Ever since news broke that Elon Musk and Grimes (real name Claire Boucher) were an item in 2018, fans were perplexed by their relationship. The Space X founder and singer are quite an unlikely duo who don’t seem to have much in common. However, the two welcomed three children during their time together. Their relationship has had its ups and downs over the years. Learn where they stand below.
Elon and Grimes seemingly first met through an exchange on Twitter. It all began when Elon wanted to make a social media joke about Roko’s Basilisk, which is a complicated thought experiment involving Artificial Intelligence that was proposed in 2010. Elon had the idea to merge Roko’s Basilisk with Rococo, an elaborate (and also complicated) European architecture style. His joke would be combining the two to make ‘Rococo Basilisk.’
However, before tweeting his joke, Elon found out that Grimes had beaten him to the punch by making the same joke THREE years earlier in 2015. She actually created an entire character named Rococo Basilisk for her music video “Fresh Without Blood,” and Elon reportedly reached out to her when he found out about it in 2018, according to Page Six. “Grimes said that it was the first time in three years that anyone understood the joke,” the paper’s insider revealed. “They were both poking fun at Artificial Intelligence.”
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020
Clearly, Grimes and Elon were able to quickly connect on an intellectual level. They went public with their relationship at the 2018 Met Gala, where they walked the red carpet together for the first time. However, Page Six reported that they had already been “quietly dating” for a few weeks at that point.
In January 2020, Grime shocked fans by revealing she was pregnant. She made the announcement by posting a photo of herself with her bare baby bump on display. At the time, she did not confirm who the father of her child was, but fans assumed it was Elon, as the two had been dating on and off for more than a year. It wasn’t until March that Grimes confirmed the identity of her unborn child’s father in an interview with Rolling Stone. This would be the first child for Grimes, but the sixth for Elon, who shares five sons with his ex-wife, Justine Wilson.
Grimes gave birth to the pair’s child on May 4. Musk announced the news by tweeting, “Mom & baby all good.” One day later, Elon revealed the newborn’s bizarre name — X Æ A-12 Musk. Of course, fans were super confused about the moniker — especially what it meant and how to pronounce it. Grimes answered some of the questions on May 5 by breaking down the meaning of each part of the name. “X, the unknown variable,” she tweeted. “Æ my elven spelling of Ai (love &/or Artificial Intelligence), A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (or favorite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent.”
