Elon Musk and the indie musician Grimes took both the business and music worlds by surprise in May when they first revealed they were dating.
Since then, Grimes, whose real name is Claire Boucher, has also found herself involved in some of Tesla’s narrative.
That narrative has gotten increasingly complicated in the weeks since Musk tweeted out his interest in taking the electric car company private, and wrote the two words that have resulted in hundreds of headlines and even an SEC investigation: “Funding secured.”
In the wake of the now-famous tweet, rapper Azealia Banks reportedly spent a weekend at Musk’s house while waiting to work on a collaboration with Grimes, which is where things get even more complicated, but more on that later.
Now, the Tesla CEO’s relationship with Grimes could be on the rocks, as the two appear to have unfollowed each other on Instagram, and Musk has unfollowed Grimes on Twitter.
Here’s a look at how their relationship has progressed from the beginning: