Elon Musk and video sex from live meGrimes are being the world’s nerdiest couple, again.
SEE ALSO: Of course Elon Musk and Grimes spawned a beautiful new memeOriginally born Claire Boucher, Grimes announced on Thursday that she’s legally changing her name to just c, which is the measurement for the speed of light in a vacuum. She tweeted a screenshot of the Wikipedia article about it, adding “this will be much better.” Grimes also specified the name cwill be lowercase and italicized.
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Grimes/csaid that she’s wanted to change her name “4ever” but her friends already call her c. Musk pointed out that her nickname “actually rox” and that she didn’t need to look for another.
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She added that she hasn’t liked her given name since she “became sentient” (confirming that Musk is into manic pixie dream robots) and that her speech impediment makes it difficult to say.
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The tech mogul and indie pop artist made their relationship official at the Met Gala earlier this month after weeks of awkward Twitter flirting. Apparently they got together because of a niche joke that blended artificial intelligence and French baroque art.
The couple’s debut at the Met Gala — with Grimes dressed as a goth fairy queen and Musk dressed as a standard rich guy — had people wondering if we really are in a simulation.
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With her name change, coming up with couple names will be a little more challenging. SpaceC? Elon Musc? cElon Musk?
But don’t worry, everyone — professionally speaking, Grimes is staying Grimes.
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She also announced that she’s releasing new music “soon ish” — we’re either getting a “super dark heavy ballad about fighting balrog in the center of earth that is a sex metaphor” or a “very not pg13 ethereal shadow of colossus demon nu metal song abt insomnia.” Musk, being the supportive AI enthusiast boyfriend that he is, can add a few more jams to his list of favorite Grimes songs.
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