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Watch Grimes and Janelle Monae Wield Flaming Swords in Teaser for "Venus Fly" Music Video

The Claire Boucher-directed visual for the 'Art Angels' highlight comes out tomorrow via TIDAL.
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After recently announcing that she'd be matching $10,000 in donations to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Grimes has shared a preview of her Janelle Monae-featuring "Venus Fly" music video, out tomorrow via TIDAL.

The clip for the Art Angels collaboration was directed by the Canadian singer and producer, and sees both artists wielding flaming swords and sporting multiple otherworldly costumes.

In an accompanying Instagram post, Grimes wrote, "Sometimes it feels futile to be making art in this cruel and extreme political climate, but some of the brightest moments of the last few months for me and for a lot of you, I suspect, have come from seeing Janelle Monae 's amazing and positive vision of the future, especially when we are being introduced to so many possible dystopian futures."

Watch the teaser below and listen to Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes' latest Grimes-produced single ""人為機器 (Humans Become Machines)" here.