FKA twigs scraps new album after 85 demos leak online
FKA twigs has announced she’s stopped making new music after her demos leaked online.
The singer-songwriter took to Instagram yesterday (October 14) to announce that 85 of her demos had leaked online. Last week, FKA twigs previewed snippets of her upcoming album at Paris Fashion Week with an ornate performance (October 6).
With the news of the leaks, however, the album will apparently not be released. “Well done”, FKA twigs wrote on her Instagram stories: “no new music for a while now. bye <3”. A second story confirmed this with the following text on a black background: “no new music <3”.
The singer also shared a text conversation between her and producer Sega Bodega, which she further wrote, “back to the drawing board”.
The singer then shared a final picture of the artist and her dog with the caption, “i will find you’, which you can view below.
The scrapped album would have been the follow up to FKA twigs’ 2022 mixtape, ‘CAPRISONGS‘. In our four-star review, NME said of the project: “After pouring her darkest moments into ‘Magdalene’, this varied and playful mixtape represents a moment of release, though it remains to be seen whether Barnett will head further into this direction, or enter a new album era recharged. You suspect, knowing twigs and her crew of chameleon-like collaborators, that she’ll probably continue to do both at once.”
The musician is also currently involved in a lawsuit against former boyfriend and actor Shia LaBeouf, who she accused of “relentless abuse”. This September, it was announced the trial date had been pushed back to 2024, citing scheduling conflicts between both Twigs and LaBeouf.
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Alex Rigotti
NME
