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FKA twigs teases new song in Calvin Klein commercial

FKA twigs teases new song in Calvin Klein commercial
twigs is part of the brand’s spring 2023 ad campaign, alongside BLACKPINK’s Jennie, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kendall Jenner, and Michael B. Jordan.

By Raphael Helfand

March 15, 2023

A new Calvin Klein commercial features a 35-second snippet of an unreleased FKA twigs track, a tantalizing minor-key cut that places her angular vocals over minimalist trap production. The brand posted the clip, shot by the photography duo of Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot, early Wednesday morning, and twigs reposted it later, expressing her appreciation for the opportunity.

“It’s an honour to be the new face of calvin klein and to have worked so closely with my dear friends @mertalas and @macpiggott to create something that i believe reflects me as a woman and artist,” she wrote in an Instagram caption. Other stars of the spring 2023 “Calvin or nothing” ad campaign include BLACKPINK’s Jennie, Kendall Jenner, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

FKA twigs shares stop motion-style “Pamplemousse” video

FKA twigs shares stop motion-style “Pamplemousse” video
Another visual from Caprisongs is out in the world.

By David Renshaw

September 29, 2022

FKA twigs has dropped a new music video for her Caprisongs track “Pamplemousse.” The video, directed by Aidan Zamiri and Yuma Burgess, has a moving picture flick book style aesthetic with multiple heavily filtered images of twigs sequenced one after another to create imagery that matches with the jerky beat of the song. Check it out above.

“Pamplemousse” is the latest in a long line of Caprisongs videos and follows “Papi Bones,” “Honda,” “Bliss,” “Oh My Love,” and “Thank You Song.” She also dropped a video for new song “Killer,” featuring a cameo from Elite actor Arón Piper.

FKA twigs has a day at the beach in the steamy “killer” video

FKA twigs has a day at the beach in the steamy “killer” video
Arón Piper co-stars in the new visuals directed by Yoann Lemoine.

By Jordan Darville

July 20, 2022

FKA twigs stans on TikTok had a minor meltdown last month when the pop auteur shared a clip of her making out with Arón Piper, the Spanish heartthrob who acts in Netflix’s Elite. Since the clip was soundtracked by twigs’ excellent new song “killer,” it was logical to assume that the PDA was in service of a new music video. And that’s just what’s been delivered today, directed by Yoann Lemoine. We see footage of twigs and Piper enjoy their, uh extremely potent chemistry on the sandy shores intercut with twigs’ reliably sensational dance moves. Check it out above.

Yoann Lemoine described the themes behind the video and how it came it be in a press statement:

“Twigs approached me with a beautiful treatment for ‘killer’ that she had written about her personal story. It felt empowering and vulnerable at the same time. I said yes instantly when she asked me to direct it. It was the perfect opportunity to portray her in a way that we have not seen before, raw and intimate. The video is about the poison and the fuel that personal trauma is in art. How our experience forces us to create and how sometimes it is only inhibition and violence.

I just wanted to let her talent as a performer and dancer shine through without turbulence or filter, and to let the beautiful work of choreographer Juliano Nuñes shine through her. Twigs is the hardest working artist I have ever met, and it made the process so easy. Her connection with Arón Piper is very special and cinematic, he brought the perfect tension to the film, I’m very excited I could work with both of them.”

FKA twigs collaborated with Jorja Smith and then found out they are related

FKA twigs collaborated with Jorja Smith and then found out they are related
The British pair are cousins.

By David Renshaw

June 21, 2022

Gareth Cattermole/Getty

FKA twigs has revealed in a new interview that she and Jorja Smith are cousins. The pair, who worked together on this year’s “darjeeling,” had no knowledge of their family status prior to their collaboration, which featured on twigs’ latest mixtape, Caprisongs.

Speaking in a new interview published this week, twigs told GQ: “I’d never met her [Smith] before, and I jumped in her car with her, and I remember thinking to myself, ‘Gosh, that’s really strange. We’ve got exactly the same kind of skin.’” She added: “A few months later I was on the road to go to LA and she left me a voice note saying, ‘You’re never going to believe this, but I’ve just spoken to my dad and he’s spoken to his sister and we’re related.’”

Caprisongs was released in January and features the singles “jealousy,” “papi bones,” and Yung Lean collaboration “Bliss.” Last week twigs shared her latest single “Killer.” She will also star in an upcoming remake of ’80s horror classic The Crow.

Listen to FKA twigs’ new song “killer”

Listen to FKA twigs’ new song “killer”
The new track follows this year’s mixtape Caprisongs.

By Jordan Darville

June 16, 2022

FKA twigs has kept busy this year. In addition to sharing her wonderful, eclectic mixtape Caprisongs, she’s shared a number of visuals from the project and signed on to star in a remake of the action film The Crow. She’s got more new songs coming this year, the first of which, “killer,” is out today.

One of the poppiest tracks in twigs’ catalogue, “killer” was co-produced by twigs, Jonny Coffer, and Rosalía collaborator El Guincho. Below, read twigs’ statement on the new song:

‘“It’s dangerous to be a woman in love”- when at its worst the effects of heart break can define one’s trajectory much more than the beauty of the love itself, in my song ‘Killer’ I explore this concept. The navigation, the hunt and the kill. The death of promises, dreams and the future that was once promised. But like the wildest plucked roses, I find myself more beautiful delicately wilted, in shadow, forced solace, darkened at the edges and achingly thirsting to be tended to again.’

Trial date set for FKA twigs’ lawsuit against Shia LeBeouf

Trial date set for FKA twigs’ lawsuit against Shia LeBeouf
Twigs alleges LeBeouf physically and emotionally abused her during their relationship.

By Raphael Helfand

May 02, 2022

Photos by Phillip Faraone and Gareth Cattermole via Getty Images.

FKA twigs has finally been granted a day in court to make her case against her former boyfriend Shia LeBeouf, Rolling Stone reports. At a Monday morning hearing, a judge confirmed that the trial will begin on April 17, 2023.

Twigs sued LeBouf in December 2020 and accused him of mental, emotional, and physical abuse — including sexual battery — in an interview with The New York Times. “What I went through with Shia was the worst thing I’ve ever been through in the whole of my life,” she told The Times. “I’d like to be able to raise awareness on the tactics that abusers use to control you and take away your agency.”

LeBeouf issued the following statement in response: “I’m not in any position to tell anyone how my behavior made them feel. I have no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, only rationalizations. I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years. I have a history of hurting the people closest to me. I’m ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I hurt. There is nothing else I can really say.” In a later email to The Times responding to twigs’ specific claims, however, he wrote that “many of these allegations are not true.”

The FADER has reached out to representatives of twigs and LeBeouf for further comment on the new development.

FKA twigs shares video for “which way”

FKA twigs shares video for “which way”
The Caprisongs visual universe gets bigger and bigger.

By Brandon Callender

April 25, 2022

FKA twigs in “which way.”

Directed by Aidan Zamiri.

Another day another Caprivid, or however the adage goes. Ever since Caprisongs released in January, FKA twigs has shared videos at a rapid pace, building a whole visual universe for her latest album. Last week, she shared videos for “oh my love” and “honda” where, respectively, she took a restorative trip to the salon and rode on top of a moving vehicle. Today, it’s the Dystopia-featuring “which way” that’s receiving a visual treatment. Check out the Aidan Zamiri-directed video below.

In addition to those mentioned above, twigs has also shared videos for “papi bones” with Shygirl, “darjeeling,” the Rema-featuring “jealousy,” and “meta angel.”

Earlier this month, FKA twigs directed a short film titled Playscape made to honor the finalists of the 2022 Woolmark Prize. She also teamed up with Yung Lean for “Bliss,” a single from the Swedish rapper’s new album Stardust.

FKA twigs lives dangerously in “honda” video

FKA twigs lives dangerously in “honda” video
The latest CAPRISONGS visual treatment finds twigs flying through the air along a busy highway.

By Raphael Helfand

April 22, 2022

FKA twigs has been building out an extended universe for her third studio LP, January’s CAPRISONGS. In the past two weeks alone, she’s released visual treatments for three of the album’s tracks, as well as directing a short film titled Playscape in conjunction with the 2022 Woodmark Prize and appearing in Yung Lean‘s “Bliss” video. Last Thursday, she danced in a cramped living room with Shygirl for “papi bones.” This past Wednesday, she received an extravagant manicure for “oh my love.” And today, she’s tied herself to the front of a moving vehicle for “honda,” the record’s Pa Salieu-featuring second track.

“Yolo, like with me it’s just anything to get the shot,” twigs told Rolling Stone when asked about the decision to film her latest cinematic endeavor in such high-speed conditions. “Working with [director] Aiden Zamiri has been incredible, he’s a genius. ‘Honda’ for me is like a perfect definition of a ‘caprivid’ because it’s super short and cheeky and it leaves you wanting more.”

Watch the “honda” video above.

FKA twigs shares “oh my love” video

FKA twigs shares “oh my love” video
Caprisongs is out now.

By Jordan Darville

April 20, 2022

FKA twigs has been sharing visuals from her recent mixtape Capriosongs at a faster clip in recent days. Just last week we got the sublime visuals for the Shygirl-featuring track “papi bones,” and today she returns with similarly sumptuous visuals for “oh my love.”

The video pays tribute to the rejuvenative powers of the salon, especially potent after someone’s been playing with your heart. twigs is both a customer of the salon and a model for its commercials — she gets her nail art touched up by a sympathetic technician and vamps in the VHS-filtered ads.

Watch the video for “oh my love” above. Other clips from Caprisongs have included “meta angel” and “jealousy” featuring Rema. You can also catch twigs in the video for Yung Lean‘s “Bliss.”

FKA twigs and Shygirl turn a living room into a dancehall for the “papi bones” video

FKA twigs and Shygirl turn a living room into a dancehall for the “papi bones” video
Watch a clip for Caprisongs single.

By Jordan Darville

April 14, 2022

When Shygirl broke out in 2018 with her Cruel Practice EP, it was immediately apparent that the world needed her to collaborate with FKA twigs, another English artist weaving entrancing songs from threads of electronic music, albeit in quite different ways. That connection came this year in Caprisongs, a mixtape from FKA twigs that saw her work with loads of artists in a string of different genres like never before. “papi bones,” her song with Shygirl, is a dancehall track, and today the music video is out.

The video is as incredibly stylish as you’d expect from twigs. Decked out in Burberry outfits, twigs and Shygirl take an abbreviated version of their song into a small London living room. It would be a tight squeeze even without the motorcycle that twigs dances on, but the energy is reminiscent of a tightly packed party (thanks in no small part to the black-and-white cutaways of sweaty wining). Near the end of the song, twigs and Shygirl take a few very cute goats for a stroll.

twigs has also shared videos for the Caprisongs tracks “meta angel” and “jealousy” featuring Rema. In the last week she’s shared a new short film called Playscape, featured in the Yung Lean song “Bliss“, and been announced as the star in a reboot of The Crow.

FKA twigs shares short film Playscape

FKA twigs shares short film Playscape
twigs directed the new short to mark the 2022 International Woolmark Prize.

By David Renshaw

April 12, 2022

FKA twigs has launched a new short film In collaboration with the Noguchi Foundation and Museum. Playscape was written and directed by twigs and is released in honour of the finalists in the 2022 Woolmark Prize, a global competition for designers using Merino wool.

In addition to twigs, the film also features model Kai-Isaiah Jamal alongside dancer Kiddy Smile and DJ Princess Julia. Other crew on the short film include choreographer Juliano Nunes and cinematographer Rina Yang, best known for her work on Euphoria.

The film highlights the work of sculptor Isamu Noguchi, whose 20th century works were often showcased in playground-like environments where the public could interact with them. twigs wears designs by the Woolmark finalists Ahluwalia, EGONLAB,
Jordan Dalah, MMUSOMAXWELL, Peter Do, RUI and Saul Nash. The International Woolmark Prize
winners will be announced at a London event on April 26.

Earlier this year twigs released new mixtape Caprisongs. More recently she appeared alongside Yung Lean on the Swedish rapper’s latest single, “Bliss.”

Yung Lean shares “Bliss” video featuring FKA twigs

Yung Lean shares “Bliss” video featuring FKA twigs
Stardust is out now.

By Jordan Darville

April 08, 2022

Yung Lean rides a car decked out with its own chandelier as FKA twigs, sporting a wedding dress, rides shotgun in the duo’s new “Bliss” video. The song appears on Lean’s new mixtape Stardust, released today (April 8). Check out the Aidan Zamiri–directed video above.

In addition to twigs, who it was recently reported will appear in a reboot of ’90s movie The Crow, Stardust also inludes an appearance from Skrillex plus regular Lean collaborators Bladee, Ecco2k, and Thaiboy Digital. The project arrives ahead of a headline European/ North American tour. See below for dates.

Yung Lean tour dates

11/4 – Cologne, DE – Carlswerk Victoria
11/5 – Gent, BE – Vooruit
11/7 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg – Ronda
11/8 – Berlin, DE – Columbiahalle
11/9 – Warsaw, PL – Hall Expo XXI Hall 1
11/11 – Paris, FR – Le Trianon
11/13 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
11/14 – London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton
11/16 – Dublin, IE – Olympia Theatre
11/30 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
12/1 – Toronto, ON – The Danforth Music Hall
12/3 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
12/6 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
12/7 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
12/9 – San Francisco, CA – 1015 Folsom

FKA twigs to star in remake of The Crow

FKA twigs to star in remake of The Crow
The 1994 cult classic is being revived with twigs set to star alongside It actor Bill Skarsgård.

By David Renshaw

April 04, 2022

Tristan Fewings/Getty

FKA twigs will appear alongside Bill Skarsgård in an upcoming remake of The Crow, Deadline reports. The new version of the 1994 original is to be directed by Rupert Sanders, who previously directed Snow White And The Huntsman and Ghost In The Shell. The latter featured a controversial lead role for Scarlett Johansson

“The Crow is beautiful, dark, poetic and sometimes disturbing,” Sanders told Deadline. “It is a story of love, loss, grief and revenge. It is a great honor to revisit James O’Barr’s iconic comic and reimagine The Crow as a foreboding voice of today.”

The Crow is perhaps best known for lead actor Brandon Lee’s death following a prop gun accident on the set of the movie. Three sequels, The Crow: City Of Angels in 1996, The Crow: Salvation in 2000 and The Crow: Wicked Prayer in 2005 followed.

FKA twigs has previous acting experience, having appeared in Honey Boy, the Shia LaBeouf-penned story loosely based on his own experience as a child actor. Earlier this year twigs released CAPRISONGS, a mixtape featuring guests including Rema, Pa Salieu, Shygirl, and The Weeknd.

FKA twigs shares video for “jealousy” featuring Rema

FKA twigs shares video for “jealousy” featuring Rema
It’s the latest song from CAPRISONGS to receive a video.

By Brandon Callender

January 26, 2022

FKA twigs in “jealousy.”

Directed by Aidan Zamiri.

There’s been no shortage of visuals from FKA twigs‘ CAPRISONGS . Today, she’s shared a video for “jealousy,” featuring Nigerian Afropop star Rema. The video was directed by Aidan Zamiri and features choreography from twigs’ frequent choreographer Kash Powell. Check out the video below.

In an interview with Apple Music 1 before the mixtape was released, twigs called “jealousy” the “soul of [CAPRISONGS]” and shared a story about how she and Rema ended up working on a song together.

“jealousy” is the latest song from CAPRISONGS to get a visual treatment. Last week, twigs shared a video for “meta angel.” In December, she shared a video for “tears in the club,” her collaboration with The Weeknd.

FKA twigs shares “meta angel” video

FKA twigs shares “meta angel” video
The British pop star has shared a visual for the CAPRISONGS highlight.

By Brandon Callender

January 19, 2022

FKA twigs.

Photo by Orograph

FKA twigs has shared a video for “meta angel,” a crushingly beautiful standout from CAPRISONGS. In the Aidan Zamiri-directed video, twigs scales a building to hunt a version of herself, firing an arrow that flies through the city and strikes her heart. “That makes it sound so easy,” she sighs. “A pretty picture with a quote / I get confused with what I really want.” It’s a sobering realization that snaps you out of the song’s hypnotic trance. Check out the video below.

CAPRISONGS, which was executively produced by FKA twigs and El Guincho, is twigs’ first full-length since 2019’s much-beloved MAGDALENE. The mixtape was recorded over lockdown and features contributions from The Weeknd, Rema, Pa Salieu, Shygirl, Jorja Smith, and more.

FKA twigs shares “Jealousy” featuring Rema

FKA twigs shares “Jealousy” featuring Rema
CAPRISONGS is out January 14.

By Jordan Darville

January 13, 2022

(L) FKA twigs. Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images. (R) Rema. Photo by @scrdofme.

Tomorrow, FKA twigs will share her first-ever mixtape CAPRISONGS. The tracklist contains some of the biggest collaborations of her career: names like The Weeknd, Daniel Caesar, and Jorja Smith dot the 17-track effort. Rema, the Nigerian Afrobeats sensation, is also featured, and you can hear him brings twigs into his sonic world on “Jealousy,” streaming below.

In an interview with Apple Music 1 airing today, FKA twigs referred to “Jealousy” as “the soul of [CAPRISONGS]” and described how she connected with Rema. “It was funny actually, because Rema was quite difficult to get in touch with. One of my closest friends, Irene, she’s Nigerian. We kind of had made a link with Rema’s team, but it was just difficult to get that flow conversation. I was talking to Irene one day, I was just like, ‘This is like super random but I don’t want to sound weird because I know you’re Nigerian, but you don’t know Rema, do you?’ She was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, no, I do know him.’ … I was like, ‘You couldn’t tell him to put some extra harmonies on the track. Could you?’ It was actually through one of my oldest friends that we ended up connecting and finishing the track through her, which was really sweet. To me, that’s the soul of the record.

FKA twigs announces new mixtape CAPRISONGS

FKA twigs announces new mixtape CAPRISONGS
It’s out on January 14 and will feature The Weeknd, Pa Salieu, Shygirl, Rema, and more.

By Jordan Darville

January 06, 2022

FKA twigs. Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images.

FKA twigs has announced CAPRISONGS, a new mixtape out on January 14. The project is the English singer-songwriter’s first since her beloved 2019 effort MAGDALENE.

“CAPRISONGS is my journey back to myself through my amazing collaborators and friends,” twigs wrote on Instagram. The collaborators included in the project’s tracklisting are The Weeknd (who appeared on the project’s lead single “Tears In The Club”), Rema, Shygirl, Pa Salieu, Daniel Caesar, Jorja Smith, and more.

Last year, twigs spoke with Louis Theroux about making new music over the course of the pandemic. “Over lockdown, I wrote an album, all over the internet… It’s a real product of 2020. It’s about being able to have my work represent landmarks in time. To make an album over FaceTime is the epitome of an artist being isolated and still having the desire to make work. So I felt that I did that.” Whether or not that album, which was recorded with Rosalía producer El Guincho, is CAPRISONGS or something else remains to be seen.

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CAPRISONGS tracklist

1. “Ride The Dragon”
2. “Honda” feat. Pa Salieu
3. “Meta Angel”
4. “Tears In The Club” feat. The Weeknd
5. “Oh My Love”
6. “Pamplemousse”
7. “Caprisongs Interlude”
8. “Lightbeamers”
9. “Papi Bones” feat. Shygirl
10. “Which Way” feat. Dystopia
11. “Jealousy” feat. Rema
12. “Careless” feat. Daniel Caesar
13. “Minds of Men”
14. “Minds of Men (outro)”
15. “Darjeeling” feat Jorja Smith and Unknown T
16. “Christi Interlude”
17. “Thank You Song”

FKA twigs and Central Cee share “Measure of a Man” music video

FKA twigs and Central Cee share “Measure of a Man” music video
Visuals for the single from The King’s Man soundtrack have arrived.

By Jordan Darville

November 29, 2021

FKA twigs began her journey to experimental pop auteur on the back of a remarkable string of music videos, and it’s rare that her more recent output is anything less than impressive. Her latest visuals are for “Measure of a Man,” her grime-ified James Bond theme for the upcoming spy film The King’s Man, out December 22. Lots of videos for movie soundtrack singles can lean too heavily on the thing it’s promoting, a trap “Measure of a Man” evades thanks primarily to twigs’ incredible dancing across director Diana Kunst’s stylized settings.

Both twigs and Central Cee, the London rapper featured on the song, resonated with the song for different reasons. “This song has such a different sound which is a challenge,” twigs said in a press statement. “you’ve got to really embody the song. For me especially with my vocals, I had to pull a different side of my artistry out.”

As for Central, the fact that the song was for a film soundtrack made it a good fit for his style. “What I listen to when it comes to trying to find beats is something theatrical, it needs to sound like a movie. And that’s exactly what’s going on with this song, it sounds like it’s made for a movie regardless.”

FKA twigs and Central Cee share “Measure of a Man”

FKA twigs and Central Cee share “Measure of a Man”
The new song will be on the soundtrack of The King’s Man, out December 22.

By Raphael Helfand

November 18, 2021

FKA twigs and Central Cee have shared “Measure of a Man,” a track teased by twigs in an Instagram post last week. It will appear on the soundtrack of The King’s Man, the third instalment (and prequel) of the British-American action-comedy series Kingsman, coming to theaters December 22.

“Measure of a Man,” twigs’ first collaboration with the London rapper, is Bond-like in both its lush production and twigs’ sensual delivery. Cee’s grimy verse (It’s the manners that make a man / But the hammers that break a man / Damn”) might feel out of place in Goldfinger, but it sits well with the Kingsman films’ more youthful aesthetic.

Listen to “Measure of a Man” above, and stream its Cee-less “cinematic” version below.

D’Angelo, FKA twigs, Björk, and more will curate new radio stations for Sonos

D’Angelo, FKA twigs, Björk, and more will curate new radio stations for Sonos
D’Angelo’s Feverish Fantazmagoria is out right now.

By Jordan Darville

January 13, 2021

D’Angelo. Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Samsung

Sonos has announced a new batch of radio stations curated by different artists for the platforms Sonos Radio and Sonos HD.

D’Angelo, FKA twigs, Björk, and The Chemical Brothers are the newest additions to the service. D’Angelo’s Feverish Fantazmagoria launches today (January 13), and customers can catch FKA twigs’ show main squeeze on February 10. Björk will deliver the catchily-titled 21 years worth of wave files liquidated into a stream on February 24, while March 2 will see the debut of the Chemical Brothers’ Radio Chemical.

Other new shows include the hip-hop focused show Blacksmith Radio hosted by artist manager Corey Smyth, and poet Hanif Abdurraqib’s Object of Sound.

FKA twigs sues Shia LaBeouf, alleges sexual battery and assault in new interview

FKA twigs sues Shia LaBeouf, alleges sexual battery and assault in new interview
The artist detailed a series of alleged abuses during their year-long relationship in an interview with The New York Times

By Jordan Darville

December 11, 2020

FKA twigs. Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images

FKA twigs has filed a lawsuit accusing Shia LaBeouf, her former boyfriend, of physical, mental, and emotional abuse, according to a report in The New York Times.

“What I went through with Shia was the worst thing I’ve ever been through in the whole of my life,” twigs told the Times, describing a relationship wracked with physical and mental suffering that disconnected her from her friends and supporters. “I’d like to be able to raise awareness on the tactics that abusers use to control you and take away your agency.”

In the lawsuit, detailed in the Times article, twigs describes being choked by LaBeouf on a drive back from the desert and being assaulted and screamed at by the actor after a stop at a nearby gas station. The incident was part of a pattern of “relentless abuse,” twigs alleges in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. The suit accuses LaBoeuf of sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress, including knowingly inflicting twigs with a sexually transmitted disease.

The report in the Times also includes allegations of abuse from Karolyn Pho, another former girlfriend of LeBeouf’s.

When reached by email by the Times, LaBeouf issued a statement on the report’s allegations. “I’m not in any position to tell anyone how my behavior made them feel,” he wrote. “I have no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, only rationalizations. I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years. I have a history of hurting the people closest to me. I’m ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I hurt. There is nothing else I can really say.” In a separate email responding to specific claims of abuse, LaBeouf wrote that “many of these allegations are not true.”

twigs says that she plans to donate a “significant portion” of any money received through the lawsuit to domestic violence charities.

The FADER has reached out to FKA twigs’s representatives for comment. Attempts to contact LaBeouf’s attorney were not successful.

Dua Lipa and FKA twigs announce collaborative ’Studio 2054’ performance

Dua Lipa and FKA twigs announce collaborative ’Studio 2054’ performance
Streaming later this month.

By Salvatore Maicki

November 16, 2020

Hugo Comte / Matthew Josephs

Pandemic restrictions aren’t keeping Dua Lipa from a truly bombastic album cycle. Later this month, she’ll kick Future Nostalgia into overdrive with ‘Studio 2054,’ a virtual concert that’s getting streamed live worldwide on November 27. The show promises a “kaleidoscopic rocket fuelled journey through time, space, mirrorballs, roller discos, bucket hats, belting beats, and throbbing basslines,” but in case that wasn’t enough to convince you to snag a ticket, FKA twigs is gonna be there too.

Today, they confirmed the collaborative performance with a picture from a London rehearsal space. Twigs is the latest pop heavyweight to hop on the Future Nostalgia train, after Lipa nabbed Madonna, Missy Elliott, Gwen Stefani, Mark Ronson, and Yaeji for her remix album that dropped this past summer. Check out their announcement below.

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FKA twigs recorded a new album with El Guincho in quarantine

FKA twigs recorded a new album with El Guincho in quarantine
“I just said ’I’m going to make an album’ and I just did it,” says FKA Twigs of her follow-up to Magdalene.

By Shaad D'Souza

October 11, 2020

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Over the weekend, FKA twigs sat down with the Grammy Museum’s Programs At Home series to discuss her creative process, quarantine, and her excellent 2019 record Magdalene. Towards the beginning of the video call, though, the producer and songwriter happened to drop a bit of a bombshell: she’s “just finishing” Magdalene’s follow-up after completing the vast majority of the record over the past few months’ COVID-19 quarantine. “I just said ‘You know what, I’m going to make an album’, and I just went and did it,” she told Grammys moderator Scott Goldman. “I worked predominantly with an amazing artist and producer called El Guincho, and I did the whole thing with pretty much all of the collaborators over FaceTime.” Twigs did not reveal any additional details about the project; still, given there was a five-year gap between her first record and her sophomore record, the speed of creation is notable.

El Guincho is known for his records Alegranza! and Pop Negro, both released on Young Turks, as well as his work as the primary producer on Rosalía’s El Mal Querer, which won him Latin Grammy awards for Best Urban Fusion Performance and Best Alternative Song (both for “Malamente”) as well as Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album, Best Engineered Album and Best Recording Package. Watch the Grammy Museum’s interview with Twigs here (via Pitchfork.)

FKA twigs, J Balvin and Grimes tapped for Google’s Art Zoom talks

FKA twigs, J Balvin and Grimes tapped for Google’s Art Zoom talks
The second season of the series will feature more musicians adding narration to iconic works of art.

By Sajae Elder

September 15, 2020

Google shared the second season of their Art Zoom series, which saw musicians add educational narration to iconic works of art. While last year’s season featured artists like Maggie Rogers and Feist, the new season will see Grimes, FKA twigs, J Balvin, The 1975 frontman Matty Healy and Chaeyoung K-pop group Twice offering insightful discussion on works by artists including Bruegel, Mondrian, and Yoo Youngkuk.

The series hopes to expose wider audiences to fine art, as well as highlight Google’s work on digitizing these classic works using their ultra-high-resolution “gigapixel” art camera. In her video, FKA twigs dives into “Mary Magdalene in Ecstacy” by Artemisia Gentileschi and its effect on her album MAGDALENE. “When I was researching about Mary Magdelene…she seemed so poised and put together,” twigs says. “The irony is in finishing my music I found deep wildness, a looseness, an acceptance, a release. That’s exactly what I’m experiencing in this painting.”

Watch the clip above, and the rest of the videos here.

FKA twigs teams up with director Hiro Murai for “Sad Day”

FKA twigs teams up with director Hiro Murai for “Sad Day”
twigs’ swordsmanship in on full display in the surreal clip.

By Sajae Elder

August 28, 2020

FKA twigs shared the cinematic visuals for “Sad Day” on Friday, the latest single from her album MAGDALENE. Directed by Hiro Murai, known for his work with Donald Glover on Atlanta and Guava Island, the video sees twigs flying and wielding a sword in a duel through the empty streets of London. From there, the lines around reality start to get a bit blurry.

According to a press release, twigs underwent three years of swordsmanship training in the art of Wushu under the guidance of Master Wu of the Shaolin Wushu Centre. “Everything I’ve previously done with my body, all the training, and dancing, has led to this point,” the singer explained.

Most recently, she teamed up with rapper 645AR on the track “Sum Bout U,” also sharing her support of a sex work mutual funds fundraiser alongside the video’s release.

645AR enlists FKA twigs for “Sum Bout U”

645AR enlists FKA twigs for “Sum Bout U”
Watch the Only Fans-inspired clip below.

By Sajae Elder

August 04, 2020

If there’s one thing you notice about 645AR’s flow, it’s the high-pitched squeak he raps in. Somehow it works, and there’s no better example than the rapper’s latest release “Sum Bout U.” With a feature from FKA twigs, the video finds the pair in a match-up that’s become even more familiar since our months in lockdown: digital performer and voyeur. Logging onto a website called “OnlyCamzzz,” 645AR heads straight for twigs’ stream, finding her in a variety colorful fits and backdrops.

Along with the video’s release, FKA twigs shared a sex work mutual support-fundraiser to provide direct financial support to sex workers and donated £10,000 to the cause. Alongside Lysistrata, SWARM, and East London Strippers Collective, it’s also aimed at “challenging public attitudes, tackling stigma, and fighting for [their] rights and protections.”

“I feel like now is the time for me to step forward, pay respect, and shine a light on the challenges facing sex workers, especially during these uncertain times,” the singer said, citing her own experience working as a hostess in a gentlemen’s club.

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i was 19 when i learnt my first pole move, i learnt a back hook spin from a stripper when i was working as a hostess in a gentleman’s club. for those of you who don’t know, hostessing is when one person pays another person for their time, anything from a conversation over dinner to sex work, and the club gets a cut of the fee. my lived experience as a very young woman in these environments has not only informed the strong and formidable woman that i am today, but also a lot of my work as a music and visual artist – sometimes even subconsciously. i feel like now is the time for me to step forward, pay respect, and shine a light on the challenges facing sex workers, especially during these uncertain times. sex workers I know and have met have discipline, craft, talent and work ethic – not only do they deserve better long-term, but their income has been wiped out by the lockdown and many are invisible to the financial aid available to others. there’s a bigger journey in challenging public attitudes, tackling stigma, and fighting for rights and protections – but today I’m inviting you to join me in helping with cash donations to SWARM, Lysistrata and ELSC. these organisations are providing direct financial support to strippers and sex workers, we’ve kicked off the the fund with £10,000 and you can donate at https://www.gofundme.com/f/sexworkermutualaidfunds this week, SWARM @swarmhive Lysistrata @lysistratamccf and ELSC @ethicalstripper will also be taking over my social media channels.

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FKA twigs shares new short film We Are The Womxn

FKA twigs shares new short film We Are The Womxn
twigs performs at AfroPunk and Atlanta strip club Blue Flame with spiritual healer Queen Afua.

By Jordan Darville

July 09, 2020

FKA twigs is the subject of a new short film We Are The Womxn, directed by Ivar Wigan and produced by WeTransfer. Watch above via Dummy.

The clip was shot in late 2019 around twigs’s performance at AfroPunk in Atlanta, where twigs performed a moon dance with a spiritual healer named Queen Afua. “This essential piece is about resurrecting the womxn,” Afua says, “because if you elevate the womxn, you elevate the family, and then we can all transform and birth a new world.”

The pair take their message of empowerment through movement from the AfroPunk grounds to Blue Flame, a Black Atlanta strip club, where twigs takes the stage. In an interview with WeTransfer, twigs said: “My experience at the Blue Flame solidified that, although historically women are often pitched against each other for their looks or their assets by the patriarchy, when left to our own devices we are incredibly nurturing and healing for each other.”

Magdalene, the latest album from FKA twigs, was released in 2019.

FKA twigs – Home With You Lyrics

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[Verse 1]
I’m so wired for it, seen it, tried it
I’d die for you on my terms
When I get my blessings
When will I get my lessons learned?
Apples and cherries, pain
Breathe in, breathe out pain
No, no, novocaine
Still maintain my grace
How come?

[Pre-Chorus]
The more you have the more that people want from you
The more you burn away the more the people learn from you
The more you pull away the more that they depend on you
I’ve never seen a hero like me in a sci-fi
So I wonder if your needs are even meant for me
I wonder if you think that I could ever raise you up
I wonder if you think that I could ever help you fly
Never seen a hero like me in a sci-fi
You’re my savior, my revival it belong to you
Mary Magdalene would never let her loved ones down

[Verse 2]
When I vision eyes
All I see is black
Ground me to the core
Just a little more
Get it on, I know I’ve been gone
You’ve been all alone
Stoking at the fire
Set the place alight
Call me late at night
And I’ll be running home to you

[Chorus]
I didn’t know that you would love me
If you’d have just told me I’d be home with you
I didn’t know that you would were lonely
If you’d have just told me I’d be right down the hills to you
I’d be running down and down, the hills to be with you
Home
I’d be running down the hills to be with you
I never told you I was lonely too

[Instrumental Outro]

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