“Shinigami Eyes”, the first track released from Grimes' upcoming EP, Fairies Cum First, was officially released on January 26th, 2022.
The song was first teased by a Twitter post of Grimes, which was written in binary code.
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[Intro]
Have you got your Shinigami eyes on?
[Chorus]
Are you ready to die?
Got my Shinigami eyes on
Everything is fine
Got my Shinigami eyes
Are you ready to die?
Got my Shinigami eyes on
Everything is fine
Got my Shinigami eyes on you
[Verse 1]
And young men's love doth lie
Never in their hearts
Only in their eyes
And I'm so fucking high
Rent-free in your head
Missing from your bed
I know your secrets
Everything, oh
[Chorus]
Are you ready to die?
Got my Shinigami eyes on
Evеrything is fine
Got my Shinigami eyes
Arе you ready to die?
Got my Shinigami eyes on
Everything is fine
Got my Shinigami eyes on you
[Verse 2]
But you like me the most
You follow me the most
I'm the queen on the chessboard
And the red upon the rose
And you like me the most
You follow me the most
I'm the queen on every chessboard
I'm the setting that you export
And you can't say no
[Bridge]
And everything is fine
Got my Shinigami eyes on
You ready to die?
Got my Shinigami eyes on you
[Chorus]
Are you ready to die?
Got my Shinigami eyes on
Everything is fine
Got my Shinigami eyes
Are you ready to die?
Got my Shinigami eyes on
Everything is fine
Got my Shinigami eyes
Are you ready to die?
Got my Shinigami eyes on
Everything is fine
Got my Shinigami eyes
Are you ready to die?
Got my Shinigami eyes on
Everything is fine
Got my Shinigami eyes on you
Grimes released Shinigami Eyes on Wed Jan 26 2022.
“Shinigami Eyes” comes out when people are sufficiently hyped haha, label says I gotta hype people but I’m shy and I hate social media, so we’ll see… It’s a metaphor for when the AI [are] invading the simulation to amuse themselves the way Shinigami invade the human world.
—Grimes via Discord
On July 25, 2021, Grimes shared pictures with JENNIE from BLACKPINK on her Instagram and Twitter, where both artists stood in front of a SpaceX rocket.
Fans started to speculate a collaboration between the two, but nothing official was announced until the following year.
On January 25, 2022, the t...
“Shinigami Eyes” is a reference to the well-known manga and anime series Death Note. Shinigamis, also known as death gods, are supernatural beings that lead you and others towards death directly or indirectly. In the anime, a Shinigami shows up in the human world when a human makes contact with a De...
I’ve never seen such a pure talent on a set everyone was like wtf she’s so good at performing
—Grimes via Instagram
Thank you so much to my epic team and especially my favorite popstar Jennie who literally fixed my hair on set at one point cuz the wind blew my bangs vertical haha
—Grimes via Inst...