Sci-Fi

Sci-Fi
Unofficial artwork
General Information
Title	Sci-Fi
Recorded	~2021
Released	05 Dec 2024 (leak)
Album	Book 1
Type	Unreleased
Length	3:20
Key + BPM	C minor • 90
Credits
Artist	Grimes
Features	The Weeknd
Writer(s)	Grimes • Illangelo
Producer(s)	Grimes • Illangelo

Sci-Fi is an unreleased song by Grimes, featuring The Weeknd, intended to appear on Grimes' scrapped sixth studio album, Book 1.

Background

The song was announced in December 2021 on Discord.

The song was initially announced to be released in the summer of 2022 along with a music video, but both the song and video were quietly scrapped for unknown reasons, possibly due to Grimes leaving Columbia Records.^[speculated]

The song has been registered on GEMA, listing Illangelo as a co-writer; this means The Weeknd did not write his featured part or they have re-written the song without him.

On December 5, 2024, the song leaked.

Media

Video

Grimes said this in regards to the song's music video in her Vogue China cover story:

❝ [So, which "lucky one" will be the most active volcano this summer?] From what it looks like, the biggest cultural volcano eruption of this summer will be the new song and music video collaboration with The Weeknd! It's going to be a journey, definitely worth watching till the end, to listen to the monologue and then enter a more dramatic second half, where I share my whimsical thoughts on the friendship between humans and artificial intelligence. I directed and edited the music video myself, and I did all the CG post-production effects. I'm really curious about people's reactions after watching it—haha, who knows, it might be a disaster, but at least it won't be boring. ❞

Lyrics

[Intro: Grimes]
(Lose your mind)

[Verse 1: The Weeknd]
(No)
I didn't make up my mind, yeah
Don't want to go, ain't my time, yes
I know; I know; I know; I know, I know
(Wow, wow) This is such a dangerous game
(Wow, wow) I think I might have made a mistake

[Pre-Chorus 1: The Weeknd]
(And why), is everyone dying (Why?)
Is everybody dying? (Why?)
It's too late to fight it
Stars are aligning
My soul is rising

[Chorus: Grimes]
Why, why, why
Locked in the sci-fi vibe
We can fly
Don't be shy just lose your mind
Don't mind, mind, mind
My futuristic vibe
Gets you high, Sci, Fi

[Post-Chorus: Grimes, The Weeknd]
Baby, welcome to the new world
(Woah, woah, woah) Be forever with the space girl
Let's go; let's go; let's go (I know, you know)

[Bridge: Grimes, The Weeknd]
We could play a dangerous game
(I don't wanna die, baby) Baby, will you tell me your name?

[Pre-Chorus 2: Grimes]
Like hi, you're looking so sci-fi
Brighter than the sun, that's right
No one can see it if you can dream it
Sky ain't the limit

[Chorus: Grimes]
Why, why, why
Locked in the sci-fi vibe
We can fly
Don't be shy just lose your mind
Don't mind, mind, mind
My futuristic vibe
Gets you high, Sci, Fi

[Instrumental: Grimes]
((Why, why, why
Locked in the sci-fi vibe
We can fly
Don't be shy just lose your mind
Don't mind, mind, mind
My futuristic vibe
Gets you high, Sci, Fi))

[Outro: Grimes]
[Vocalization: The Weeknd]
Why, why, why
Locked in the sci-fi vibe
We can fly
Don't be shy just lose your mind
Don't mind, mind, mind
My futuristic vibe
Gets you high, Sci, Fi

Trivia

• Sci-fi is short for science fiction, which is a genre of literature, discussion and filmmaking about theoretical technological, societal and extraterrestrial possibilities of the near and far future, that may also be imaginative in nature. Examples include faster than light travel, aliens, telepathy, and other concepts not yet understood within contemporary science. Grimes is a fan of science fiction, as she has read many books of the genre.