FKA twigs Wrote A Brand New Album During Lockdown
She's "just finishing" the final touches...
*FKA twigs* says she wrote an entirely new album during lockdown.
The London artist refused to be hemmed in by quarantine, and used the time to embark on a fresh creative project.
Virtually completing her new album, the record features production from El Guincho and a number of FaceTime collaborations.
Speaking as part of the GRAMMY Museum’s new series Programs at Home, the Mercury nominee said lockdown had been a productive time for her.
Sitting down to work on fresh material, she “ended up making a whole album”.
twigs commented: “I just decided one day. It was 1/3 of the way through and I just went and did it. It was really amazing because I worked predominantly with an amazing artist and producer called El Guincho, and I did the whole thing with pretty much all of the collaborators over FaceTime.”
She added: “I was working with people I’d never met and we did the whole thing over FaceTime and it was great because I couldn’t go in the studio at the beginning so I was getting beats and writing melodies in the day with El Guincho and then in the night I would call some of my friends in America who made music and I would have a glass of wine and chill and write lyrics and talk about what the songs mean.”
“So I was able to do everything from my phone and I had a really brilliant time. I think in some ways my physicality suffered a bit as I wasn’t able to train as much as I usually do. But I started learning the piano and I can read music now, which is good.”
No word on a release date as yet. Re-visit our FKA twigs cover feature *HERE.*
Photo Credit: *Matthew Stone*
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