirt, posing with arms raised, in front of an abstract light display

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Sharing a selfie on Instagram, she wrote, “Spent like ten years emotionally working up to a face tattoo but I guess I drew on my face too much and literally no one noticed, not even my parents, not even after the video lol.”

The “video” Grimes is referring to is the new music video for her song “Artificial Angels,” which was released earlier this week. “That said I think @glyphomancer is onto something truly novel and innovative with her work esp on face tats- there’s a true beauty, delicacy, and innovation here imo,” she continued. “Feel like tats are in a crazy renaissance period that’s sort of under appreciated atm.” Person posing with hand covering one eye, wearing oversized glasses and an outfit with detailed patterns; futuristic background

“Excuse the insane pic had to find one without makeup so there wasn’t any [blur of the ink],” she added. Person in colorful, eclectic outfit with glasses and gloves, flanked by two animated characters with distinct costumes Some people in the comments were quick to dismiss Grimes’s “fave tat“: Two comments discussing a face tattoo; one questions its presence, the other asks its location with an inquisitive emoji

Or generally voice their grievances: Screenshot of a social media exchange where a user criticizes music, and Grimes humorously responds about her age being 37 or 38