Some of the tracks sound intentionally washed-out, almost exhausted, in a manner strangely reminiscent of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ Skeleton Tree - another record born from torrid moments in its creator’s personal life.

The beats and arrangements of MAGDALENE reflect twigs’ turbulent times. The album’s almost-title-track ‘mary magdalene’, for instance, is a fine instance of musical self-care (‘a woman’s time to embrace, she must put herself first’). However, there are also points where twigs looks to draw strength from her experiences. Unsurprisingly there are moments of pain here - ‘Would you make a wish on my love?’ Barnett sings on ‘sad day’ while on ‘day bed’ she mourns that ‘vacant are my nightmares, rest becomes my nowhere’. The whirlwind of the past couple of years manifests itself in MAGDALENE's lyrics. Barnett channels these traumas to emerge, bruised yet defiant, with her second studio LP MAGDALENE. In 2017 the one born Tahliah Barnett split from fiancé Robert Pattinson, and later that year the singer underwent surgery to remove tumours from her uterus.

On “Figure 8,” she presents herself as both numinous and fearsome: “I am an angel/Hush now/My back wings will give you the hardest slap that you’ve ever seen.Set against the backdrop of an emotional rollercoaster year. She whispers about a “break away from being told who I am” and asks “will you f– me while I stare at the sun?” In the song, there are ashes, phoenixes and lust in the video, there are gender-blurring dancers on a glossy runway in dark, barren woods. “Am I dancing sexy yet?” she asks on “Glass and Patron,” but she’s no simple vixen or coquette she’s seeking validation only to lay traps. The songs lack centers, or even hooks, and aren’t easily assimilated, but unmistakable themes emerge: Through a feverish haze of sounds and sights, M3LL155X asks big questions about femininity, sex and power - a strong commentary on agency by an artist whom tabloids often flatten to being Twilight star Robert Pattinson’s fiancee. FKA Twigs Drops Surprise EP: Details & Her Must-Watch New VideoĬreated with assistance from Beyoncé collaborator Boots, the music is spacious, paranoid and sultry the lyrics are suggestive and knotted.

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