British genius/avatar of an ancient Fae goddess FKA twigs is BACK, BABY. After three years of silence from the singer/songwriter/dancer/visual artist, she has burst back into public consciousness with the deeply weird and profoundly moving single ‘Cellophane‘, in all its CGI-enhanced, eye-popping pole-dancing glory.
The video features the artist in a spectacular pole routine, one which she apparently worked on for a year before filming.
when I wrote cellophane over a year ago a visual narrative came to me immediately, I knew I had to learn how to pole-dance to bring it to life, and so that’s what I did. thank you @Andrew_T_Huang, for elevating my vision beyond words. you are a visionary.
— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) April 24, 2019
.@kelyvon thank you for being with me every step of the way on my precious pole yellow brick road. working with you both on this is a dream come true.
— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) April 24, 2019
With exaggerated foley – the sound of glass on glass as she walks the stage in towering platform shoes, the unnaturally amplified collapse of her robe on the floor – and twigs exploring a lower and throatier singing register to much of her previous work, both the video and the song are transportive in the way we’ve come to expect from the ‘Two Weeks‘ singer.
The song and clip come almost a year after twigs revealed that she’d had six fibroid tumours removed via laparoscopy, and posted a video of her returning to her dance practice.
The video is directed by Bjork collaborator Andrew Thomas Huang, and is an immersive exercise in the surreal which I plan to watch every day for the rest of my life. Fans are going absolutely berko, as you’d imagine.
Such an honor to collab with @FKAtwigs on this journey for “Cellophane” premiering today https://t.co/prdGeafgUJ Massive thanks to everyone who gave to this. #fkatwigs #andrewthomashuang #cellophane pic.twitter.com/uoYdYyBnit
— Andrew Thomas Huang (@Andrew_T_Huang) April 24, 2019
YOU FINALLY FED YOUR CHILDREN pic.twitter.com/cABMkK1TjZ
— indie (@INDIEWASHERE) April 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/FKAscumm/status/1121127027514511360
Actual footage of @FKAtwigs having her foot on my neck. Her pole-dancing masterpiece #CELLOPHANE is finally here https://t.co/gMX16QvFVD pic.twitter.com/rCljPV5w6o
— NYLON (@NylonMag) April 24, 2019
See the whole magical madness for yourself right here, and if you’re lucky, catch twigs in the flesh at this year’s Dark Mofo festival in Hobart.
