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She also has a small acting career, having appeared in the films ''Film/HoneyBoy'' and ''Film/{{The Crow|2024}}''.
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* DeathByMusicVideo: "sad day." [[spoiler: Though implied to be AllJustADream.]]
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* DeathByMusicVideo: "sad day." [[spoiler: She gets her [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe body partially sliced in half]] [[MutualKill just as she manages to stab her opponent in the heart]]. Though implied to be AllJustADream.]]
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* DeathByMusicVideo: "sad day." [[spoiler: Though implied to be AllJustADream.]]
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* ConceptVideo: Nearly all of her music videos.
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* {{Homage}}: The music video for "sad day" is one to East Asian [[MartialArtsMovie martial arts movies]], with martial arts choreography taking place in a [[GenreMashup Western city setting]].
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** "tears in the club" samples a segment of ''@@@@@'' by Music/{{Arca}}.
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* {{Rotoscoping}}: An odd example with the "pamplemousse" video, which has a video of Twigs dancing with AI-generated effects superimposed over it, giving it an uncanny valley effect.
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* {{Rotoscoping}}: An odd example with the "pamplemousse" video, which has a video of Twigs dancing with AI-generated effects superimposed over it, giving it an uncanny valley effect.look.
* {{Sampling}}:
** "holy terrain" samples "Moma Houbava (Beautiful Girl)" by the Bulgarian State Television Female Choir.
** "fallen alien" samples "Storm Clouds Rising" by Florida Mass Choir.
** "tears in the club" samples a segment of ''@@@@@'' by Music/{{Arca}}.
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** "holy terrain" samples "Moma Houbava (Beautiful Girl)" by the Bulgarian State Television Female Choir.
** "fallen alien" samples "Storm Clouds Rising" by Florida Mass Choir.
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* TitleByNumber: Her first few [=EPs=] and first album are plainly titled ''[=EP1=]'', ''[=EP2=]'', and ''[=LP1=].''
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* BloodlessCarnage: Twigs' AlternateSelf is shot through the heart with an arrow, but the video contains no blood.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Twigs' In the "meta angel" video, twigs' AlternateSelf is shot through the heart with an arrow, but the video contains no blood.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Twigs' AlternateSelf is shot through the heart with an arrow, but the video contains no blood.
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* ImpendingDoomPOV: One of the arrow flying through the air in the "meta angel" video.
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* AlbumClosure: "thank you song," a tender song about love getting her through difficult hardships, ends ''CAPRISONGS.''
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* AlbumClosure: "thank you song," a tender song about love getting her through difficult hardships, ends ''CAPRISONGS.'' The [[RealitySubtext subtext]] is that it's not just a song for one person, but also to her fans who supported her during a very traumatic period of her life.
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* Rotoscoping: An odd example with the "pamplemousse" video, which has a video of Twigs dancing with AI-generated effects superimposed over it, giving it an uncanny valley effect.
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* Rotoscoping: {{Rotoscoping}}: An odd example with the "pamplemousse" video, which has a video of Twigs dancing with AI-generated effects superimposed over it, giving it an uncanny valley effect.
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* AlbumClosure: "thank you song," a tender song about love getting her through difficult hardships, ends ''CAPRISONGS.''
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* AWildRapperAppears: Music/{{Future}} provides the bridge for "holy terrain", delivering a melodic rap interlude to what is otherwise a fairly pop-adjacent song.
* TheSomethingSong: "thank you song." Also invoked with the title of ''CAPRISONGS'', a portmanteau of "Capricorn" and "songs."
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* WesternZodiac: ''CAPRISONGS'' is named after her Zodiac sign of Capricorn, and she seems to be quite into astrology, with one of the interludes having an {{Astrologer}} giving her a reading.
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* WesternZodiac: ''CAPRISONGS'' is named after her Zodiac sign of Capricorn, and she seems to be quite into astrology, with one astrology--one of the interludes having has an {{Astrologer}} giving her a reading.
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* WesternZodiac: ''CAPRISONGS'' is named after her Zodiac sign of Capricorn, and she seems to be quite into astrology, with one of the interludes having an {{Astrologer}} giving her a reading.
* AWildRapperAppears:
** Music/{{Future}} has a [[BrokenBase polarizing]] feature on "holy terrain."
** She has done the inverse of this twice, featuring on 645AR's "Sum Bout U" and Yung Lean's "Bliss."
* AWildRapperAppears:
** Music/{{Future}} has a [[BrokenBase polarizing]] feature on "holy terrain."
** She has done the inverse of this twice, featuring on 645AR's "Sum Bout U" and Yung Lean's "Bliss."
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* DreamTeam:
** With R&B duo inc., for a track called simply "FKA x inc.".
** You can expect one of these when she works with Music/{{Arca}}.
** "Trust In Me" is a collaboration with Music/OneohtrixPointNever.
** "holy terrain" off of ''MAGDALENE'' features a surprise appearance from {{Trap|Music}} rapper Music/{{Future}}.
** With R&B duo inc., for a track called simply "FKA x inc.".
** You can expect one of these when she works with Music/{{Arca}}.
** "Trust In Me" is a collaboration with Music/OneohtrixPointNever.
** "holy terrain" off of ''MAGDALENE'' features a surprise appearance from {{Trap|Music}} rapper Music/{{Future}}.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: In "Kicks", she describes how she "gets her kicks" when her partner isn't around, presumably referring obliquely to masturbation.
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''[[caption-width-right:350:I know it hurts / You know I'd quench that thirst....]]''
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* ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: Spectacularly subverted in the video for “Cellophane”, which starts with Twigs pole-dancing in a sparkly bikini. Then a giant insect with her face flies down from the ceiling. Then things begin to get odd.
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* ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: Spectacularly subverted in the video for “Cellophane”, "Cellophane", which starts with Twigs pole-dancing in a sparkly bikini. Then a giant insect with her face flies down from the ceiling. Then things begin to get odd.
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* TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX: Her full stage name is "Formerly Known as Twigs," owed to the fact that her original stage name, Twigs, was already taken.
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Her debut album, ''[=LP1=]'', was released under Young Turks in August 2014, and it was one of the most critically acclaimed albums of that year. In 2015, she released ''[=M3LL155X=]'', her third EP, accompanied by a short film featuring 4 of the 5 songs in it.
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Her debut album, ''[=LP1=]'', was released under Young Turks in August 2014, and it was one of the most critically acclaimed albums of that year. In 2015, she released ''[=M3LL155X=]'', her third EP, accompanied by a short film featuring 4 of the 5 songs in it.
it. This was followed in 2019 by ''MAGDALENE'' and in 2022 by ''CAPRISONGS'', both of which were similarly met with widespread critical acclaim and the former of which was deemed the best album of the year by [[https://time.com/5736159/best-albums-2019/ Time Magazine]].
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** ''[=EP2=]'' (2013)
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** ''Magdalene'' (2019)
** ''CAPRISONGS'' (2022)
** ''[=EP2=]'' (2013)
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Kicks" seems to be about this.
* BerserkButton: She really doesn't like having her music referred to as R&B, because she feels that has more to do with her race than the actual sound.
* ClusterFBomb: "Two Weeks" has a lot of cursing.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The videos for "Papi Pacify," "Video Girl," and "Good to Love."
* BerserkButton: She really doesn't like having her music referred to as R&B, because she feels that has more to do with her race than the actual sound.
* ClusterFBomb: "Two Weeks" has a lot of cursing.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The videos for "Papi Pacify," "Video Girl," and "Good to Love."
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Kicks" seems In "Kicks", she describes how she "gets her kicks" when her partner isn't around, presumably referring obliquely to be about this.
masturbation.
*BerserkButton: AlbumIntroTrack: "Preface" from ''[=LP1=]'', aptly. It clocks in at [[MinisculeRocking a mere 1:46]] and consists of operatic vocalization, heavily distorted rapping, and a spacey trap beat, serving as a fitting introduction to both twigs' soft vocals and her abrasive production.
* AllLowercaseLetters: With the exception of a few collaborations with other artists, all of her song titles since the ''MADGALENE'' era are rendered entirely in lowercase.
* AWildRapperAppears: Music/{{Future}} provides the bridge for "holy terrain", delivering a melodic rap interlude to what is otherwise a fairly pop-adjacent song.
* ColorMotifs: The "holy terrain" video alternates between a soft bluish tint when twigs is doing her ThreeMinutesOfWrithing and a dark red tint when she's performing arcane rituals, suggesting a sense of serenity in the former and danger in the latter. Shereally doesn't like having her music referred to as R&B, because she feels also has [[MarkOfTheSupernatural one blue eye and one red eye]], implying that has more to do with her race than witchy character is tied to both the actual sound.
* ClusterFBomb: "Two Weeks" has a lothuman world and the world of cursing.
dark magic.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The videos for "Papi Pacify," "Video Girl," and "Good toLove."Love" are entirely in black and white.
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* AllLowercaseLetters: With the exception of a few collaborations with other artists, all of her song titles since the ''MADGALENE'' era are rendered entirely in lowercase.
* AWildRapperAppears: Music/{{Future}} provides the bridge for "holy terrain", delivering a melodic rap interlude to what is otherwise a fairly pop-adjacent song.
* ColorMotifs: The "holy terrain" video alternates between a soft bluish tint when twigs is doing her ThreeMinutesOfWrithing and a dark red tint when she's performing arcane rituals, suggesting a sense of serenity in the former and danger in the latter. She
* ClusterFBomb: "Two Weeks" has a lot
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** She's working on her upcoming sophomore album with Music/OneohtrixPointNever. The end result also features a surprise appearance from trap rapper Music/{{Future}}.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Some of her videos play with this trope, working with makeup, her natural appearance, and a lot of eeriness.
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** She's working on her upcoming sophomore album "Trust In Me" is a collaboration with Music/OneohtrixPointNever. The end result also Music/OneohtrixPointNever.
** "holy terrain" off of ''MAGDALENE'' features a surprise appearance fromtrap {{Trap|Music}} rapper Music/{{Future}}.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Some of her videos play with this trope, working with makeup, her naturalappearance, pale skin and dark hair, and a lot of eeriness.eeriness.
* EpicRocking: Both "Kicks" and "mary magdalene" exceed five minutes.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The "home with you" video ends with a jarring reveal that twigs has an eye in place of her bellybutton, disrupting the serene tone of the video's second half with some good old-fashioned twigs-style BodyHorror.
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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Some of her videos play with this trope, working with makeup, her natural
* EpicRocking: Both "Kicks" and "mary magdalene" exceed five minutes.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The "home with you" video ends with a jarring reveal that twigs has an eye in place of her bellybutton, disrupting the serene tone of the video's second half with some good old-fashioned twigs-style BodyHorror.
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* HumanoidAbomination: In the "Water Me" music video, her eyeballs grow to way beyond natural size. It looks...''off''.
* IntercourseWithYou: "Papi Pacify", "Two Weeks", "Water Me", "I'm Your Doll", "Glass & Patron", and others.
* TheMistress: "Two Weeks" has shades of this mixed with adultery. In it she tries to convince her love interest to leave their partner for her saying all she'll need is "two weeks".
* ObsessionSong: "Ache", "Water Me", "Hours", "Pendulum", and "Closer" are all passive ones. "Numbers" is a shockingly aggressive example.
* OddFriendship: She’s good friends with Music/TPain, apparently.
* PrecisionFStrike: She gives us this gem in "Glass & Patron":
--> "Look a little harder/ Shut your eyes and feel the rush/ Will you fuck me while I stare at the sun?"
* IntercourseWithYou: "Papi Pacify", "Two Weeks", "Water Me", "I'm Your Doll", "Glass & Patron", and others.
* TheMistress: "Two Weeks" has shades of this mixed with adultery. In it she tries to convince her love interest to leave their partner for her saying all she'll need is "two weeks".
* ObsessionSong: "Ache", "Water Me", "Hours", "Pendulum", and "Closer" are all passive ones. "Numbers" is a shockingly aggressive example.
* OddFriendship: She’s good friends with Music/TPain, apparently.
* PrecisionFStrike: She gives us this gem in "Glass & Patron":
--> "Look a little harder/ Shut your eyes and feel the rush/ Will you fuck me while I stare at the sun?"
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* HumanoidAbomination: In HitlerCam: The "holy terrain" video is shot almost entirely from a bit below twigs' eyeline, amplifying the "Water Me" music video, sense of power and majesty inherent to her eyeballs grow to way beyond natural size. It looks...''off''.
witchy character.
*IntercourseWithYou: "Papi Pacify", "Two Weeks", "Water Me", "I'm Your Doll", "Glass & Patron", and others.
* TheMistress:IntercourseWithYou:
** "Two Weeks"has shades of this mixed sees twigs lauding her sexual prowess and promising that her love-making skills will win her beloved over immediately, despite them already being in a relationship with adultery. another woman.
** Init "mary magdalene", she embodies a dominant yet caring lover who tempts the object of her desire with her love, warmth, and, again, sexual prowess.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: The "Two Weeks" video consists almost entirely of one shot of twigs seated on a throne that just gradually zooms out over the course of four minutes to reveal the contents and occupants of her throne room.
* LightIsGood:
** The "home with you" video shows twigs struggling with an injured eye in a dark and dingy nightclub, only to find respite and healing in a well-illuminated rural residence where everyone wears white.
** [[DarkIsNotEvil Averted]] in the "thank you song" video, where her guardian angel is a [[FaunsAndSatyrs satyr-like]] man with pitch-black skin.
* TheMistress: In "Two Weeks" , she tries to convince her love interest to leave their partner forher her, saying all she'll need is "two weeks".
weeks" to win them over and prove she's the superior lover.
%% * ObsessionSong: "Ache", "Water Me", "Hours", "Pendulum", and "Closer" are all passive ones. "Numbers" is a shockingly aggressive example.
*OddFriendship: She’s good friends with Music/TPain, apparently.
PinkIsErotic: In "holy terrain", she describes herself as "blue" until you "open up her sweet thighs", at which point she becomes "hot pink".
*PrecisionFStrike: PrecisionFStrike:
** The first verse of "Two Weeks" sees twigs promising "I can treat you better than her"; in the second verse, she twists this lyric to "I can ''fuck'' you better than her".
** She gives us this gem in "Glass & Patron":
--> ---> "Look a little harder/ Shut your eyes and feel the rush/ Will you fuck me while I stare at the sun?"
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* TheMistress:
** "Two Weeks"
** In
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: The "Two Weeks" video consists almost entirely of one shot of twigs seated on a throne that just gradually zooms out over the course of four minutes to reveal the contents and occupants of her throne room.
* LightIsGood:
** The "home with you" video shows twigs struggling with an injured eye in a dark and dingy nightclub, only to find respite and healing in a well-illuminated rural residence where everyone wears white.
** [[DarkIsNotEvil Averted]] in the "thank you song" video, where her guardian angel is a [[FaunsAndSatyrs satyr-like]] man with pitch-black skin.
* TheMistress: In "Two Weeks" , she tries to convince her love interest to leave their partner for
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*
** The first verse of "Two Weeks" sees twigs promising "I can treat you better than her"; in the second verse, she twists this lyric to "I can ''fuck'' you better than her".
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* SurrealMusicVideo: All of them. Seriously.
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* SlowTransformation: Over the course of the "Water Me" music video, her eyeballs gradually grow to way beyond natural size. It looks...''off''.
* SurrealMusicVideo:All Just about all of them. Seriously.her music videos feature UncannyValley, BodyHorror, surreal BiblicalMotifs, or some demented mix of all three, often courtesy of her and Music/{{Arca}}'s frequent collaborator Jesse Kanda.
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** Her albums ''[=LP1=]'' and ''Magdalene''.
** Two of her EP's, ''[=EP2=]'' and ''[=M3LL155X=]''.
** Two of her EP's, ''[=EP2=]'' and ''[=M3LL155X=]''.
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** Her albums ''[=LP1=]'' and ''Magdalene''.
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* TimmyInAWell: The "home with you" video sees twigs on a quest to return home and fish her younger self out of a well that she's been stuck in for years.
* UncannyValley:Invoked quite often In the ''[=EP2=]'' and ''[=LP1=]'' eras, she was wont to depict herself with distorted, discolored, and unusually framed features in her imagery.music videos and cover art.
* UncannyValley:
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* GenreMashup: Think of her music like a mix between R&B, IDM, Trip-Hop, Dream Pop, Soul, Wonky and many other genres. Alternative R&B and Art Pop are the closest terms to describe it, technically. Then ''[=M3LL155X=]'' introduces elements of Industrial, Glitch and Trap music as well.
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Think of her music like a mix between R&B, IDM, Trip-Hop, Dream Pop, Soul, Wonky and many other genres. Alternative R&B and Art Pop are the closest terms to describe it, technically. Then ''[=M3LL155X=]'' introduces elements of Industrial, Glitch and Trap music as well.
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* OddFriendship: She’s good friends with T-Pain, apparently.
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* OddFriendship: She’s good friends with T-Pain, Music/TPain, apparently.
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* MixedAncestry: Her father is Jamaican, and her mother is part English and Spanish.
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* TheMistress: "Two Weeks" has shades of this mixed with YourCheatingHeart. In it she tries to convince her love interest to leave their partner for her saying all she'll need is "two weeks".
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* TheMistress: "Two Weeks" has shades of this mixed with YourCheatingHeart.adultery. In it she tries to convince her love interest to leave their partner for her saying all she'll need is "two weeks".
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''[[caption-width-right:350:I know it hurts / You know I'd quech quench that thirst....]]''
