Grimes has made a rare comment about the kids she shares with Elon Musk and given a glimpse into their coparenting dynamic.
Taking to X on Thursday, January 22, Grimes (real name Claire Elise Boucher) gushed about her kids, without naming them. (Grimes and Musk share three children, sons X Æ A-Xii, 5, and Techno Mechanicus, 3, as well as daughter Exa Dark Sideræl, 4.)
“I try to never talk [about] or show my kids because they deserve the right to anonymity but i just have to say their pure aura is unmatched,” Grimes, 37, wrote via the social media platform. “One of them even inexplicably commanded a flock of crows for [a] while. Might be biased but this seems unusual.”
As well as replying “agree” when one of her followers suggested that “using kids for clout is sh**y af,” Grimes offered a small insight on how her parenting opinions differ to that of her ex, Musk, 54, when another X user asked if her kids ever “get screen time.”
“Huge debate cuz the other parent is fine w it but it’s fairly avoided,” she responded, without referring to Musk or their children by name. “If it happens we focus on great art and ideally slower stuff like ghibli that isn’t constantly changing context.”
While she doesn’t often speak about the former couple’s children publicly, Grimes has previously noted that she has attempted to convince the Tesla billionaire not to allow their children to be in the public eye more than is necessary.
Grimes. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
In March 2025, Grimes claimed she’s “tried begging” to keep their children out of the limelight.
“I unfortunately do not control the internet and cannot wipe this from the internet. I have tried begging the public and my kids’ dad to keep them offline, and I’ve tried legal recourse,” Grimes wrote via X at the time, referencing a comment about attempting to protect her children from false online narratives. “I’ve seen young ppl destroyed by the internet too.”
She added, “The state of my children’s lives being public is of grave concern to me and I think about how to solve this every day. It’s insane to me that there’s no way to deal with this.”
Grimes and Musk began dating in 2018 before eventually calling time on their relationship, with the singer officially confirming the pair’s split in March 2022.
After the birth of their first child, Musk shared his thoughts on fatherhood during an interview with The New York Times in July 2020.
“Well, babies are just eating and pooping machines, you know?” he told the outlet. “Right now there’s not much I can do. Grimes has a much bigger role than me right now. … When the kid gets older, there will be more of a role for me.”
For her part, Grimes got candid about the type of parent she hoped to be when speaking to Wired three years later.
”I really care about having a very good relationship with my kids,” she told Wired in August 2023. “I think I understand how to be a good parent to them. Both enforcing discipline and being their friend. Who knows, maybe they’ll resent me and reject family culture, but I feel like they will not.”
Including his kids with Grimes, Musk has 14 children in total. He welcomed six kids with his ex-wife, Justine Musk and four with technology executive Shivon Zillis. In March 2025, author Ashley St. Clair announced she had secretly given birth to Musk’s child five months prior.
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