Grimes and Anyma: full timeline of the techno couple

The Grimes and Anyma couple is probably the most closely watched love story on the melodic techno scene in the past ten years. Made public in March 2024 on Instagram with the now-iconic caption "Beauty and the Beast", the relationship between Claire Boucher (Grimes) and Matteo Milleri (Anyma) marked two packed years, right up to the amicable split announced in August 2025. What makes their story so fascinating for the rave scene: even after the romantic breakup, their creative duo lives on, with a new featuring confirmed for 2026. We walk you through the full timeline, break down their festival dress code, and show you how to recreate the look for your next night out.

The key takeaways: Grimes (Claire Boucher) and Anyma (Matteo Milleri, one half of Tale of Us and founder of the Afterlife label) made their relationship official in March 2024 and amicably split in August 2025. Their musical collaboration, on the other hand, never stopped: from the featuring "Welcome To The Opera" in June 2023 to New Year's Eve 2024 at the Sphere in Las Vegas, the couple defined a dark, operatic melodic techno aesthetic that inspired thousands of ravers. You can find the visual codes of that aesthetic in our festival bodysuit, techno harness and speed goggles collections.

Who are Grimes and Anyma, the couple who fascinated the techno scene

Grimes and Anyma form a duo that blends Canadian experimental art pop with the most mainstream Italian melodic techno of the decade. Understanding the couple means first understanding who they are individually, because each one arrives with a different trajectory and a different scene, and that very gap is what makes their duo so powerful.

Grimes, real name Claire Elise Boucher, is a Canadian artist born in Vancouver. Active since 2010, she is known for an instantly recognizable visual and sonic art pop universe, with landmark albums like Visions (2012), Art Angels (2015) and Miss Anthropocene (2020). Before Anyma, she spent three years with Elon Musk, with whom she has two children. Beyond the music, she has become a hybrid cultural icon spanning AI, fashion and transhumanist pop discourse.

• Three key facts about Grimes:
• A producer and performer, she writes, produces and mixes most of her tracks on her own
• A pioneer of futurist visual pop, she set visual codes that are now everywhere on the current rave scene
• Very vocal on AI, quantum and virtual world topics, themes that fueled her collaborations with Anyma

Anyma, aka Matteo Milleri, is an Italian DJ and producer. He is one of the two halves of the legendary duo Tale of Us, which he has formed with Carmine Conte since 2008. Tale of Us founded the Afterlife label in 2015, which has become the global reference point for melodic techno with residencies on the biggest stages (Tomorrowland, Cocoricò, Sphere Las Vegas). Solo as Anyma, Milleri released the album Genesys in 2023, followed by The End of Genesys in May 2025, defining a melodic techno tinted with pop and operatic visuals.

• Three key facts about Anyma:
• One half of Tale of Us and co-founder of the Afterlife label, the global reference for melodic techno
• First official techno residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas in December 2024
• Architect of a dark, futurist opera visual universe that has shaped the staging of the entire Afterlife scene

2023 to 2026 timeline of the Grimes and Anyma couple

The Grimes and Anyma love story spans 18 months of official relationship, framed by three years of continuous musical collaboration. To grasp the couple's impact on the techno scene, you have to lay out the pivot dates, because we are talking about a very dense calendar split between the studio, major festivals and joint appearances.

The couple officially lasted just a year and a half, but the musical footprint has been running since 2023 and continues into 2026, which makes them less of a tabloid couple and more of a long-running creative duo. That nuance is exactly why the Afterlife fanbase took the split without drama: the musical collaboration is still intact.

Welcome To The Opera, Taratata and the key melodic techno collaborations

Before being a couple, Grimes and Anyma were first a studio duo whose every track left a mark on the Afterlife scene. Three main collaborations shape their joint discography and deserve a quick breakdown, because they set the operatic melodic techno aesthetic that makes them instantly recognizable.

Welcome To The Opera (June 2023)

Welcome To The Opera is the blueprint of their duo, the first featuring and the first act of their shared aesthetic. Released on Anyma's Genesys album, the track lays down dark synth pads, a Grimes vocal treated like an operatic soprano, and a classic melodic techno drop in pure Afterlife signature. It has become one of the anthems of Tale of Us and Anyma sets at Tomorrowland 2023 and 2024.

Taratata (early 2024)

Taratata marks a more pop-leaning turn in their duo, released just after the couple announcement. The track is more accessible, more dance, less club than Welcome To The Opera. It opens Anyma up to an audience beyond the melodic techno hardcore, right in the middle of the couple's peak media exposure.

Featuring on Genesys II (release scheduled for 2026)

The upcoming featuring on Genesys II is the unprecedented angle of this story: the musical duo outlives the breakup. Announced jointly with the August 2025 split, this new track (finalized in April 2026) proves the creative relationship holds well beyond the romance. It is a rare case in the mainstream melodic techno industry, where post-breakup collaboration tends to be the exception rather than the rule.

For ravers tuned into this current, those three tracks are now unavoidable in Afterlife sets. If you are prepping your next dark melodic night, keep the Grimes/Anyma Opera aesthetic in mind for your outfit: dark silhouette, oversized rave hoodie and loose cuts work great in mid-winter.

Sphere Las Vegas: the joint performance that defined 2024

Anyma's residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas in late 2024 is the public peak of the couple, and the night of December 31, 2024 remains their most memorable joint moment. The first ever techno residency hosted by the 18,600-seat venue equipped with the largest indoor LED screen in the world, the "Afterlife Presents Anyma The End of Genesys" show redefined the visual standards of melodic techno.

The joint performance of December 31, 2024 went viral on social feeds and publicly crowned the love story. A few months later, the couple announced their amicable split, which makes the Sphere their peak duo moment on stage. For many Afterlife fans, that is the image that will stick: shared silhouettes under the LED screen, futurist opera mood, the very atmosphere that runs through the festival accessories collection inspired by those XXL stages.

Beauty and the Beast: decoding the couple's festival dress code

The Grimes/Anyma couple's dress code comes down to five recurring visual codes spotted at festivals, clubs and public appearances. This "beauty and the beast" aesthetic has become instantly identifiable across the Afterlife scene and now shapes the outfits of French ravers in front of melodic techno main stages. Here are the five codes to remember, observed in public images of the couple (Tomorrowland 2023, NYE Sphere 2024, Instagram appearances):

• Dark dance-cut bodysuit for Grimes, often paired with a thick belt and a crop shrug, the base of the "beauty" silhouette
• Black tank top or vest + wide technical pants for Anyma, dark minimalist "beast" codes
• Techno harness worn over the bodysuit or top, a melodic techno visual signature since Berlin
• Mirror speed goggles or futurist opera shades, almost always on stage
• Oversized black rave hoodie worn between sets and backstage, the shared off-stage code

To recreate the feminine "beauty" code, go for a black festival bodysuit and a vegan leather women's harness. For the masculine "beast" code, lean into a men's techno harness over a black tee and wide rave pants. The speed goggles seal the "futurist opera" effect on both silhouettes.

Techno rave lookbook inspired by Grimes and Anyma

Five complete looks you can rebuild from the Techno Univers collections, inspired by the couple's public appearances. The idea is not to copy Grimes or Anyma line by line, but to borrow the "beauty and the beast" visual vocabulary for your next melodic techno rave. Do's and don'ts, all actionable:

• Look 1: Feminine Melodic Dark (Grimes silhouette)
• Check the cut of the black festival bodysuit, fitted but breathable for dancing several hours
• Pick a vegan leather women's harness, simple or with a central O ring
• Add mirror silver speed goggles for a futurist opera effect

• Avoid bright colors, stick to monochrome black or anthracite

• Look 2: Masculine Opera Techno (Anyma silhouette)

• Pick a plain black tank top or tee shirt, no logo
• Add a vegan leather men's techno harness
• Throw on wide technical rave pants for mobility

• Check that no white shows (rave cape clashes with Afterlife codes)

• Look 3: Daytime Festival Tomorrowland

• Pick a flowing two-piece men's techno outfit or women's set
• Add a black techno bandana tied around the neck or forehead
• Throw on protective speed goggles for the main stage sun

• Avoid full latex in broad daylight, save it for night sets

• Look 4: NYE Party / Midnight Set

• Pick a black festival bodysuit or set with metallic accents
• Add a women's harness or men's harness with chain detailing
• Layer in techno jewelry in silver or matte black metal

• Check that the outfit breathes, you are in for a long night

• Look 5: Minimalist Backstage Raver

• Pick an oversized black rave hoodie over a tee shirt
• Add a simple wide pair of rave pants
• Throw on black speed goggles
• Avoid stacking multiple layers, keep the off-stage spirit minimalist

Those five looks cover every classic melodic techno setup: club, daytime festival, NYE night, backstage. Each one can be rebuilt with fewer than five pieces from the Techno Univers collections, no need to chase down some impossible-to-find brand.

Grimes and Anyma FAQ: your raver questions

Three questions keep coming up about the Grimes and Anyma couple, so let's answer them straight. The FAQ covers the most-searched points on Google: current relationship status, reason for the split, and what Tale of Us and Afterlife actually are.

Grimes and Anyma couple: who is Grimes dating in 2026?

In 2026, Grimes has not announced any new official partner since her split from Anyma in August 2025. The couple has been officially separated since late August 2025, but Grimes and Anyma keep producing music together, with a featuring confirmed on Anyma's next album Genesys II due in 2026. Before Anyma, Grimes was in a long relationship (2018 to 2021) with Elon Musk, with whom she has two children. No new public relationship has been confirmed since.

Why did Grimes and Anyma break up?

The split was made official in August 2025 through a joint statement, presented as amicable and free of public drama. Both artists said they had stayed close and planned to keep their musical collaboration going. No specific cause (infidelity, conflict, distance) was made public, and both artists insisted on the mutual and calm nature of the decision. That posture explains why the Afterlife fanbase took the news without controversy, unlike standard celebrity breakups.

What are Tale of Us and Afterlife in the techno scene?

Tale of Us is the Italian duo made up of Matteo Milleri (Anyma) and Carmine Conte, and Afterlife is the techno label they founded in 2015. In ten years, Tale of Us has become the global reference for melodic techno, with iconic sets at Tomorrowland, Cocoricò, Time Warp and more recently the Sphere Las Vegas residency. The Afterlife label hosts artists like Mind Against, Mathame, Stephan Bodzin and Massano, and runs its own event series (Tomorrowland showcases, Ibiza, Mexico City). That is the ecosystem Anyma operates in, which makes him one of the most mainstream DJs on the global techno scene in 2026.