WATCH: Grimes’ Equipment Straight-Up Tried To Murder Her On Stage

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March 16, 2016

Things you want from your electronic equipment: to work, to not electrocute you.

Honestly, that’s pretty much it. Two things. Two jobs. And last night, Grimes‘ equipment did neither of the two.

The Canadian singer / magical human-being – real name: Claire Boucher – played the last gig of her tour last night in Dublin, when something went wrong with her electrical equipment and it straight up tried to kill her.

Instagram user @_dil_emma caught the exact moment it started:

15/03/16 I saw Grimes ?? @actuallygrimes and @hanatruly were absolutely amazing. Grimes I’m so sorry you got electrocuted so many times ?? but you really did make my life love love love ??✨???????? #Dublin #grimes #claireboucher #hana #hanatruly #video #bestnight #ofmylife @jake_mercer

A video posted by Emma D (@_dil_emma) on Mar 15, 2016 at 4:46pm PDT

It looks like the problem continued, and while we can’t confirm this (yet – here’s looking at you, everyone who’s DMs I slid into) she may have had to end the performance early.

Grimes later tweeted that her pedal was responsible for the mid-set mishap.

Dublin! 1 mil apologies that my pedal failed and I was electrocuted, but there r tears in my eyes that y’all were so so wonderful ????????????????????

— Grimes (@Grimezsz) March 15, 2016

And according to another fan’s Instagram, she kept going with the performance for as long as possible. What a trooper.

A tragic example of how your gear can RUIN your gig! She kept it going for as long as she could though #grimes #HANA #lastgigoftour

A photo posted by Rebecca Keogh (@rebeccakeogh) on Mar 15, 2016 at 6:33pm PDT

PEDESTRIAN.TV has reached out to the venue for comment as to what the buggering hell went wrong, but aside from fans totally having Grimes’ back after a (still) 10/10 performance, two good things came out of the gig.

One, they sang her happy birthday.

And thank u for singing me happy birthday ?????? X 100000000000

— Grimes (@Grimezsz) March 15, 2016

CUTE.

And two, this fan (who wasn’t even at the concert) must right now be losing his shit / congratulating himself on a life well spent storing The Simpsons references, after he tweeted his commiserations to Grimes and she replied.