Where did Claire Boucher get the name Grimes from? In an interview with The Guardian in 2012, she said that that “it’s a secret and I’m never going to tell because it’s actually really embarrassing,” and then ended up telling the reporter that she named herself after artist Ken Grimes. Turns out she was lying — she took to Twitter today to clarify the origins of her moniker and set the record straight:

on myspace ur genre could be grime and u could have 3 genres so i was plural grime, b4 knowing what grime was

— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014

i was very please to discover that i actually loved grime music

— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014

dizzee is one of my all time favorite musicians, discovered him whilst googling 'grime', guess i am so named cuz like dizzee, wiley etc

— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014

an odd series of events

— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014

i was originally too embarased of this story so i told journalists i was named after frank grimes, who is also very cool

— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014

or wait, no i said i was named after someone else named grimes argh, — see this is why you shouldnt lie to journalists

— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014

frank grimes is possibly best simpsons ep tho

— Clear Butcher (@Grimezsz) December 20, 2014

UPDATE: Grimes’ early Myspace songs, from around 2007, are still online. Check ‘em out at myspace.com/grimesgrime or below.