Elon Musk and Grimes’ Relationship: A Look Back

Elon Musk and Grimes became parents three times during their on-again, off-again relationship.

The couple was first linked in May 2018 when they made their public debut at the Met Gala. In a cover interview for vanity fairIn the April 2022 issue, the Canadian musician called her relationship with the billionaire entrepreneur “very fluid.”

Grimes later clarified in a tweet that the couple had broken up again after vanity fair interview, but she also noted, “he’s my best friend and the love of my life.”

Musk and Grimes have three children together. Their first son, X Æ A-Xii, was born in May 2020, and they had their daughter, Exa Dark Sideræl, via surrogate in December 2021. It is uncertain when their third child, son Techno Mechanicus, was born.

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From their public debut at the Met Gala to their children’s unique names, here’s the complete timeline of Elon Musk and Grimes’ relationship.

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May 7, 2018: Elon Musk and Grimes go public with their romance

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Following Musk’s split from Amber Heard in February 2018, the SpaceX founder sparked dating rumors with Grimes when they had a flirty interaction on Twitter in April 2018.

They later made their public debut as a couple at the Met Gala in May, and PEOPLE confirmed their romance. “They were seeing each other but kept their relationship under the radar,” a source said at the time.

August 2018: Elon Musk and Grimes fuel breakup rumors

Just months after going public with their romance, the two sparked breakup rumors when they unfollowed each other on social media, as reported by Business Insider.

Around the same time, the two made headlines when rapper Azealia Banks revealed that she spent the weekend at Musk’s home with Grimes. Banks claimed in tweets that she saw Musk use acid while handling business. Musk’s spokesperson later told PEOPLE that the claims were “absolute nonsense.”

Musk and Grimes seemingly reconciled shortly after they were spotted at an LA pumpkin patch with Musk’s children in October.

December 24, 2019: Elon Musk and Grimes attend the Kardashian-Jenner Christmas party together

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The two confirmed they were back together when they were spotted attending the Kardashian-Jenner Christmas party in 2019. Musk and Grimes could be seen hugging together in a group photo featuring Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Travis Scott, Quavo and Saweetie .

January 8, 2020: Grimes reveals she is pregnant with her first child

In January 2020, Grimes revealed she was pregnant with a NSFW Instagram photo showing her baby bump. She later deleted the original post and replaced it with a more censored version.

During the digital cover for Rolling stone that March, Grimes confirmed that Musk was the father of her child. She also revealed that her song “So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth” is “about pregnancy — it’s kind of a tragedy to go through with it, even though it’s such a great thing,” adding, “For a girl, it’s sacrificing your body and your freedom. That is a pretty crazy sacrifice and only half the population has to do it. It was really profound for me when I decided I was going to do it, to actually go through the act of having unprotected sex.”

“I actually love my boyfriend a lot,” she continued of Musk, explaining how she decided to welcome the idea of ​​getting pregnant, “so I said, ‘You know, of course.’ ”

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May 4, 2020: Elon Musk and Grimes welcomed their first child together

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In May 2020, Musk revealed that Grimes had given birth to their first child together, a boy named X Æ A-12 Musk. The baby was the first for Grimes, while Musk has five sons from his previous marriage. His first son, Nevada, tragically died of SIDS at the age of 10 weeks in 2002.

Soon after, Musk shared the first photo of their baby boy, which was revealed him in the swing X Æ A-12 in a blanket in the hospital.

July 2020: Elon Musk opens up about parenting with Grimes

In an interview with The New York Times in July 2020, Musk gave a brief update on their newborn, noting that Grimes is taking the parenting reins.

“Grimes has a much bigger role than me right now,” he said of the singer, whom he called “pretty special” and “one of the most extraordinary people I’ve ever met.” He added: “When the kid grows up, there will be more roles for me.”

May 8, 2021: Grimes visits the SNL hosted by Elon Musk

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When Musk was the host Saturday night live May 8, 2021 Grimes made a surprise cameo during a great Mario-thematic skit in which she played Princess Peach.

Grimes later revealed that she suffered a panic attack shortly after the show, which led to her hospitalization.

“I forgot to post this because I somehow had a panic attack and went to the hospital yesterday which was pretty scary and I guess it’s a good time to start therapy 😑😑😑,” she wrote alongside photos of herself posing with musical guest Miley Cyrus. “But regardless – wowwwww @mileycyrus is good live and so laid back! So grateful to the SNL team for being so kind and letting me sneak in as Princess Peach [and] I’m so proud of my beautiful E (which I know will upset Grimes fans so I apologize in advance) but he killed her.”

September 2021: Elon Musk and Grimes end their relationship

In September 2021, Musk revealed that he and Grimes had broken up during an interview with New York PostSixth user page. “We are half separated, but we still love each other, see each other often and have a great relationship,” he told the publication.

“It’s mostly that my work at SpaceX and Tesla requires me to be primarily in Texas or travel internationally, and her work is primarily in LA,” he added. “She stays with me now and baby X is in the next room.”

October 2021: Grimes confirms she is still living with Elon Musk

Shortly after their split, Grimes revealed that she was still living with Musk in an Instagram post shared in October 2021.

“I was really stressed when the paparazzi wouldn’t stop following me this week, but then I realized it was an opportunity to troll,” she wrote on Instagram, posting a screenshot of the photos in New York Post with the headline “Grimes seen reading Karl Marx after split from world’s richest man Elon Musk.”

She added: “Full disclosure. I still live with E and I’m not a communist (although there are some very clever ideas in this book – but personally I’m more interested in a radical decentralized UBI which I think could potentially be achieved through crypto and gaming, but I haven’t ironed out that idea enough to explain it. Regardless, it’s hard to describe my opinion on politics because the political systems that inspire me the most haven’t been implemented yet).”

December 2021: Elon Musk and Grimes welcomed their second child together

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In December 2021, Musk and Grimes had their second child together via surrogate. Grimes confirmed the news during an interview with vanity fair in March 2022, revealing that they had a baby girl named Exa Dark Sideræl, whom they nicknamed Y.

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March 2022: Grimes reveals that she and Elon Musk are back together

During her cover s vanity fairGrimes also revealed that she and Musk are back together, though their relationship is “very fluid.”

“There’s no real word for it. I’d probably call him my boyfriend, but we’re very fluid,” she explained vanity fair cover story. “We live in separate houses. We’re best friends. We see each other all the time… We just have our own things going on and I don’t expect other people to understand that.”

“This is the best it’s ever been,” she said of their relationship. “We just need to be free.”

March 10, 2022: Grimes reveals that she and Elon Musk have broken up

The day she vanity fair story goes, Grimes tweeted that their relationship status had changed since the interview.

“Me and E have *again* broken up since writing this article haha ​​but he is my best friend and the love of my life and my life and art are now forever dedicated to the Mission, I think Devin wrote that part of the story is good. Sique – peace out,” she wrote.

August 9, 2023: Bio reveals how Elon Musk courted Grimes on their second date

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According to Walter Isaacson’s biography of Musk, the Tesla founder took Grimes on a wild car ride on their second date.

The author shared an excerpt from the book on Xu saying, “While he was driving her to the restaurant, he demonstrated how fast the car was accelerating, then he took his hands off the steering wheel, covered his eyes and let her experience autopilot. ‘I was like, oh s— –, this guy is fucking crazy,” she says. “The car signaled and changed lanes by itself. It felt like a scene from a Marvel movie.” He carved ‘EM+CB’ on the wall in the restaurant.”

September 9, 2023: Biography reveals that Elon Musk and Grimes have welcomed their third child

Walter Isaacson’s biography revealed that Musk and Grimes secretly fathered a third child — a son, Techno Mechanicus, also named “Tau.”

March 23, 2024: Grimes debuts a relationship with DJ Anyma

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Grimes announced her romance with DJ Anyma on Instagram. The news comes roughly two years after she and Musk broke up for the third and final time.

“Beauty and the Beast,” Grimes captioned several adorable photos of the new couple.

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