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 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.
I feel confident that the work I've put in will make people see me as a music artist before anything else.
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 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'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'm the happiest when I'm in the studio, not on a beauty parade.
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.
The idea's the idea: It's about what you do, and not who you are.
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.’
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 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.
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.
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.
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.