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17.01.2024 - 04:27 / nme.com
FKA Twigs has teased a new album on her Discord server, where she gave fans an update on her recent activity.The London artist took to her Discord server on her birthday yesterday (January 16), revealing that she was in the studio working on a new album with electronic musician and frequent collaborator Koreless, posting a picture of him at a production desk. She also shared that techno served as a significant point of reference while making it.
“I moved to Prague a couple summers ago, fell in love with techno”, she stated. “The album isn’t techno but the spirit is there for real.”When asked about the music she had been listening to, she named electronic duo Two Shell, who were included in the NME 100 last year.
“I’m finishing my album so not really listening to a lot of music right now,” she wrote. “I like Two Shell.”The singer also confirmed that the album is “coming out this year”, and while she did not disclose any names, she stated that she collaborated with “talented friends” on the upcoming LP.
However, she also clarified that the album would involve lesser collaborators than on 2022’s ‘CAPRISONGS’.“‘CAPRISONGS’ was collab heavy,” she wrote. “I don’t like to repeat myself.” Finally, she stated that the album would be “deep but not sad”, adding that she wasn’t “sad anymore”.Recently, FKA Twigs had a Calvin Klein poster she posed for banned in the UK, with a ruling stating that it was “likely to cause offence” by objectifying women.
Adele might be going on tour again!
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FKA Twigs is speaking out about her Calvin Klein ad being pulled in the UK!
’s recent Calvin Klein ad, thereby unequivocally ensuring its viral proliferation across the internet.Two images of Kendall Jenner, including the one above, were allowed to remain in circulation.In response to complaints, chief executive Guy Parker and his band of merry mad men determined that the Mert + Marcus shot presented Twigs as “a stereotypical sexual object,” calling the image “likely to cause serious offense,” while deciding that two (objectively more provocative?) photos of from the same campaign were “unlikely to be seen as irresponsible." Naturally, the 32 people left on Twitter—which I categorically refuse to call X—had some thoughts. (Parker’s bio describes him as “responsible for executing the ASA’s strategy to have More Impact Online,” which… mission accomplished?)You can find here, which reads a little like it was written by the council in The Scarlet Letter with additional input from Andrew Tate.
FKA twigs, the British singer who will star in a reboot of The Crow, has slammed a decision by the UK’s advertising watchdog to ban her semi-nude Calvin Klein ad.
FKA Twigs has shared her thoughts on a Calvin Klein poster featuring the singer has been banned in the UK, with the ruling claiming it is “likely to cause serious offence” by objectifying women.The banned poster in question saw the artist posing with a denim shirt draping over one shoulder – leaving the side of her buttocks and half of one break exposed. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received two complaints about the campaign image, each arguing that the portrayal of Twigs was “overly sexualised” and caused offence by objectifying women.Commenting on the campaign photo and follow-up complaints, the ASA made a statement reading (via The Times): “We considered the image’s composition placed viewers’ focus on the model’s body rather than on the clothing being advertised,” the ruling said.
FKA Twigs is taking a stand after the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority banned a photo from her 2023 Calvin Klein ad campaign.
No one in the UK will be able to see an advertisement from Calvin Klein starring a partially nude FKA Twigs anymore!