After FKA Twigs finished Eusexua, her blissed-out ode to dance floors everywhere, she realized she had more songs left in her. A feeling of non-stop inspiration led to Eusexua Afterglow, her new LP and an extension of a musical era that’s won her a Mercury Prize nod, a Grammy nomination, and tons of new fans finally catching up to her inventive, otherworldly vision.
We recently relaunched the Rolling Stone Interview as a video podcast, and on this episode the British experimental artist and polymath known for her genre-bending sounds and gravity-defying dance moves sits down with Deputy Music Editor Julyssa Lopez and goes deeper on how the new album came together — and what it means to find healing on the dancefloor.
“When I think about Eusexua, it’s just about being able to be, and accepting yourself, and accepting other people,” she says. “We’re just like these beautiful lights. I always talk about the light inside my chest. That’s me. I’m not FKA twigs, or I’m not even Tahlia. I’m a tiny light inside my chest, which is just filled with endless love and possibilities.”
Twigs also opens up about how she views herself as an artist and how she’s learned to channel her identity, vulnerability, and traumas to get to where she is today. She also tells us her funniest club stories, takes us behind-the-scenes of her new movie The Carpenter’s Son with Nic Cage, explains her collaboration with North West, and shares what she’s most looking forward to after a breakthrough year.
The Rolling Stone Interview has been a classic staple of the magazine, featuring icons like Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Ray Charles, Eddie Murphy, Axl Rose, Jack Nicholson and Taylor Swift since it launched in 1967. It recently re-launched as a video podcast, kicking off with British singer Florence Welch.
The Rolling Stone Interview will run every other week with more in-depth, unfiltered conversations with the artists and icons who continue to shape our culture. You can catch our upcoming episodes on Rolling Stone’s YouTube channel or Spotify Video — or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
