Fans believe that Grimes’ newest song, "Player of Games", makes a few barely-disguised references to her break-up with billionaire Elon Musk.
The song, which is littered with references to space, seems to touch on her three-year relationship with Musk, who she split with in September.
“Sail away / To the cold expanse of space / Even love / Couldn’t keep you in your place,” "Player of Games", which Grimes released on Friday (3 December), goes.
The lyrics continue: “I’m in love / With the greatest gamer / But he’ll always love the game / More than he loves me”.
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Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is looking to colonise Mars , which seems to be referenced within Grimes’ (real name Claire Boucher) celestially-themed lyrics.
The company also has a $178 million contract with NASA to help them reach Jupiter’s ice-crusted moon, Europa, and see if it could be habitable for humans, referenced in the lyric: “Would you still love me / Out on Europa."
Grimes fans were quick to pick up on the references after the release of "Player of Games", which comes ahead of her new album, Book 1.
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Grimes and Musk share a one-year-old child together named X Æ A-xii, who Grimes has stated will choose their own gender .
Before giving birth, she explained: “I don’t want to say the gender of the baby… because I feel like their privacy should be protected.
“I don’t think they can consent to being famous or being in public. And I don’t want to gender them in case that’s not how they feel in their life.”
The couple announced their separation in September due to work commitments keeping them long-distance, however they are reportedly "on good terms".
Since the couple split, Grimes jokingly announced that she is now looking to launch a “lesbian space commune” .
“I’ll be colonising [one of Jupiter’s moons] Europa separately from Elon for the lesbian space commune,” she joked in an email to Page Six .
PinkNews contacted representatives for Grimes and Elon Musk for comment.
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