We Appreciate Power

on We Appreciate Power

by Grimes featuring HANA

First Played: 2018-11-30 09:27:02
Last Played: 2019-04-26 13:29:36
Total Plays: 53

Play history

• 04/26/2019 06:29 AM: John Richards  
  “‘We Appreciate Power’ is written from the perspective of a Pro-A.I. Girl Group Propaganda machine who use song, dance, sex and fashion to spread goodwill towards Artificial Intelligence (it’s coming whether you want it or not),” explains a press release for the song. “Simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you’ve supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring.” Check out Grimes' KEXP in-studio from 2012: https://bit.ly/2GHp3nX
• 04/17/2019 01:45 PM: Cheryl Waters  
• 04/02/2019 11:08 AM: Cheryl Waters  
  According to a press release, "We Appreciate Power" was inspired by the North Korean pop group Moranbong — Kim Jong-un's favorite band: "We Appreciate Power" is written from the perspective of a Pro-AI Girl Group Propaganda machine who use song, dance, sex and fashion to spread goodwill towards Artificial Intelligence (it's coming whether you want it or not). Simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you've supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring.: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/671748124/on-we-appreciate-power-grimes-helps-us-greet-our-a-i-overlords
• 03/25/2019 01:22 PM: Cheryl Waters  
  Check out Live Video from Grimes' 2012 KEXP In-Studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ5XUw4qHZo.
• 03/18/2019 09:33 AM: Evie  
  In a statement, the song’s inspiration was attributed to North Korea’s Moranbong, an all-female military band that plays state-sanctioned performances. https://www.grimesmusic.com/
• 03/08/2019 10:05 AM: Cheryl Waters  
  See a lyric video for this song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYG_4vJ4qNA
• 03/05/2019 03:31 PM: Troy Nelson  
  Grimes released this song last fall as a preview of her forthcoming fifth album, due out this year.
• 02/25/2019 05:31 PM: Troy Nelson  
  Grimes envisions a future where AI rules supreme.
• 02/07/2019 10:30 PM: Marco Collins  
  Enjoy a full performance from Grimes in our KEXP archives on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ5XUw4qHZo
• 01/30/2019 04:59 PM: Kevin Cole  
  "We Appreciate Power" is the first taste from Grimes' 5th album that we still don't know much about at all. Hoping to hear more in 2019.
• 01/28/2019 05:17 PM: Troy Nelson  
• 01/27/2019 01:46 PM: Stevie Zoom  
  http://www.grimesmusic.com/
• 01/22/2019 02:51 AM: Reeves  
• 01/19/2019 01:27 PM: Morgan  
• 01/18/2019 08:19 PM: Michele Myers  
  Request. Have a suggestion or want to say "Hi"? Email dj@kexp.org or interact on Facebook DJ Michele, Instagram @djmichelemyers or Twitter @djmichelemyers. https://www.lizzomusic.com/
• 01/18/2019 01:48 PM: Cheryl Waters  
• 01/16/2019 01:44 PM: Abbie  
  Read about the song and collaboration on the KEXP blog "visceral lyrics that were inspired by the North Korean band Moranbong, an all-female propaganda band whose members were reportedly hand-picked by Kim Jong-un.": https://www.kexp.org/read/2018/11/29/grimes-shares-new-song-we-appreciate-power/?t=1547675162940
• 01/15/2019 03:36 PM: Kevin Cole  
  Grimes recently tweeted that she was "in China writing a fantasy novel instead of finishing my album." Hopefully we'll get to hear it soon!
• 01/14/2019 05:39 PM: Troy Nelson  
  http://www.grimesmusic.com/
• 01/11/2019 01:08 PM: Cheryl Waters  
  Watch Grimes' performance of this song on 'The Tonight Show' last month, as well as Live Video from her 2012 KEXP In-Studio: https://www.kexp.org/read/2018/12/11/grimes-brings-we-appreciate-power-tonight-show/?t=1546884792428.
• 01/10/2019 01:00 PM: Abbie  
  Grimes released the single “We Appreciate Power” [ft. HANA] in November 2018. Read this interesting music review: https://bit.ly/2CaoRdA
• 01/07/2019 10:05 AM: Cheryl Waters  
  Grimes is playing WaMu Theater Friday, January 18. Watch Grimes' performance of this song on 'The Tonight Show' last month, as well as Live Video from her 2012 KEXP In-Studio: https://www.kexp.org/read/2018/12/11/grimes-brings-we-appreciate-power-tonight-show/?t=1546884792428.
• 01/05/2019 03:13 AM: Greta Rose  
• 01/04/2019 08:37 PM: Michele Myers  
  New Grimes!
• 01/03/2019 05:33 PM: Atticus  
  Grimes is gearing up for a release to follow up 2015's "Art Angels" with an as of yet untitled album due out sometime this year!
• 01/03/2019 09:30 AM: John Richards  
  The first new song from Grimes since Art Angels release in 2015. According to the press release for this single - "We Appreciate Power" is written from the perspective of a Pro-AI Girl Group Propaganda machine who use song, dance, sex and fashion to spread goodwill towards Artificial Intelligence (it's coming whether you want it or not). Simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you've supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring." So yes, this is very much a Grimes song.
• 01/01/2019 11:27 AM: Abbie  
  Grimes is the electronic project of Canadian artist Claire Boucher. "We Appreciate Power" is the first track Grimes has released since her 2015 full-length album Art Angels.
• 01/01/2019 01:50 AM: Reeves  
• 12/31/2018 02:14 PM: Atticus  
  *Elon joke*. New Grimes has received a polarized response. However, she has certainly succeeded in creating a distinct pop identity. Visual style still fascinating as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYG_4vJ4qNA.
• 12/28/2018 01:34 PM: Cheryl Waters  
  Citing the all-female North Korean state-propaganda musical group the Moranbong Band as inspiration, Grimes explains the song’s thematic bent in a statement: “Written from the perspective of a Pro-A.I. Girl Group Propaganda machine who use song, dance, sex and fashion to spread goodwill towards Artificial Intelligence (it’s coming whether you want it or not). Simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you’ve supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring.”
• 12/27/2018 05:12 PM: Atticus  
  Grimes' first single in over 3 years. 'We Appreciate Power' was released in preparation for Grimes' 5th album due out sometime in 2019
• 12/24/2018 01:34 PM: Abbie  
  Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) is from Dark Woods, BC. http://www.grimesmusic.com
• 12/23/2018 04:38 PM: Evie  
  watch Grimes KEXP live performance here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ5XUw4qHZo
• 12/23/2018 01:01 PM: Stevie Zoom  
  From Grimes' upcoming fifth album, which is not titled at the moment. http://www.grimesmusic.com/
• 12/22/2018 03:11 PM: Troy Nelson  
  Check out this video of Grimes performing "We Appreciate Power" live on The Tonight Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNMDaJcUKMs
• 12/20/2018 11:28 PM: Marco Collins  
  This is the first self-produced single off Grimes’ currently untitled fifth album
• 12/20/2018 05:07 PM: Troy Nelson  
  Grimes released this new single from a currently untitled upcoming fifth studio album with longtime collaborator HANA earlier this month!
• 12/19/2018 09:23 AM: John Richards  
  Just a few days ago, Grimes and HANA performed this song on The Tonight Show https://www.stereogum.com/2025763/watch-grimes-wild-tonight-show-performance-of-we-appreciate-power/video/
• 12/19/2018 02:23 AM: Abbie  
  Looking forward to new Grimes in the New Year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYG_4vJ4qNA
• 12/18/2018 04:48 PM: Kevin Cole  
  First single from Grimes' upcoming fifth album. Watch her perform the song on the Tonight Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNMDaJcUKMs
• 12/18/2018 10:22 AM: Cheryl Waters  
  According to a press release, "We Appreciate Power" was inspired by the North Korean pop group Moranbong — Kim Jong-un's favorite band: "'We Appreciate Power' is written from the perspective of a Pro-AI Girl Group Propaganda machine who use song, dance, sex and fashion to spread goodwill towards Artificial Intelligence (it's coming whether you want it or not). Simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you've supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring.": https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/671748124/on-we-appreciate-power-grimes-helps-us-greet-our-a-i-overlords
• 12/17/2018 08:19 AM: John Richards  
  Citing the all-female North Korean state-propaganda musical group the Moranbong Band as inspiration, Grimes explains the song’s thematic bent in a statement: “Written from the perspective of a Pro-A.I. Girl Group Propaganda machine who use song, dance, sex and fashion to spread goodwill towards Artificial Intelligence (it’s coming whether you want it or not). Simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you’ve supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring.”
• 12/15/2018 05:15 PM: Troy Nelson  
  Check out Grimes' performance on Jimmy Fallon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNMDaJcUKMs
• 12/12/2018 01:33 PM: Cheryl Waters  
• 12/11/2018 04:33 PM: Kevin Cole  
  Grimes' last album 'Art Angels' was released on this day in 2015. This is the first single from her upcoming fifth album!
• 12/10/2018 07:16 AM: John Richards  
  Her first new song since 2015’s Art Angels. The new track, features Hana (a longtime collaborator), and it’s slated as the first single from her forthcoming fifth album.
• 12/09/2018 02:24 PM: Stevie Zoom  
• 12/08/2018 05:22 PM: Troy Nelson  
  Check out the lyric video for this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYG_4vJ4qNA
• 12/07/2018 07:22 AM: John Richards  
• 12/06/2018 09:25 AM: John Richards  
  "The self-produced song, which features Grimes’ ongoing collaborator HANA, is an immediate onslaught of mutilated noise—distorted metal guitar chug, bloody screams, a guitar loop that conjures fear and demands worship." Read more about this first single off Grimes' untitled fifth album: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/we-appreciate-power/
• 12/05/2018 11:45 AM: Cheryl Waters  
  According to a press release “We Appreciate Power” the lyrics were penned from the point of view of a girl group championing the propagation of pro-artificial intelligence
• 12/01/2018 05:00 AM: Greta Rose  
• 11/30/2018 01:27 AM: Atticus