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"Oblivion" is a song by Canadian singer Grimes from her third studio album, Visions (2012). It was released as a promotional single in 2012 by 4AD. The song is one of Grimes' most successful releases and was ranked at number 38 on Australian alternative music station Triple J's 2012 Hottest 100 countdown. It was named the best song of 2012 on Pitchfork, which in 2019 also named it the second best song of the decade.[8] It placed at number 229 on NME magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[9] From over 35 outlets, global critic aggregator Acclaimed Music went on to rank "Oblivion" as the 2nd most critically-acclaimed song of the 2010s.[10]

"Oblivion"
Promotional single by Grimes
from the album Visions
Released	2012
Recorded	August 2011
Genre	Electropop[1][2] synth-pop[3][4] dream pop[5] futurepop[6] experimental pop[7]
Length	4:11
Label	4AD
Songwriter(s)	Grimes
Producer(s)	Grimes
Music video
"Oblivion" at YouTube

Music video

The music video was co-directed by Grimes and Emily Kai Bock,[11][12] on a "shoe string budget".[11] It features Grimes, in a black coat and her signature pink hair, with headphones on at a sporting match with a largely male crowd. It was shot in Montreal at Olympic Stadium and at McGill University's Molson Stadium,[13][14] during a football game and a supercross event.[15][16]

The video debuted on March 2, 2012 and shows Grimes amongst shirtless frat boys,[16] as well as in a men's locker room surrounded by weightlifting athletes.[17]

Grimes stated for Pitchfork:[15]

Art gives me an outlet where I can be aggressive in a world where I usually can't be, and part of it was asserting this abstract female power in these male-dominated arenas—the video is somewhat about objectifying men. Not in a disrespectful way, though.

In an interview with Spin; when asked about her "videos [playing] with ... clichés of powerful and powerless female archetypes", she answered:[18]

I was interested in the Japanese archetype of a female protagonist who is very small and very cute and very physically powerful. You don't see that archetype in America. But in Japanese culture, there are female characters who can embody this girl uniform and still cut someone's head off with a sword. "Oblivion" embodies that kind of archetype, going into this masculine world that is associated with sexual assault, but presented as something really welcoming and nice. The song's sort of about being — I was assaulted and I had a really hard time engaging in any types of relationship with men, because I was just so terrified of men for a while.

Track listing

• UK promotional CD-R single[19]

1. "Oblivion" (radio edit) – 3:10
2. "Oblivion" (album version) – 4:11

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)[20]	92
Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)[21]	39

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[22]	Gold	500,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Use in media

• The song was used in the short film The Everything directed by Humberto Leon, co-creative director of Kenzo.
• The song was used in an episode of the BBC series, Silent Witness.[23]
• The song was used in the 2019 film, Good Boys.[24]
• The song was used in the second season episode of the Netflix series, Baby.
• The song was used in the BBC/HBO series, I May Destroy You.[25]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Oblivion (Grimes song)

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[ru] Oblivion (песня Граймс)

«Oblivion» (с англ. — «Забвение») — песня канадской певицы Граймс с её третьего студийного альбома Visions (2012), в жанрах синти-поп, дрим-поп[1] и futurepop[2]. Она была выпущена в 2012 году в качестве промосингла на британском инди-лейбле 4AD Records.

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