With a sound that was so ahead of its time, her record was naturally nominated for the 2014 Mercury Prize. ‘LP1’ tapped into the digitised sound that allowed twigs’ futuristic infatuations to flourish. When she was nominated for a Mercury Prize for ‘LP1’įKA twigs promised greatness from the start of her career: take her debut album ‘LP1’, which NME described as “rendering in thrilling hyper-real hues”. It was a brave and pivotal moment in her life. It’s well-documented that twigs made her fantasies come true by enrolling in the BRIT School upon leaving, she danced in well-known music videos such as Tottenham legend Wretch 32’s debut single ‘Traktor’ and fellow BRIT School alum Jessie J’s number one hit ‘Price Tag’, mostly dancing for mega-director Emil Nava. In last week’s Big Read cover interview, she told us: “I guess what it means is that you’ve made a lot of creative things and people like them… It’s a massive title and I’m really flattered by it.” And since she’s so Godlike, why not relive 10 of FKA twigs’ most divine moments? When she moved to south London to pursue her dancing dreamĪt only 17, this Gloucestershire-born star moved down to the capital to chase down her dreams of being the dancer she always wanted to be.
Previous winners include worldwide musical heroes such as Blondie, Liam Gallagher and Ozzy Osbourne her name will be etched into history alongside them. Given that Tahliah Debrett Barnett truly spearheaded new, computerised alt-R&B, it’s only right that real recognises real: she will pick up the prestigious Godlike Genius award at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 next Wednesday (March 2) at London’s O2 Academy Brixton. Look back at FKA twigs‘ discography and you’ll find endless moments of divine power the 34-year-old has somehow fused current R&B trends with nods to the inspiring, astral future of music.
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