FKA Twigs Reveals Shes ‘Not Sad Anymore While Teasing New ‘TechnoInfluenced Album
New music from FKA Twigs , and she's happier than ever.
Twigs, 36, took to her Discord server on Tuesday, January 16 to celebrate her birthday and chat with her fans. During the conversation, he revealed that he is in the studio working on his next album with electronic musician (and frequent collaborator) Coreless . Twigs hinted that more "talented friends" will be part of her next album, which is "coming out this year."
"I moved to Prague a few years ago and fell in love with techno," he told NME. He added that his next album "isn't techno, but the spirit is definitely there."
Twiggs also noted that the tone of the record is lighter than her previous music. "It's deep, but not boring," he said. - I'm not bored anymore.
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The album will be the follow-up to 2022's Caprisongs . He said his previous release was "difficult to collaborate with" and his next project won't be as difficult. "I don't like repeating myself," he wrote.
When asked what music she's been listening to lately, Twiggs said she's "finishing my album so I'm not listening to a lot of music right now." However, he added: “I love Two Shell. »
Twigs' talk about her future music follows the controversy surrounding her Calvin Klein ad in March 2023. On January 10, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority announced that her ad had been banned for depicting her as a "stereotypical sexual object" and said the image was "likely to be 'offensive'".
In one of the campaign's black-and-white photos, Twigs poses naked, but in a Calvin Klein T-shirt that covers most of her body. Twigs responded to the ban with a post on Instagram, writing that she "doesn't see me as the stereotypical sex object that they call me." Instead, she thought the image showed "a strong, beautiful black woman whose incredible body has overcome more pain than you can imagine."
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"I'm proud of my physique and believe that the artwork I create with my craft is up to the standards of women like Josephine Baker, Eartha Keith, and Grace Jones ," she added, noting that the icons "broke barriers in their appearance. ". ." ." empowering and harnessing the unique sensibility contained within.
Calvin Klein responded to the ASA's decision by denying that the photos were harmful, and said that Twigs and Kendall Jenner , who also posed for the same spring campaign, said the photos gave them "a sense of strength and confidence."
The ASA's decision also faced a public backlash, with many citing double standards after The Bear 's Jeremy Allen White posed in a similar outfit for Calvin Klein's spring 2024 campaign; However, his photo did not draw the ASA's wrath.
