Who is Elon Musk’s ex-girlfriend Grimes?

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Grimes is a Canadian pop star and the girlfriend of billionaire Elon Musk

When did Grimes and Elon Musk have a baby?

Grimes first announced she was pregnant back in January 2020.

She revealed the news with a picture of her posing in a blazer which reveals her growing stomach.

Musk revealed on May 4, 2020, that the baby had been born.

On March 10, 2022, it was revealed that Grimes and Musk had welcomed a baby girl via surrogate.

The baby, whose name is Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, is nicknamed "Y" by her parents.

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Who is Grimes?

Grimes, 33, is a singer-songwriter from .

She is of Québécois and  and her real name is Claire Elise Boucher.

Her mother, Sandy Garossino, is a former Crown prosecutor and used to own three Metro Vancouver taxi companies.

She began writing music and posting it on MySpace in 2007.

The name Grimes came from the fact that MySpace allowed you to list three musical genres and she listed Grime for all three before she knew what it was.

Grimes first shot to fame in 2012 with her album Visions which was followed by the equally successful Art Angels.

Grimes currently stars on the Fox singing competition series, .

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When did Grimes start dating Elon Musk?

Grimes reportedly started dating Elon Musk in March 2018.

Around this time Elon tweeted praise for Grime's self-directed music video for the song Venus Fly.

He wrote: "Best music video art I've seen in a while." about the track which features Janelle Monae.

In 2015, Elon reached out to Grimes after they bonded over a joke about artificial intelligence on Twitter.
On September 24, 2021, SpaceX founder Musk told  that the pair are "semi-separated" but remain on good terms.

“We are semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms,” Musk told the outlet.

“It’s mostly that my work at SpaceX and Tesla requires me to be primarily in Texas or traveling overseas and her work is primarily in LA.

"She’s staying with me now and Baby X is in the adjacent room.”