FKA twigs

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LP1 out in two months.

YES

Wonderful cover, and it looks like none of the tracks are repeated from either EP. Can't wait.

http://disconaivete.com/post/89694315611

Hit play on the soundcloud embed, scroll ahead to the 30:00 mark. Then get gut punched by "Two Weeks".

yeah this sounds kind of incredible, wow

perfect

Just checked Amazon and the mp3 single is out tomorrow (I'd presume the same holds true for iTunes).

this is perhaps the first time i have found her interesting. earlier songs were way too wispy and distant for me; this seems way less brittle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yDP9MKVhZc

so is this Arca, or?

that song is delightful!

holy shit

so is this Arca, or?

She said in the little interviewlet with Ellie Goulding yesterday that she's actually been doing some production herself. Whether this is one of them or not, I don't know yet.

Goddamn

Amazing song, amazing video

Who is bankrolling this?

XL presumably

so is this Arca, or?

She said in the little interviewlet with Ellie Goulding yesterday that she's actually been doing some production herself. Whether this is one of them or not, I don't know yet.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, June 25, 2014 3:31 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think this one was a Clams Casino production.

if so this is the first time i've enjoyed a clams thing in years

and the first time i've enjoyed a fka twigs thing anyway

v v v good

This is definitely a bold clam xp

I think this one was a Clams Casino production.

nah he said on twitter that he didn't produce it.

http://twitter.com/clammyclams/status/481446543598579712

Just twigged (har har) that the vid is probably a response/take on Kanye's Power vid?

What are earlier examples?

http://twitter.com/clammyclams/status/481446543598579712

― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, June 25, 2014 7:43 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Lol, that's some shonky journalism by Pitchfork and a host of others then.

Annnd new interview

http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/06/meet-fka-twigs-musics-new-fashion-darling.html

"Two Weeks" has completely taken over my brain

basically I can't go more than 45 minutes without humming either this song or "Dark Horse"

^^ minus the Dark Horse part

"Two Weeks" has really changed the way I think about her - I hope the rest of the LP avoids the pallid and watery early songs (which I tried really hard to love, but just couldn't latch onto for whatever reason) and more full-bodied like the newest single. She seems like a pretty cool person in any case: http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9460-fka-twigs/

I still think the songs on the eps are gorgeous and really can't comprehend how they're unlikeable—particularly "Water Me," which seems to be the one most scorned—but I'm looking forward to whatever her next move is.

leaked. if you need me, i'll be over here listening to this one on a loop for the next couple days.

this album is a real endorphin releaser.

i love "two weeks" and i think i also love "pendulum" but at this point i'm not convinced by the rest

I'm kind of floored by this tbh

The album is a big blur, but it's great.

This is a much more convincing artistic statement for me than the tracks I heard from the EPs without being substantially different; I don't know what is happening here that wasn't on the EPs but more of that, plz

For damn sure. It's a treat and works so damn well on a summer evening.

I've basically gone from thinking she was wildly overrated to being like...why are there not 1,000 new answers in this thread right now?

My favourite album from this year so far, I think.

am I the only 1 who reads this as "fucka twigs" in my mind?

Whoah on my first listen and this is super great. Portishead springs to mind + destiny's child or something I dunno but I like this a lot. I'm sure I heard the last EP but it didn't make much impression on me.

i guess i'm waiting to download the official version but based on the two singles this will be one of my fav albums of the year for sure

live at maida vale - http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ed2nc8#p0249zb1

apologies for tedious interview that precedes it

set starts at 4:49

ugh zane lowe is the worst

am I the only 1 who reads this as "fucka twigs" in my mind?

― DERE is no DERE DERE (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, August 6, 2014 5:25 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no

pendulum is quite good but i can't shake the feeling that i'm missing something in my core that allows me to get excited about this artist's work. as with kelela and SZA, i am impressed and enjoy the songs but i couldn't remember anything enough to hum them to save my life.

^^^ exactly how i felt about twigs before this album.

Kelela and twigs I think have far more focussed and refined aesthetics than SZA who I feel like is figuring herself out still - the album was sort of all over the place with a couple of gems. ("Julia", mostly).

I listened with fairly low expectations and this is really, really good, hairs-on-back-of-neck good in places.

All the "it's really about the producer" stuff upthread is revealed as cobblers by this point. With all the names knocking around - Arca, Dev Hynes, Paul Epworth, maybe Clams Casino - it's remarkably consistent in sound and aesthetic leaving you in little doubt that the person who's actually driving things is her. As opposed to other hyped new artists where the debut sounds like a bet-hedging grab-bag of different approaches.

And so many of these tracks SOUND fantastic, like pop songs stretched out until their component parts are miles apart, and then making maximum use of that space. I'm trying to work out why I find this all so affecting, she doesn't have a particularly great voice or what you'd call presence (other than in a kind of airy seductive ghost way) but her voice ties everything together perfectly, you can't imagine this working without her.

Terrible fucking name by the way.

I don't like the name either but I liked her explanation when I interviewed her: "I like the masculine letters. It sounds like a boy’s computer game. A sergeant has to save people. FKA twigs on a mission! FKA twigs do you read me? Copy that!" Then she started moving her arms like a game character running. She's quite odd.

Aye. Goddam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJacful-tII

nice

She did an interview with Louis theroux for his podcast too.

https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a35460385/fka-twigs-shia-la-beouf-abuse/

more harrowing details of her abuse at labeouf's hands in this piece but also new album details!

During quarantine, she collaborated with powerhouse producer El Guincho, the mastermind behind Rosalía’s breakthrough album, El Mal Querer. Twigs tells me she’s created a “going out” album that features collaborations with Nigerian Afrobeats star Rema, British hip-hop up-and-comer Pa Salieu, and pop darling Dua Lipa. She met the latter on Instagram, and the two decided to collaborate on a dance track, “Why Don’t You Love Me,” which was made for the return to dance floors, post-vaccine.

very excited for the rema & pa salieu collabs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnmzNmOPSLQ

the dua lipa collab "why don't you love me" was premiered in dua lipa's livestream concert too

damn el guincho is having a run right now

She is making a martial arts series, oh hell yeah

https://theface.com/music/fka-twigs-interview-michaela-coel-i-may-destroy-you-pa-salieu-headie-one

that's a really fun conversation!

New song sounds like one of the best Bond songs ever.

it's for a spy film so she met the brief

Did not know that. Makes sense.

the song in question - it's great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgvTBLA6nA8

Unexpected new album

New *mixtape

Plenty to like here but on first listen I love “Careless”.

I like this simple, pop approach she’s taking on most of the mixtape.

It is nice seeing her not take herself so seriously, but when she does her music hits higher highs. This is fun though! Definitely enjoyed the first half this morning.

this isn't really grabbing me for the most part idk

this is a great look for her imo. i like this a lot. much better than that last LP, i think her bending back towards the mainstream is better for her, she can find some spot where she's a bit on the fringes. she has a unique voice & can write a melody, she doesn't need to go broken pretentious arty arca w/ it, her best stuff is typically the most straightforward i think

I'm the opposite, I loved Magdalene with all its Kate Bush swoops. I think this is fine, a couple of really good tracks.

Same, I really like the mixtape but Magdalene was a classic for her. And unlike the early Arca eps it had a pretty traditional palette, it was mostly piano-based (but treated in a super modern way imo)!

New *mixtape

A question because I am old. How is this NOT an album?

I think it's just something people say when they release an album but want to deemphasize its importance in their canon. Maybe they didn't take as much time as they would with an 'album', or maybe it's because they don't want to do the full album-cycle work of touring and promotion, or maybe they just didn't clear all the samples? Idk. It's pretty clearly an album, but I get if she wants to convey that it's not the serious follow-up to Magdalene that is yet to come.

mixtape = EP minus quality control

Lol that's a much better explanation

Sounds good no matter what it is called

xp I prefer your explanation, Jordan

Mixtapes are often cohesive full length efforts, stylistically thematic, and some can be incredible (Clipse's We Got It 4 Cheap series, Kehlani's You Should Be Here, Weeknd's House of Balloons, etc).

But they aren't canonical, often lack singles and tour support, sample clearing, big name production, etc. It's largely divorced from a mixtape's origins of homemade cassette tapes with a cohesive mix of tracks/raps/songs tied together on top of a bunch of hodge podge beats. Honestly when I think of an actual "mix tape" I think more of turntablists like Q-Bert or a DJ mix. Pop mix tapes feel more like full length "demos".

these days it usually means it's an early project being given away for free to build hype (not that the 'free' part means a lot in the modern streaming era), or the label doesn't want to give it the same sort of promotional budget, or it's a more casual stopgap release not intended to be the 'proper' follow-up release. rare for any of these to get a physical release

here it seems it's more like the third? it's kinda silly to make the distinction at all these days really

In non-music news. Can't she just play the Crow instead?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fka-twigs-bill-skarsgard-crow-reboot-1235124947/

That would be better, although I'm still hoping for the FKA Twigs as Highlander reboot.

Excellent Briana Younger feature.

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/fka-twigs-interview

Good story. Interesting how she first went to LA to learn more about krumping from the originators.