EUSEXUA by FKA twigs 🎵

I don’t know what’s with so many of my favorite artists turning into aliens in recent times, but I’m down as long as that music is serving. Eusexua, the title track, is what lured me into FKA twigs to begin with. I had given her a listen before, but her sound was so weird to me that I felt the songs fell short of satisfying my eardrums. I think that with Eusexua she has managed to balance her super artsy vocals with engaging beats that could bring her into the mainstream. Charli xcx conquered the summer, now it’s up to FKA twigs to conquer the winter.

Now that Drums of Death is officially out, I’m so fucking excited for the full out release of this album. I was excited before and now I’m even more thrilled for what’s to come. I also saw that Arca had a collab with Addison Rae? So this kinda music is becoming mainstream as fuck which is a breath of fresh air in the stale pop scene. This year has been absolutely fire when it comes to music.

Drums of Death could be about a person who procrastinates dealing with life-central issues by overworking themselves. The electronic voice is a reminder that drowning in distraction won’t solve the problem; it will simply postpone dealing with it. The sounds and glitches most likely represent an out of body experience from the constant disconnect from reality this person experiences. They are working and doing meaningless things that nonetheless keep the mind busy that aren’t far from turning into an actual robot with software glitches (because robots are human made, thus imperfect).

I don’t usually cry to music so when tears started running down my cheeks during Striptease, I was shocked. The song features immaculate vocals with a varying pace. Initially, it a has descending pace (if you can say that about speed) until it falls flat and picks up again. It goes from like 10% to a full speed in the span of seconds. Adding on top, the choreography she showed off when teasing the song in addition to her music video makes this song her magnus opus IMO.

Rating: 4.5/5