Is it much of a surprise that FKA twigs has tired of her former fiance, Robert Pattinson, and is now dating (and acting alongside) Shia LaBeouf – a man best known for wearing a paper bag over his head at a film premiere that proclaimed: “I Am Not Famous Any More”? They are a power couple of pretension. They make John and Yoko look like Pamela and Tommy Lee.
In recent years, FKA twigs has brainstormed a smörgåsbord of 360 ideas. There was 2016’s performance installation Rooms (“Dancers in this Egyptian Halloween fantasy wrestle with clay and convention” – the Guardian). In May came issue three of her “Instagram fanzine” AVANTgarden, this time a “motion graphic novel” titled MEATSPACE and featuring the knotty electronica of Oneohtrix Point Never. Now comes another edition “featuring Fecal Matter”. It is, she says, “a way for me to express myself without any rules or guidelines”. But once she is done with no rules or guidelines, might we guide FKA twigs towards a few more ideas that might also distract her from that long-awaited second album …
Interview Under Caution With a Vampire
A complete remake of the 1994 Anne Rice film, in which FKA twigs plays Robert Pattinson playing the Tom Cruise role, while she plays herself playing Brad Pitt, rewritten to weave the intimate details of her own relationship with Pattinson into the eternal battle between these great pre-Twilight vampires.
Where Was One in 92?
Rave event in which FKA twigs goes back to her roots: Cheltenham. In a warehouse strafed by lasers, 1,000 special invitees go rocks-out to scudding Kode9 beats, over the top of which Twigs recites a series of essays on private schools, literary festivals, farming and GCHQ.
We Are All Apple Products Now
FKA twigs’s recent TV ad for the HomePod becomes the jumping-off point for a Choose Your Own Snapchat Story exploring the alternative medicines that Steve Jobs attempted to use to cure his pancreatic cancer. The story ends only in resolutions that involve becoming a spell-casting, blue-haired neo-pagan.
Porridge With Blueberries and Coconut Milk
FKA twigs reimagines Ronnie Barker’s prison sitcom for the digital age as a commentary on young black masculinity. Series of scripted livetweets of an imaginary podcast. Aldi’s Christmas mascot Kevin the Carrot stars.
Album#2
A vast art exhibition ruminating on why FKA twigs hasn’t produced a new record in four years. Features FKA twigs working live at a spinning wheel all day, accompanied by a neon sign flashing “busy” and an accurate matchstick model of the binary architecture of the Great Firewall of China.
