The 33-year-old Grimes revealed the existence of the child,
who was born in December, in an interview published Thursday by Vanity Fair.
And she did so by accident, it seems: the magazine reporter
said he heard what sounded like a baby crying upstairs during the interview at
Grimes' home in Texas and after Grimes first winced and acted evasively, she
finally confirmed that, yes, she was a mom again.
Due to fears that she would have complications, which Grimes
said she endured during her first pregnancy, the parents decided this time to
use a surrogate.
The birth of their first child, a boy born in May 2020, was
followed closely in the press -- notably because of the choice of name: X Æ
A-12, or more simply, X.
Elon Musk -- the head of Tesla and SpaceX, and currently the
richest person in the world -- announced last fall that he was
"semi-separated" from the singer.
"I would probably refer to him as my boyfriend, but
we’re very fluid," Grimes told Vanity Fair.
The eclectic artist, whose real name is Claire Boucher,
added that she and Musk live in separate houses but remain "best
friends."
"We see each other all the time... We just have our own
thing going on, and I don’t expect other people to understand it," she
said.
Grimes said she and Musk plan to have more children:
"We’ve always wanted at least three or four," she said.
The name Exa Dark Sideræl, Grimes explained, includes
multiple references to space and technology: she said Exa refers to
supercomputing; Sideræl, a more "elven" spelling of sidereal -- this
word means involving distant stars -- and Dark, for "the unknown."
"Dark matter is the beautiful mystery of our
universe," said Grimes, who did not rule out that her daughter might want
to change her name in the future.
Grimes also said she hopes to keep her daughter out of the
public spotlight.
"The best situation here is me training the girl and
him training the boy," she told Vanity Fair at her home in Austin, Texas.
After recently selling all of his Los Angeles real estate,
Musk has stated that his main residence is now in southern Texas, at SpaceX's
rocket manufacturing and launch site.
In November, the blond-headed X could be seen sitting in his
father's lap during a virtual presentation on the space company's new rocket.
Musk, 50, has been divorced three times and has had eight
children, including one baby who died at only 10 weeks of age.
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