--- description: The Canadian electro-pop singer takes us through her personal circles of Hell title: Watch Grimes' Totally Insane Video for 'Go' Inspired by Dante's 'Inferno' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23462cdce403a5c1/6986a1411eebf76b883726dc/158566902.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Grimes' Totally Insane Video for 'Go,' Inspired by Dante's 'Inferno' by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 28, 2014 3:53 PM CUT  Grimes performs at S.S. Coachella "Music Festival At Sea" - Bahamas - Day 3 - December 18, 2012 in Nassau, Bahamas. Grimes performs at S.S. Coachella "Music Festival At Sea" - Bahamas - Day 3 - December 18, 2012 in Nassau, Bahamas.Gabriel Olsen—FilmMagic / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 28, 2014 3:53 PM CUT Canadian producer and electro-pop singer Grimes, born Claire Boucher, originally wrote the song “Go” for Rihanna — but it was [turned down](http://pitchfork.com/news/55446-grimes-says-she-wrote-a-song-for-rihanna-that-got-turned-down/ "undefined"). Though RiRi probably would have taken it and made it awesome, the way things turned out is _just_ fine. Grimes and collaborator Blood Diamonds decided to [claim the track for themselves](https://soundcloud.com/actuallygrimes/go-1 "undefined"), releasing it in June. In her hands, the track features screams and drops and echoes; it’s dreamy and it’s weird and works wonderfully. Now, the song has a video to go with it, it’s completely nuts. Like, next-level crazy — and we mean that in a good way. The video, co-directed by Grimes and her brother Mac, was inspired by Dante’s _Inferno_, as she [explains](http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/95923136004/sup-heres-the-video-for-the-song-go-that-me-and "undefined") on her Tumblr. The different scenes represent a contemporary take on Dante’s infamous circles of Hell. (The EDM clubbing scenes really nail it, because really, what’s more hellish than that?) Visually, Grimes explains, the video also takes cues from _X-Men_, _Metal Gear_ and _Dune_. You’ll also note some pretty clear _Game of Thrones_ influence, along with dancing mimes, epic treks through sand dunes, flashing lights, fish-eye shots, and even some throwback Adidas flip-flops. Yep: this video is nuts. Watch up top. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3206987/grimes-go-video-dante-inferno/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3206987/grimes-go-video-dante-inferno/"},"headline":"Watch Grimes' Totally Insane Video for 'Go,' Inspired by Dante's 'Inferno'","datePublished":"2014-08-28T15:53:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:54:43.971Z","description":"The electro-pop artist takes you through her personal circles of Hell","url":"https://time.com/3206987/grimes-go-video-dante-inferno/","keywords":["Music","Music Video"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23462cdce403a5c1/6986a1411eebf76b883726dc/158566902.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23462cdce403a5c1/6986a1411eebf76b883726dc/158566902.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Grimes","caption":"S.S Coachella \"Music Festival At Sea\" - Bahamas","creditText":"Gabriel Olsen—FilmMagic / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3206987/grimes-go-video-dante-inferno/","name":"Watch Grimes' Totally Insane Video for 'Go,' Inspired by Dante's 'Inferno'"}}]}] ```