FKA Twigs has revealed that her wild imagination doesn’t always lead to traditional developments. We may simply be living in an era where artists can retroactively delete songs from their albums. What do you want yourself to be more like? (Though it should be made clear that the changes apply only to digital media.) Some may, however, accuse the shape-shifting iconoclasts of taking their world-building too far. Essexurewas reimagined the same day it was expanded upon with a new album. But you can see that twigs’ strategy comes not from perfectionism or a mere desire to tinker after release (which most artists would share), but from a genuine enthusiasm for the project and its adaptability. It extends to EUSEXUA AfterglowIt’s not so dark that it continues to ride the highs of the original, sticking to the concept while borrowing some of its looseness. caprisons. It’s hard to come out of this album and wish it was just a deluxe album.
1. Love Crime
“Love Crimes” immediately subverts those expectations. EUSEXUA Afterglow It will be a moodier companion than the original. “My heart keeps falling/I’m stronger than before,” Twigs declares, proving his point with a powerful four-on-the-floor beat. The singer, whose body is bent and contorted “like a death trap,” is not yet ready to let go. But it’s just as important to know your pulse.
2. Slushie
In a world that draws a spiral, Twigs declares, “I’ll make today a heaven.” “Slushy” doesn’t feel like it represents that. It wonders, feeling dizzy, restoring memories from the trash can and reaching out in a more awake form. what do you begin to understand afterglow It’s about.
3. Wild and Alone [feat. PinkPantheress]
Buried in floating loneliness EUSEXUA AfterglowThe first few songs are almost homely and warm. In “Slushy”, twigs praises the joy of “waking up late on a Saturday with you,” and here we find her waking up “tired, cute, and okay/Cause I love when you call me/And we talk all night.” But the overwhelming emotion lives up to its title, capturing the absurd push and pull of fame while also finding humor in it. “I think being famous is a funny thing.” Pink Panther Ress meets her where she is.
4.Hard
The all-caps title says something about the switch in intensity here, with help from German producer Mechatok. The thought of discovering in the other person the capacity for complete surrender, a capacity comparable to physical freedom, makes one tremble and jump. There’s no emotion or even a rush to get there, just pure ecstasy of anticipation and chemistry, the kind of thing that could easily turn into tension.
5. Cheap hotels
Midway through the track, her co-producers, which include Twigs and Two Shells, dismantle its trip-hop beat, suggesting that the singer’s invitation to “Room 20 or 24,” the charm of “Endless Summertime,” has been accepted. That is the moment when a captivating fantasy begins to take shape in the amorphous real world buried in the depths of night. Still, the offer is valid.
6. Touch a girl
Musically, the song floats around in a kind of hazy haze, but lyrically it’s one of the most compelling songs on the album, giving it its title, “It Hurts So Much, It Leaves an Afterglow.” The intersection of pleasure and pain has always been golden for Twigs’ music. “Touch a Girl” (as in “You don’t know how…”) is more accusatory than directive, reflecting an atrophy of possibility.
7. Predictable Girl
Although not as effective as previous Mechatok collaborations, “Predictable Girl” is still decidedly offensive in its production, and almost as offensive as some of its lyrics (“You built the world and then you got fucked in the ass”). It’s as if the nod to “Promiscuous” was so obvious that it needed to be chopped up and distorted, but it also works as a convincing expression of being lost in your head. I’ll lose somewhere along the way afterglow‘s most compelling pop song.
8. Sushi
By Twigs standards, “sushi” feels trite and clumsily written, but the insistence on taking out your lover may be endearing. “And no, I can’t drive yet/But me and my cheeky friends can pick you up/We’ll give you a nice treat,” she sings, but just a few songs ago she sounded better on the cheap. The follow-up to the homage to New York ballrooms is charming, but at that point the song overstays its welcome a bit.
9. Piece of Mine
Over a gentle and intimate sensual production, Twig finally gives her instructions. “Please lie down and lie down.” “Follow the signs/It’s a long ride, baby.” It reminds me LP1 Allow Twig to relax with her vibrato and create a safe space. Riding high has rarely been this easy.
10. Lost All My Friends
The album’s penultimate track finds Twig at a desperate point where memories begin to fail and the smell of danger hangs in the air, but it’s no longer fun. The same drugs that loosened your senses in “cheap hotels” now only create anxiety, literally or figuratively. As twigs flit between her voice’s cathartic highs and shadowy lows, the untouched, effects-laden “Lost All My Friends” takes on climactic status.
11. Stereo Boy
EUSEXUA Afterglow Save the most breathtaking moments for last. The hook, which is usually all you really need from an FKA Twigs ballad, is an emotional gut punch. “I changed the station, but the pain was still there/Cause you’re just a stereo boy,” she sings over glitched-out shoegaze, hopefully continuing to leverage Twigs’ sound. Sometimes the pain never translates and the joy gets lost in the silence. But no matter where you find this album, whether you have a firm attachment to it or an unrequited longing for it, you can’t help but be drawn to its ever-evolving frequency.
Source: Our Culture – ourculturemag.com
