American billionaire couple Elon Musk and singer Grimes were first spotted together in May 2018. They welcomed two children: a son, X Æ A-Xii, and a daughter, Exa Dark Sideræl.
In a recent cover story article in the April 2022 issue of Vanity Fair magazine, Canadian singer Grimes (33 years old), revealed that she and billionaire businessman Elon Musk (50 years old) have reconciled after breaking up. in September 2021.
“There are no words to express it. I can consider him my boyfriend, we are very comfortable. We live in separate houses, are best friends. We have stories my own and I don’t expect others to understand it,” the female singer said in the magazine.
In addition to getting back together, Grimes also revealed that they had welcomed their second child together – a daughter named Exa Dark Sideræl, nicknamed Y. They previously welcomed son X Æ A-Xii in May 2020.
May 2018: Elon Musk and Grimes go public with their relationship
After Elon Musk split from actress Amber Heard in February 2018, the SpaceX founder sparked dating rumors with Grimes when they exchanged flirty tweets in April 2018.
The two then made their public debut as a couple at the Met Gala that May, with People confirming their romance.
August 2018: Elon Musk and Grimes spark breakup rumors
Just a few short months after going public with their relationship, the two sparked breakup rumors when they unfollowed each other on social media, according to Business Insider.
Around the same time, the two caused a stir when rapper Azealia Banks said she spent a weekend at Elon Musk’s house with Grimes. In tweets, Banks claimed she saw Musk handling business matters. A spokesperson for the billionaire told People that the claims were “complete nonsense.”
December 2019: Elon Musk and Grimes attend Kim Kardashian’s family Christmas party together
The two confirmed they were back together when they were spotted at Kim Kardashian’s family Christmas party in 2019. Musk and Grimes can be seen cuddling in a photo with Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Travis Scott, Quavo and Saweetie.
January 2020: Grimes reveals she is pregnant with her first child
In January 2020, Grimes revealed she was pregnant with a photo on Instagram, but she deleted the post. In an interview with Rolling Stone in March 2020, Grimes confirmed that Elon Musk was the father. Grimes also revealed that her song So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth reflects her feelings about pregnancy. “For a girl, it’s sacrificing your body and your freedom. It’s a pretty crazy sacrifice, but almost half the population has to make that sacrifice. Pregnancy was really profound for me when I made the decision. “I really love my boyfriend,” Grimes said of Elon Musk, explaining how she decided to welcome her child.
May 2020: Elon Musk and Grimes welcome their first child togetherElon Musk announced that Grimes had given birth to her first child, a baby boy named X Æ A-Xii. This is Grimes’ first child, while Musk has five sons from a previous marriage. His first son, Nevada, died of sudden infant death syndrome at just 10 weeks old in 2002.
July 2020: Elon Musk talks about parenting with Grimes
In an interview with The New York Times in July 2020, Elon Musk gave a brief update on their newborn, noting how Grimes had started the parenting process.
“Grimes is a much bigger role than I am right now,” he said of the singer, whom he called “quite special” and “one of the most unusual people I’ve ever met.” He added, “As the kid gets older, I’ll have more of a role.”
September 2021: Elon Musk and Grimes split
Elon Musk said he and Grimes had split in an interview with The New York Post: “We’re living apart but still in love, seeing each other regularly, and getting along very well. A lot of my work at SpaceX and Tesla requires me to be in Texas or overseas, whereas her work is mostly in Los Angeles.”
October 2021: Grimes confirms she is still living with Elon Musk
Shortly after the split, Grimes said she was still living with Elon Musk in an Instagram post shared in October 2021. “I was really stressed about the paparazzi this week but then I realized this was an opportunity to troll,” she wrote on Instagram, posting screenshots of photos from The New York Post with the headline: “Grimes Reads Karl Marx After Split From World’s Richest Man Elon Musk.”
December 2021: Elon Musk and Grimes Welcome Second Child Together
In December 2021, Musk and Grimes welcomed their second child together via surrogate. Grimes confirmed the news in a March 2022 interview with Vanity Fair, saying they had welcomed a baby girl named Exa Dark Sideræl, nicknamed Y.
March 2022: Grimes announces she and Elon Musk are back together
In her Vanity Fair cover story, Grimes made it clear that she and Musk were back together and that their relationship was “very fluid.”
“There’s no way to describe it. I can call him my boyfriend, we’re very comfortable, we just need to be free,” she explained in her Vanity Fair post.
March 2022: Grimes reveals she and Elon Musk have broken up
On the day the Musk-Grimes Vanity Fair love story was published, the singer tweeted that their relationship status had changed since the interview. “Elon and I just broke up again since the interview, haha, but he’s my best friend and the love of my life,” she wrote.
