FKA Twigs has officially announced a new album, ‘EUSEXUA’ – find out more below.
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After first teasing the record last weekend, FKA Twigs – real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett – has confirmed the impending arrival of ‘EUSEXUA’, which she played in full for fans in New York last month. The singer broke the news on social media, along with a September 13 release date.
In a clip attached to the post, FKA Twigs dances in an empty room while a group of people describe what “eusexua” means to them. Answers range from “right before an orgasm” and “a feeling of ‘I’m that bitch’” to “trust in your body”.
Notably, FKA Twigs does not define what the word means to her, and poses the question “what is eusexua to you?” to her fans. She has also shared a link to a ‘EUSEXUA’ website. Upon visiting the website, you’re greeted with the same clip in her X post, and a link to sign up for updates.
However, signing up will not grant you immediate excess, and instead see a line that reads “You’ll receive a link prior to the launch”. The website also includes the quote “To go out we must go in reset. and begin again from within.”
have you experienced EUSEXUA?
discover september 13https://t.co/cC1HICtgRJ pic.twitter.com/9mWB3kGTwB
— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) September 3, 2024
‘EUSEXUA’ will serve as FKA Twigs’ first album since 2019’s ‘Magdalene’, and her first collection of music since the 2022 mixtape ‘Caprisongs’. Earlier this year, she dropped new material via the Two Shell duet, ‘Talk To Me’.
It arrived after teasing her new album on Discord, where she said that while the songs won’t be techno tracks, they were inspired by a trip to Prague where she “fell in love” with the genre. Late last year, she also confirmed that she was writing the album from scratch again after a hacker leaked dozens of demos.
FKA Twigs was crowned as the recipient of the Godlike Genius gong at the BandLab NME Awards in 2022. At just 34, she became the youngest-ever winner of the prize. “To see my name amongst the iconic likes of The Clash, The Cure and Blondie is unreal!” she said after winning the award. “I am so proud to be the first Black female artist to have been honoured, still baby-faced, and inspired as hell. Here’s to the next decade of making art and music.”
Back then, she told us about what to expect from new material, explaining that she was looking to expand her sound going forward, but in a way that meant she didn’t lose sight of her roots.
“It’s not going to change my ethos. I only make music that I want to make. But I don’t want to stay the same – that’s the kiss of death for an artist, a sidestep into nothingness. I always want to learn more and keep growing,” she said.