FKA Twigs

FKA Twigs
FKA Twigs performing in 2015
Born
Tahliah Debrett Barnett

(1988-01-17) 17 January 1988 (age 38)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • record producer
  • director
  • dancer
  • actress
Years active2004–present
AwardsFull list
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
Labels
Websitefkatwi.gs

Tahliah Debrett Barnett (born 17 January 1988), known as FKA twigs, is an English R&B singer. She used to be called twigs. Her music has been called post-dubstep and trip-hop.

She was on the cover of i-D magazine in August 2012.

twigs released her first EP EP on 4 December 2012.

On 1 August 2013, Twigs posted the video for her single "Water Me" on YouTube. It now has over one million views.

twigs released her second extended play EP2 on 17 September 2013. It was her first release on the record label The Young Turks. Pitchfork gave it a score of 8 out of 10.

In 2013 BBC put her on their Sound of 2014 list of nominees. In January 2014 BBC chose the winner.

twigs' first album LP1 was released in August 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Adams, Gregory. "FKA twigs Treats 'EP1' to Vinyl Reissue". Exclaim!. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Fraden, Angel. "The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: FKA twigs". Cypher League. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Sawyer, Miranda (28 September 2019). "FKA twigs: 'An incredible woman always in the shadow of a man? I can relate'". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2019. The queen of art pop has written her most personal album yet – and come out fighting
  4. ↑ Cafolla, Anna (13 January 2017). "FKA twigs has made a zine and you can see it here". Dazed. Retrieved 10 August 2017. An exclusive peek at the pages produced by the avant-pop visionary [...] It's been two years since the release of the avant-pop visionary's M3LL155X EP
  5. ↑ Battan, Carrie. "FKA twigs". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Certificate of Incorporation of a Private Limited Company | Female Reclining Ltd". Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "New Music Videos, Reality TV Shows, Celebrity News, Pop Culture". MTV.
  8. ↑ "Bleach-site". Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  9. ↑ FKA twigs (1 August 2013). "FKA twigs - Water Me" – via YouTube.
  10. ↑ "FKA twigs: EP2". Pitchfork.
  11. ↑ "BBC Music - BBC Music Sound Of, 2014 - FKA twigs". BBC.

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