https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdqHtJgXTIY
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_YsHSKuaqE
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
i would feel so much better if someone just announced a surprise lp2 release
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 19:08 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=305ryPvU6A8
"HomePod. The new sound of home. Directed by Spike Jonze. Starring FKA twigs."
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 07:39 (six years ago) link
i'm glad she's getting that kind of exposure and she's so cute and an amazing dancer but my first reaction to that commercial was "homepod gives you psychosis"
― akm, Thursday, 22 March 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
So it's been years. What the fuck is going on?
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 21 March 2019 22:34 (five years ago) link
she's posted on instagram about some health problems which are presumably part of why she hasn't released anything since "good to love". she's announced a few festival dates for this year, her first tour dates since 2016, so i'd hope some new music will be on its way soon enough
― ufo, Thursday, 21 March 2019 22:47 (five years ago) link
So it's been years. What the fuck is going on?Playing in Australia in May.
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Thursday, 21 March 2019 23:57 (five years ago) link
Playing RBMA in nyc as well
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Friday, 22 March 2019 01:27 (five years ago) link
New single out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkLjqFpBh84
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:21 (four years ago) link
!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
video is incredible
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
hell yeah
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
she has been working her ass off on that stripper pole in her IG stories for awhile
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
The video's amazing (when she first comes stalking out on those heels it's like something from a Cremaster movie), but the song kinda only exists as a soundtrack to the video. The two of them together remind me of one of those commercials for a fantasy video game where a slow piano ballad is playing as explosions are going off all around you and you're shooting lasers at dragons.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
It's great paired with the video, but I think it's a strong song in its own right.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 April 2019 03:38 (four years ago) link
This video and this song and the subtly ASMR production = incredible
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 April 2019 13:55 (four years ago) link
I am not into this song at all. The video is great, though.
― GDPR vs GAPDY (DJP), Friday, 26 April 2019 15:46 (four years ago) link
Beautiful song. The video is nice until it goes all CGI though...
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 26 April 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
first impression was that the video was incredible but the song was meh, but listening to it now without the visuals and it's really beautiful still. is that some vocal percussion I'm hearing towards the end?
she's so strong as a dancer... I've done aerial/acrobatic arts before and pole dancing was just so physically painful for me. every core muscle hurt, your thighs burn, and the blisters that you get on your hands, yargh.
― Roz, Sunday, 28 April 2019 06:07 (four years ago) link
song is great and the sound design feels like a big step up from anything on her debut, so gorgeous
― ufo, Sunday, 28 April 2019 11:38 (four years ago) link
I think her singing is really, really good but I’m not taken by the song
― GDPR vs GAPDY (DJP), Sunday, 28 April 2019 13:27 (four years ago) link
Same after two listens but maybe that will change?
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 April 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
I was not feeling this one at first, I think I have an innate aversion to piano-led ballads. Now I think this song is too damn pretty to be ignored, I love the sparse, weird arrangements, I love her performance, I love the video. I don’t love that she pulled the trick of making me consider a piano ballad as one of my favorite songs of 2019.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 10 May 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
I was initially put off by the ponderous bong bong basic ballad intro and in general the song would be better without it but the sound that occurs when she sings 'wrapped in cellophane' redeems that x100.
― Matt DC, Friday, 10 May 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
tbh my main beef with the song is that i can't help but think about the 'roy orbison wrapped in clingfilm' thing the entire time
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 May 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link
Is she still w shia labeouf?
― nathom, Sunday, 12 May 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
Cellophane, Live at The Wallace Collection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNqXhfUfwgc
holy fuck. also love she deemed necessary to have someone subtly doing the 'percussion' of the song.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 21:52 (four years ago) link
She plays an instrument? Cool.
Someone watched the wide lenses in wainscotted rooms of The Favourite.
Am I wrong in thinking of her as in a similar category of musicians as Bjork? Similarly tone deaf on catchy melodies, and deeply reliant on progressive production for her appeal...
― nonsense upon stilts (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 22:08 (four years ago) link
You are mistaken! About both her Bjork (“Birthday”, for example, is a very repetitive instrumental song carries entirely by her gift for melody)
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
Mind, I'm a fan who purchased the prior album. And what brings me back to it is a seemingly tortured soul amidst the metronomes and synthetic expurgate, not the songwriting.
Its perhaps a failing of mine that I can't make out more than half the words here. Maybe I have a similar relationship to FKA Twigs as I had to Disco Inferno, where the more I knew the less I loved...
― nonsense upon stilts (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 22:14 (four years ago) link
that was never true about Bjork and while i could have understood that as an argument against twigs at the time of her first EPs etc. it certainly isn't true now
― ufo, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 22:21 (four years ago) link
I find her interesting as an artist but the music grates on me in much the same way Tori Amos did
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 23 May 2019 00:06 (four years ago) link
Bjork writes awesome melodies! Right up to Medulla/half of Volta, she was a straight up pop artist - albeit one who seemingly inhabited a entirely different planet. But still, she wrote plenty of actual *songs* with proper choruses and all.
After that, yes, she started becoming more interested in sounds/arrangements more than melodies, and it all sounded gorgeous and forward-thinking but equally kind of same-y and sterile.
That was kind of how I felt about Twigs when she debuted but I think she's grown into a much better songwriter, if never as melodic or straightforward pop as Bjork was at her peak. I do think she's the best music video artist since Bjork though.
― Roz, Thursday, 23 May 2019 01:20 (four years ago) link
How are bjork and/or fka tone deaf on catchy melodies? That’s quite a hongro statement.
It’s hard to sing along to their songs, yes. But that doesn’t mean they write unmemorable songs. I wont even waste my time on this one, sorry.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 23 May 2019 05:02 (four years ago) link
That said, I can somewhat agree with the point that Bjork hasn’t written anything truly “catchy” since medulla, and fka was more oriented towards production on her early work.
I wont concede that cellophane doesn’t have any hooks though as every section of that one has been constantly stuck in my head for weeks.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 23 May 2019 05:07 (four years ago) link
can imagine thinking utopia sounds sterile, it's pure dew-kissed freshness
― ogmor, Thursday, 23 May 2019 08:39 (four years ago) link
Just assume I've joined the "what do you mean, tone deaf on catchy melodies" dogpile, it will save us all time
― Arugula Raccoon (DJP), Thursday, 23 May 2019 13:30 (four years ago) link
as the björk poll revealed to me, this is a false narrative
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 23 May 2019 13:39 (four years ago) link
Sterile was prob not the right word there, I just mean kind of tuneless? I think Utopia is a gorgeous record, just overly repetitive in parts.
Anyway, the point was neither her nor Twigs are bad at melodies.
― Roz, Thursday, 23 May 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucL26I7ZN08
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 31 May 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link
Blimey
― And according to some websites, there were “sexcapades.” (James Morrison), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 00:33 (four years ago) link
I was there for Twigs show (btw Primavera was really amazing, my first large scale festival in over 10 years). One of the more brilliant and flawless live performances I've seen. The costumes, atmospherics, pacing, transitions, sword dancing, pole dancing were all on point. Her voice was transcendent. What a set!
The opening bit "A Woman's Prerogative" was spine chilling.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 03:43 (four years ago) link
https://i-d.vice.com/amp/en_uk/article/zmjny4/fka-twigs-interview-magdalene-new-album
finally some more news - album is titled Magdalene, out this fall, mostly co-produced by Nicolas Jaar, one track "Holy Ground" features Future
― ufo, Monday, 2 September 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link
Interesting, would not have expected that pairing
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 2 September 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
Thank god it’s not Arca! I hate his productions and what he did with Bjork. There was talks of Oneohtrix producing but I suppose it didn’t work out either.
Very excited with this pairing tbh.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 2 September 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link
opn did produce some tracks she performed live in 2016 but they're not part of this new lot unless they've been renamed so idk if they'll ever see the light of day again
― ufo, Monday, 2 September 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
tomorrow... holy terrain featuring @1future. thank you to my sweet friends @skrillex and @jackantonoff for helping me drive this baby home x pic.twitter.com/QMk06lQ5Md— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) September 8, 2019
"holy terrain" is out tomorrow, co-produced by jack antonoff and skrillex
― ufo, Monday, 9 September 2019 09:19 (four years ago) link
Hot Antonoff autumn
― Simon H., Monday, 9 September 2019 13:10 (four years ago) link
antonoff is a somewhat surprising choice of collaborator for her since her general aesthetic is pretty far removed from his usual work which tends to be somewhere in the realms of synthpop or singer-songwriter-y stuff
re: arca i think her collaborations with twigs and kelela have been her best work so i'd be happy to hear more collaborations with twigs. her work with bjork has been a bit hit and miss - the beats on vulnicura were fine but nothing special and i really didn't like utopia at all, though that might just be due to bjork's songwriting being at its most meandering on it
― ufo, Monday, 9 September 2019 13:26 (four years ago) link