Grimes explains bizarre name of baby with Elon Musk

Singer Grimes has taken to Twitter to explain the bizarre baby name that she and Elon Musk chose for their child.

After welcoming a baby boy on May 4, Musk said on Twitter that they named him “X Æ A-12 Musk”, which many took as a joke at first.

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But now, Grimes has broken down the name element by element — and her explanation has left readers even more confused.

“X, the unknown variable,” wrote Grimes. “Æ, my elven spelling of Ai (love &/or Artificial intelligence). A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favorite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent. (A=Archangel, my favorite song).”

She ended the tweet with emojis of a sword and rodent and wrote “metal rat”.

Musk responded to her tweet correcting her: “SR-71, but yes.”