“Since the beginning of her career, Grimes’ Claire Boucher has cited Korea’s slick, visually-stunning pop as a key influence on her own work. Her 2011 self-directed video for “Vanessa,” with its scenes of Boucher dancing with nine other women, was inspired by K-pop aesthetics, and she likened her steel drum-driven Blood Diamonds collaboration “Phone Sex” to “a K-pop version of ‘We Found Love’ by Ri”
