FKA Twigs Reveals Shes ‘Not Sad Anymore While Teasing New ‘TechnoInfluenced Album
FKA Twigs has new music out and she's happier than ever.
Twigs, 36, took to the Discord servers on Tuesday, January 16, to celebrate her birthday and interact 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) Corrales . Twigs said more “talented friends” will be featured on her “Coming This Year” record.
"I moved to Prague for a few years and fell in love with techno," he says, according to NME. He added that his next album will be "not techno, but real soul."
Twiggs noted that the album's tone is lighter than previous music. "It's deep, but it's not sad," he said. "I'm not sorry."
The album serves as a follow-up to Twigs' 2022 album Caprisong . He said his previous releases were "hard to collaborate on" and the next project will be less labor intensive. “I don’t like to repeat myself,” he said.
When asked what kind of music she's been playing lately, Twigs responded that she's "busy finishing up recording, so there's not a lot of music coming out right now." But he said, “I like the B building.”
Twigs' discussion of her upcoming music follows controversy surrounding her March 2023 Calvin Klein ad. The UK's Advertising Standards Authority announced on January 10 that it had banned the depiction of a "stereotypical sex object" in advertising because the image was "condescending". To commit a crime".
In one of the campaign's black-and-white photos, Twigs poses nude but covers most of her body with a Calvin Klein shirt. Twigs responded to the ban with an Instagram post, writing that she doesn't see what she called a "stereotypical sex object." Instead, he believed the image depicted a "beautiful, strong, dark-skinned woman" who had endured more pain than her incredible body could comprehend.
"I'm proud of my physical strength, and the art I create with my shell is up to the standards of women like Josephine Baker, Eartha Kitt and Grace Jones," she added, noting that the marks "push the boundaries of what is" . saw."gives". I'm shocked". “Expand and utilize a specific embodied sensibility.”
Calvin Klein responded to the ASA's decision by denying that the images were offensive, saying that the images of Twigs and Kendall Jenner, who posed in the same spring campaign, gave them a "feeling of strength and confidence".
The ASA's decision sparked public backlash, with many citing double standards after The Bear's Jeremy Allen White took the same stance in response to Calvin Klein's Spring 2024 campaign; But his photograph did not draw the ire of the ASA.
