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Infinite Assassin

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Infinite Assassin is an unreleased song by Grimes that was expected to appear on her scrapped sixth album, Book 1.

Background[]

The song's existence was confirmed by Grimes on Twitter on September 17, 2022.[1]

On May 31, 2023, Grimes tweeted, then deleted, a list of songs that would be on the album.[2] Infinite Assassin was on this list, and was meant to be released as a single.[speculated] But Grimes later said that she didn't create the list, so the songs were not necessarily meant for release.[3]

On January 14, 2025, the demo, along with other demos, was leaked.[4][5]

Grimes gave an explanation as to why she didn't want to release the song:[6]

❝ I don't want to release 4 year old music after going thru everything I've been thru. I do apologize rrrrllly sincerely tho. I shud do a better apology frankly - I agree. but it would be a waste of by far the best art I've ever made to shut this down and go release ancient material that is like a pale first attempt at an idea that subsequently took four years to become the darkest wisest storm ❞

Lyrics[]

[Intro]
Ready, Set, Go
Ready, Set, Go
Ready, Set, Go

[Chorus]
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
(His favourite)

[Bridge]
Lost beyond the world, poor future
Here comes the unchangeable path
Risk must collapse into Saturn
We won, we won, wait, oh no

[Chorus]
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
(His favourite)

[Post-Chorus]
Nothing is fair in love
And nothing is fair in war
Oh no; hurt me
I'll kill anyone who tries to hurt you
But it is you-ah, always you-ah
Oh, you-ah

(my, favourite, psy-cho)
(my, favourite, psy-cho)
(my, favourite, psy-)

[Chorus]
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
His favourite courtesan,
Oh baby, catch me if you can
(His favourite)

[Outro]
Ready, Set, Go
Ready, Set, Go
Ready, Set, Go

These are unofficial lyrics

Trivia[]

  • Announced as "The Infinite Assassin".[1]
  • In the lyrics, a courtesan is "a female sex worker with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele".[7]
  • The lyric "I'll kill anyone who tries to hurt you" is similar to "I'll kill them if they try to hurt you" found on Pretty Dark, which share a similar theme.

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