Grimes has made a rare comment in regards to 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, in addition to daughter Exa Dark Sideræl, 4.)
“I attempt to never talk [about] or show my kids because they deserve the fitting to anonymity but i just should say their pure aura is unmatched,” Grimes, 37, wrote via the social media platform. “One among them even inexplicably commanded a flock of crows for [a] while. Is likely to be biased but this seems unusual.”
In addition to replying “agree” when one in all 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 one other X user asked if her kids ever “get screen time.”
“Huge debate cuz the opposite parent is superb w it however it’s fairly avoided,” she responded, without referring to Musk or their children by name. “If it happens we concentrate on great art and ideally slower stuff like ghibli that isn’t consistently changing context.”
While she doesn’t often speak in regards to the former couple’s children publicly, Grimes has previously noted that she has attempted to persuade the Tesla billionaire not to permit their children to be in the general public eye greater than is obligatory.
Grimes. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
In March 2025, Grimes claimed she’s “tried begging” to maintain their children out of the limelight.
“I unfortunately don’t control the web and can’t wipe this from the web. I even have tried begging the general public and my kids’ dad to maintain them offline, and I’ve tried legal recourse,” Grimes wrote via X on the time, referencing a comment about attempting to guard her children from false online narratives. “I’ve seen young ppl destroyed by the web too.”
She added, “The state of my children’s lives being public is of grave concern to me and I take into consideration the way to solve this each day. It’s insane to me that there’s no solution to take care of 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.
Grimes is suing former partner Elon Musk over parental rights of their three children. Grimes, 35, (real name Claire Boucher) filed a “petition to determine parental relationship” on September 29 within the Superior Court of Francisco, in response to court records obtained by Us Weekly. While the documents are sealed, a petition to find out parental relationship can […]
After the birth of their first child, Musk shared his thoughts on fatherhood during an interview with The Latest York Times in July 2020.
“Well, babies are only eating and pooping machines, you recognize?” he told the outlet. “At once there’s not much I can do. Grimes has a much larger role than me at once. … When the child gets older, there will likely be more of a job for me.”
For her part, Grimes got candid in regards to the form of parent she hoped to be when talking to Wired three years later.
”I actually care about having a superb relationship with my kids,” she told Wired in August 2023. “I believe I understand the way to be parent to them. Each enforcing discipline and being their friend. Who knows, perhaps they’ll resent me and reject family culture, but I feel like they’ll not.”
Including his kids with Grimes, Musk has 14 children in total. He welcomed six kids together with his ex-wife, Justine Musk and 4 with technology executive Shivon Zillis. In March 2025, creator Ashley St. Clair announced she had secretly given birth to Musk’s child five months prior.