FKA twigs
FKA twigs
Tahliah Debrett Barnett, known by the stage name FKA Twigs, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, director and dancer. She became a backup dancer after moving to London when she was 17 years old. Barnett first entered the music industry with the release of her extended plays EP1and EP2. Her debut studio album LP1and third extended play M3LL155Xwere released to critical acclaim, the first of which peaked at number 16 on the UK Albums Chart and number 30 on...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth16 January 1988
CityGloucestershire, England
I don't know any Beatles songs. My dad never listened to Elvis or Sting or Bowie. Any band name that's on a t-shirt, I probably won't know their music, like AC/DC or whatever. I don't know what that is. As a kid, I would sing along to artists like Tania Maria.
Half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm funny-looking and ugly. The other half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm fascinating. Everything neutralises. It's more of a statement on society and how weird it is.
Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
Textures apply to everything I do. Even within my music, I like smooth things, and then hard and fluffy things, all giving them their place to shine.
Sometimes I feel 15; other times, I feel fully grown and mature and handling all my business. It can waver from day to day, hour to hour.
Racism is unacceptable in the real world, and it's unacceptable online.
I'm the happiest when I'm in the studio, not on a beauty parade.
I'm not going to become a costume version or caricature of myself; I like to morph.
I'm appealing to people who want something different, but the world, on the whole, doesn't really embrace different things. Not on the whole.
I write exactly what I think. If it's a raw subject, I write lots of things and then pull out all the fluff words.
I love things that are harsh and things that are too loud. And I love lulling people into a false sense of security. That's life.
I feel confident that the work I've put in will make people see me as a music artist before anything else.
If you're an artist, you have to use everything to your advantage, even the pain.
I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.