The Bite Magazine - issue 16

in 2011. Following her debut on the cover of i-D magazine in August 2012, the singer released her first EP simply entitled EP1 (also known as ‘Twigs’) on Bandcamp in December 2012. This was followed up by the release of a video for her first single ‘Water Me’ on YouTube in August 2013. She was then profiled by The Guardian for their ‘New Band of the Day’ feature in which they described her as “the UK’s best example to date of ethereal, twisted R&B.” Her second EP entitled EP2 was released through the Young Turks record label in September 2013. The singer was then nominated for the BBC’s Sound of 2014 prize and was chosen by Spotify for the Spotlight on 2014 list as well as featured on Billboard’s 14 Artists to Watch in 2014. She appeared on the cover of another magazine, The Fader in April 2014, for their 91 st issue and furthered her talents by directing, pro- ducing and starring in the music video for ‘Ouch Ouch’ by rapper Lucki Eck$. Her debut album LP1 received positive review from Time magazine which said FKA Twigs has “made that transition to one of the most compelling and complex acts in R&B.” Her EP Melissa (name after her ‘personal female energy’) stylised as M3LL155X was released last year in August and featured pregnancy, sex dolls, vogueing and fashion designer Rick Owens’ wife and muse Michele Lamy. Earlier this year, FKA Twigs’ new song and music video for ‘Good to Love’ was released and had premiered the previ- ous year in July at Soundtrack 7 , during her seven-day residency at Manchester International Festival. She then per- formed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on 24 th February. An artist whose music has been described as “a patchwork of diso- rientating clicks and ticks underpins Barnett’s whispery vocals” and called “distinctive in a way that rises above her influences”, FKA Twigs is succeed- ing in ensuring she is seen as more than Robert Pattinson’s fiancée. www.fkatwi.gs bite music celeb