I think I like it precisely because it’s quite different and “naked” to mostly everything else she has recorded, it’s very revelatory of her actual talent as a singer. I didn’t doubt she could sing before but I wasn’t too sure I’d love hearing her do a piano ballad. It’s not much but she also sprinkles some subtle, atmospheric touches and some well placed glitch effects in there.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
no slappers on this record but it's still p good
― davey, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 20:34 (four years ago) link
I was kind of half-hearted about attending her Boston show next week but with this album + her newer greater live voice I'm suddenly very excited.
― Turangalila, Friday, 15 November 2019 17:35 (four years ago) link
She's never particularly registered to me before this -- the only thing I ever went back to was the Melissa EP -- but I really like this album. Lush and melodic, super Kate Bush-y in places. "Fallen Alien" is great both on its own and also as a sort of one-song reduction of the entire Hounds of Love album.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 18 November 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
Digging aspects of Magdalene - the shameless Red Shoes-ness of it all! She's such a cheesy weirdo and I love her for it. (This is not a diss because I adore the pre-chorus vocal harmonies on "Mary Magdalene" a lot but *that triumphant chorus* belongs in a 1990s Disney film; can't you picture, idk, Pocahontas screaming it on a mountain top?)
The Boston show was insane in every possible way, haha. Five mins. before scheduled start time the exit doors opened, the fire alarm went off, everyone in the building was evacuated and a battle ensued between the very aggressive venue staff (v. much hilariousy in screamy character for Boston) and all the indignant gays in town. She must have been so freaked out, but she was fantastic. She was really gracious despite her post-concert tiredness and signed my hoodie. :3 https://i.imgur.com/6lw3Bit.png
― Turangalila, Thursday, 28 November 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
That's great, awesome photo! :)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 28 November 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
People on twitter saying that she cancelled last night's concert in Zurich at the last minute because ticket sales were low and she didn't want to play in front of a small audience.
― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Friday, 29 November 2019 10:22 (four years ago) link
Can't wash that hoodie now!
― octobeard, Friday, 29 November 2019 18:21 (four years ago) link
Magdelene has only sounded better & better since it came out, it's hard to tell these days but it feels kinda slept on.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 29 June 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
Or maybe not, all the tracks have 5 - 10 million plays on spotify, so I guess she's doing just fine even if I didn't see much discussion on ILX/twitter/irl.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 29 June 2020 20:47 (three years ago) link
what... what is happening http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=chtCbEjhJcE
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 21:56 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chtCbEjhJcE
welcome to 2020 where twigs is cosplay camming and dueting with a mosquito from the bronx
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
xpost with Worst Music of 2020?
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
100% behind 645AR being famous. you saw Yoga:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0PCMNels-s
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 22:15 (three years ago) link
Well, that's put me off both music and sex for the foreseeable future.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 00:53 (three years ago) link
I haven't laughed this hard in ages but this also means I'll unironically love it soon enough
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
Holy shit, JM and unperson weren't lying.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 01:27 (three years ago) link
So basically what if 100 gecs but "sexy"?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 01:36 (three years ago) link
Tom, delete... oh ffs
― Time Will Show Leo Weiser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 01:39 (three years ago) link
I have fallen too far into the internet
645AR - Sum Bout U (feat. Fka Twigs) pic.twitter.com/l32XlGKYq6— san (@fag2k20) August 4, 2020
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 01:42 (three years ago) link
^^^ otm
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 01:43 (three years ago) link
this 645ar guy is really taking lil wayne's brand of autotune-rap to its logical extreme isn't he
anyways, I unironically really like this. I saw a comment on Stereogum describe it as something that Tiny Mix Tapes would've gone crazy over, which is very otm
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 06:22 (three years ago) link
worst music I’ve ever heard. I’m old.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 06:24 (three years ago) link
gecs is way more tolerable than this, somehow
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 06:25 (three years ago) link
I do appreciate how the new generation is destroying music though. All of this is necessary work, so we can finally arrive at the prophecy, where music is killed
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 06:29 (three years ago) link
Clicked on the Twigs video all hyped and expecting it to sound like 100 Gecs and... what, where does that comparison come from? This isn't even remotely like?
I'm always impressed by her work as a singer and writer - but I often forget she's a phenomenal dancer. And her dance is an integral part of her art and her artistry.
(LOL but the original vid totally reminds me of my dayjob, hahaha, fortunately Twigs does appear to be completely regulatory compliant.)
― Branwell with an N, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 08:02 (three years ago) link
It's silly and I'm pretty into it tbh
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 10:49 (three years ago) link
once you get past the squeaks, this is really not that bad? lol
but like gecs idk if i can listen to it more than once
― Roz, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 12:58 (three years ago) link
hoogie boogie land is not that bad if you can get past the vocals
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link
This dude's voice is the most ridiculous thing, I did not stop laughing throughout the whole song
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 13:31 (three years ago) link
I also have "Don't be fooled by the shades or the locks / I'm just a mosquito from the Bronx" stuck in my head
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 13:32 (three years ago) link
100 Gecs are more fun but this is def funnier.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 13:33 (three years ago) link
a bop, but I couldn't resist https://t.co/7jdwEck8rU pic.twitter.com/URm9pYU4hn— 𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖌𝖚𝖒 (@scottgum) August 5, 2020
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
lol
ok here's my attempt
645AR - Sum About U (feat. FKA Twigs)https://t.co/PlOmlRTgKT— CHANTS (@ChantsWI) August 5, 2020
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
I'm not into 'Sum Bout U' but I do find myself really enjoying 'Yoga', not sure what that says...
― emil.y, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
this really isn't that bad, at all.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 6 August 2020 11:05 (three years ago) link
amazing video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxGDNRE-2c0
― Roz, Friday, 4 September 2020 13:35 (three years ago) link
holy shit
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:58 (three years ago) link
right?? wish it was 20 mins longer tbh
― Roz, Friday, 4 September 2020 13:58 (three years ago) link
I want to watch this entire movie
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:59 (three years ago) link
yes, that was awesome! i especially loved the way she crossed the restaurant to him at the beginning, the percussive pulse of her movements. just incredible
― Karl Malone, Friday, 4 September 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
Brilliant stuff!
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 5 September 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I mean her music is obviously awesome, but her videos are so next-level amazing I totally want her to make the jump to being a movie star - would love to see her do a full length film.
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Sunday, 6 September 2020 08:55 (three years ago) link
she did, she's in Honey Boy, Shia Lebouf's autobiographical film. She's actually really good in it though I can't recall if she even speaks. (and that movie is really good, I was extremely surprised).
― akm, Sunday, 6 September 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
I want a Highlander reboot starring Twigs and I want it yesterday
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 6 September 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
Nobody is going to trick me into watching anything that POS lebouef has made, sorry.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Sunday, 6 September 2020 23:51 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I don't think even Twigs could make me sit through anything of Lebouf - cosign wanting an all-dancing and mixed martial arts and swordplay Highlander reboot, tho.
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Monday, 7 September 2020 12:16 (three years ago) link
This also tells me that, in addition to more acting, Twigs should be doing choreography in ghost/zombie movies
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/arts/music/fka-twigs-shia-labeouf-abuse.html
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles by the musician, accuses the actor of sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 December 2020 17:22 (three years ago) link