FKA Twigs then released the EP M3LL155X and took a four-year hiatus, after which she released her second studio album, Magdalene.
13 Facts About FKA Twigs
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FKA Twigs was raised by her mother and stepfather, whom she described as a "jazz fanatic of English, Spanish, Jamaican, and Egyptian descent", and did not meet her biological father until she was 18.
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FKA Twigs attended St Edward's School, a private co-educational Catholic school for ages 11 to 18.
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FKA Twigs worked as a backup dancer in music videos by artists such as Kylie Minogue, Plan B, Ed Sheeran, Taio Cruz, Dionne Bromfield, Jessie J, and Wretch 32.
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FKA Twigs was a backup dancer for Jessie J in her 2010 video for "Do It like a Dude", and appeared again in her 2011 video for "Price Tag".
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FKA Twigs appeared in the video for Dionne Bromfield's song "Yeah Right".
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FKA Twigs became known as Twigs for the way her joints crack.
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FKA Twigs posted a video for each song on her YouTube channel.
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FKA Twigs began writing for her first studio album during a period of "self-hatred", which she considers "quite normal" for a young person.
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FKA Twigs later did advertising work directing, narrating and starring in a television ad for Nike, and dancing in Apple's advertisement for HomePod, thus gaining worldwide visibility.
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FKA Twigs additionally teased a collaboration with Swedish rapper Yung Lean on Instagram.
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FKA Twigs's work has been compared to that of Tricky as well as Kate Bush, Janet Jackson, the xx, and Massive Attack.
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FKA Twigs described her experience as "living with a fruit bowl of pain every day" and saluted the bravery of other women living with the condition.