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FKA twigs review – a stunning surprise-filled spectacle
Featuring whips, chains, swords and dragons, this versatile three-act extravaganza showcases the singer’s unique catalogue of abstract pop
It’s the perfect warm-up act for Cheltenham-born experimentalist FKA twigs, whose abstract take on pop has always felt inscrutably alien: from 2012’s dark, trip-hoppy debut EP1to her new club-inspired album Eusexua, her first to hit the UK Top 10. Darting around her catalogue, she throws in an unreleased song called Perfectly – a bright, punchy, club-ready track in the vein of Eusexua – and dances to a remix of Madonna’s Vogue. There’s a nagging sense that this three-part structure doesn’t really go anywhere concrete: the resulting jumble falls slightly short of the high concepts it gestures at, though it works as sheer pop spectacle.
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