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've soaked up so much through dancing, but I also have to be still. I want to be silent and read, to shut up and take time to respect the vision someone put into a book.
I've never been into the typical R&B voice, with runs and bluesy sounding words. That doesn't suit me.
I once said to a boy, ‘You’re a really good kisser,’ and he said, ‘You’re only as good as the person you’re kissing.' I think it’s the same with the music. If someone [says], ‘Your music is really provocative,’ I’m only as provocative as the person that’s listening to it.
I hope to do a visual for every single thing, even if it’s as small as a gif or as big as a whole dance music film.
When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something, they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.
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
No boyfriend wants to see their girlfriend in a video with a big, handsome black dude feeding his fingers into her mouth, do they? But that concept is my expression, and boyfriends have to deal with that, don't they?
I don’t know if I’m a tortured soul, but I was born heartbroken. I remember feeling it when I was so young. I was like, ‘Mum, it hurts.’
The idea's the idea: It's about what you do, and not who you are.
I don't want to be in front of the camera forever. I'm not thirsty. I'm not a pop star. I don't want to reign over all forever. I don't want to be famous! It makes me feel sick, the thought of being a famous person. It's just not me. I'm the happiest when I'm in the studio, not on a beauty parade.
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.