Overview

• Grimes returned from a self-imposed hiatus to call X, the platform owned by Elon Musk, “poison” and “a prison.”
• She criticized short-form social media as a “theatre” of deep-sounding nonsense with destructive impacts on mental health.
• Her post follows repeated pleas to keep her three children off-line and ongoing legal actions to limit their visibility.
• Their children—X Æ A-Xii, 4; Exa Dark Sideræl, 3; and Techno Mechanicus, 3—have made unsanctioned public appearances including an Oval Office visit.
• Sealed custody settlements in California and Texas remain unresolved, highlighting gaps in legal frameworks for protecting minors’ digital privacy.