"For an artist who has reopened her wounds on heart-pummelling songs like "cellophane," this is a rather breezy approach to fame. Over vocal samples typical of Jersey club- suspended as if in zero gravity, ghostly and uncanny-she recruits pop's foremost comedian, PinkPantheress, for a more light-hearted take on the themes she's often explored throughout her career, of crafting selfhood and warding off loneliness amid the clamor of fame."
"Then, twigs faced further consternation for a defensive statement she posted on Discord, decrying the "parasocial nightmare" of her fandom's response to the postponed shows. Then, in April, a snippet of her live keynote conversation for Resident Advisor went viral, in which she asked: "Where are the thinkers?" Her impromptu question wasn't the most well thought-out one (as many online pointed out, the thinkers are broke and tired!), but the proliferation of bad-faith takes it spawned did go some way to proving her point."
FKA twigs expands the EUSEXUA universe with a chaotic double release pairing a new album and a reimagined February EUSEXUA. She adopts a breezier attitude toward fame on "Wild and Alone," using Jersey club vocal samples and recruiting PinkPantheress for a lighter take on crafting selfhood and warding off loneliness amid celebrity. The year brought setbacks, including a rescheduled North American tour caused by her production team's visa failures and backlash to a defensive Discord statement decrying a "parasocial nightmare." A viral Resident Advisor keynote snippet asking "Where are the thinkers?" generated criticism while illustrating tensions around fame. The deluxe edition evolved into a full second album, Afterglow, announced at Lowlands.
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