FKA Twigs
LP1 (2014)
LP1 was one hell of a debut. Twigs’ emerges as an ultra self-controlled Björk of our generation with her own swaggy, sexy spin on avant-garde experimental alternative music. She integrates break-beat and fractured melodies without making the songs feel incomplete - a complete, sophisticated exploration. She is incomplete and imperfect in this state of desperation, longing, desire, and disaster that she describes of herself. She was forthright with the same rawness that she maintains now. She has never, ever shied away from voicing her visions, her wants. As we watch Twigs be liberated, shamelessly putting words to feelings we all know, we, too, feel liberated. Her openness, her vulnerability - and yet her strength - is deeply inspiring. That said, she has become more sophisticated at doing this over time. In LP1, while raw, her lyrics lacked nuance at times. But that came with time. I also appreciate the Flume-like electronic sounds of the 2010’s that can be found in the album. The instrumental melange of the LP was only foreshadowing for the sonic acrobatics that Twigs would show us she is capable of later on.
MAGDALENE (2019)
One of the saddest albums ever written. An ode and a testament to female strength and fragility, MAGDALENE put Twigs’ vocals on the center-stage, highlighting it as the vessle for the sensual music she is sourcing from deep within herself. This inherently corporal nature of MAGDALENE is fitting for a project whose core is to be an exploration of the female body and experience in it’s rawest, most vulnerable form.
EUSEXUA (2025)
I've never waited so patiently for a record as I did for EUSEXUA. The wait was worth it. Twigs did not dissapoint. EUSEXUA is a hauntingly stunning, technologically intricate, and beautifully raw piece of work. Each track was memerizingly strange. Below is a quick breakdown. Its also worth noting that I developed a newfound, deeper love for the album after listening to FKA Twigs explain the concept of Eusexua and the inspiration for the album. The video can be found here.
Eusexua is iconic. Fresh. New. The drop is stunning and satisfying.
Girl Feels Good flexes fascinating instrumentals.
Perfect Stranger is so. Much. Fun.
Drums of Death is sultry and demands choreography.
Room of Fools is unique to its core.
Sticky is among the most beautiful songs I have encountered. Will be featured in my 2025 wrapped.
Keep It, Hold It serves as a intricate interlude.
Childlike Things, despite being controversial, really works. It's charm is in it's surprise: nothing could have prepared me for North West singing in Japanese.
Striptease is sexy.
24h Dog flexes her rawest lyrics.
Wanderlust is an authentic ending track. Vulnerable.
