FKA twigs: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2024
- This year, NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts - both from home and from behind our beloved Desk. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated shows is a celebration of Black artists expressing themselves in ways we've never seen before, and of the Tiny Desk's unique way of showcasing that talent.
LaTesha Harris | June 10, 2022
To see her is to appreciate a rare portrait. To watch her dance and hear her sing is to fall, entranced, into an uncanny haze. Both snake and its charmer, British Jamaican multidisciplinary artist FKA twigs is a new-age priestess. Surrounded by flames of offering in the hallowed halls of London's St. Matthias Church, the Grammy-nominated artist and her three-piece supporting band deliver a sermon on the perils of devotion. In her three-song Tiny Desk (home) concert -- featuring soul-baring ballads like “home with you” and “cellophane” -- she honors the strength of vulnerability; her operatic soprano ignites and delivers catharsis.
After working as a backup dancer with hopes of transitioning to singing, FKA twigs released two EPs before achieving widespread critical acclaim with her debut studio album, 2014’s LP1, and its lead single, “Two Weeks.” A classically trained singer, FKA twigs makes music that blends deceptively demure vocals with otherworldly trip-hop beats. She perfected this signature avant-garde sound on her sophomore album, 2019’s MAGDALENE, establishing herself as a direct musical descendent of iconic innovators like Kate Bush and Janet Jackson. Fresh off the success of her recent mixtape, CAPRISONGS, FKA Twigs blesses viewers with a performance of her latest song, “killer.”
SET LIST
“home with you”
“killer”
“cellophane”
MUSICIANS
FKA twigs: vocals
Kelly Nicole Moran: piano
Damsel Elysium: double bass, violin
Lucinda Chua: cello
CREDITS
Director: Aidan Zamiri
Producer: Aidan Robert Brooks
Executive Producer: Morgan Clement
PA: Fluer
Director of Photography: Jake Hunter
AC: George Power
AC: Mac Christie
Gaffer: Alex Cullen
Spark: Ben Alder
Art Director: Alan Scott
Art Assistant: Tasneem Elnayal
Music Director: Bubbleman
Sound Engineer: Johnny Williams
Creative Producer: Pia Ashcroft
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Video Producer: Joshua Bryant
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Animation: Kaz Fantone
Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Kara Frame, Michael Zamora, Maia Stern, Ashley Pointer
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
#tinydesk #tinydeskconcert #fkatwigs
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Why is this pinned on FKA twigs video?
Now an NPR sell. Breaks free
thanks for watching, killer is out now 🥀
you’re an angel, thanks for evoking so much emotion every time ✨
💗💗💗
Twigs l love the song very much 😍
ILY GOAT
Thank u FKA TWIGS FOR LETTING THE LORD USE U AMEN 🙏🏼
She turned the tiny desk into a Shakespearean play. Just fantastic! Ethereal black beauty.
She got me in tears😭
Insane
@@queenofpunt I cried too
Unpopular opinion isnt the point is that its supposed to be humbled and at the tiny desk
So beautifully said. She is a figure of the greatest dramas, reviving them in her work-Desdemona and Cleopatra, and still older, back to the Greeks and Medea- all of the great tragic and triumphant heroines in one.
If you told me that FKA twigs actually lives in this church and that this is a genuine home concert, I'd just say okay
I'd believe it too
FKA twigs actually lives in this church and this is a genuine home concert
@@jadenspareokay
@@elio_fay that okay didn’t seem too serene 😂
Churches are for believers...
Allowing commercials to interrupt this flawless performance should be a crime against humanity.
i literally screamed when the ads popped up
called uBlock Origin
youtube adblock. I haven't seen an ad on youtube for years
I finally gave in and am paying ($5US/month) for ad-free UA-cam for exactly that reason. I’m not pushing UA-cam’s commercial agenda, but especially for performances such as this, it’s been really nice.
I think they heard you. I didn’t get any ads
cellophane is so powerful. don’t matter how many times she is going to sing it, I’m gonna cry in all those times
Never gets old.
Home with you is also extremely good
yep that and home with you makes me cry every time she performs them
D,,,:
Same 😭
Shes not just a great vocalist. Its the way her songs are produced... her use of crescendo, slurs, and a lot of different vocal techniques. Her music always feel fresh and new. What a talent.
She improves her vocals so much
Slurs 😍 😍 😍 😍
Yes! The different vocal techniques! So interesting. I love the contrasts. It makes the big falsetto moments even better.
Exposure to all genres and styles informs our most creative young artists. She has done her homework and is making the most of it. It’s going to be exciting seeing how she continues to develop and grow.
Music is a communication art form, and she is communicating powerfully. I suspect (predict?) that every brutal, raw, and finely-nuanced texture, silence, harmony, rhythm, and timbre will ultimately occupy her palette.
Slurs?
3 years already and the "i never told you I was lonely too" kills me every time still
I think it's "and I'd have told you". Not sure, though.
As a victim of domestic violence, I am so grateful for fka twigs. Looking back on my abuse experiences I feel like she has been with me as a friend, a safe harbor, and an inspiration. I was lucky enough to get out of that situation. I stand with you Tahliah. Thank you for saving me countless times.
i hope you’re safe and well now 💖
❤️
Yessssssssss
Sending much love and support to you 💗🌻🫂
I'm a 72 year old man always popping into NPR Tiny Desk but dear god never expected this. What a voice, beautiful and her back up superb hope to hear more. -
Kudos to staying up on new music. Too many people past their middle age become stuck in a certain past decade and miss out on all this great new music that's out there. It truly is a golden age of music right now.
Yes Denise!!! FKA Twigs is always a whole experience. You will not regret getting into her music!
I’m only 71 and totally expected it.
It is truly a gift to be exposed to the beautiful and interesting music of so many new and talented artists, isn’t it? About 10 years behind you, and I’m also grateful to learn of FKA Twigs!
@@Angelum_Band are they censoring?
she turned into a tremendous vocalist. you can hear that she studied voice and it's very disciplined as she is in everything she does.
She's definitely in control of her sound so melodious
@@vanessajackson3894 melodious is a most beautiful word! Perfect for this music.
Totally agree. Generally not a fan of head voice, as most folks use it as more of a gimmick. But when you have that kind of control over it ...
So it's not just me imagining things. I remember years ago watching some early performances from UA-cam and man she has really come a long way. I am SO very pleased to see the success she's been having. She deserves all of it and more.
@@ijustneedmyself Yup she’s classically trained!
She mixes the honesty and raw feeling of Bjork with the the wild expression and creativity of Kate Bush. I love FKA Twigs so much
Yes honestly perfect mix.
Thisss! She’s really a once in a lifetime artist, it’s incredible.
I think of those artists and Josephine Baker, who preceded them all -- along with Grace Jones -- whenever I see that mix of fearlessness and vulnerability in a performance.
This was OUTSTANDING
if she did a cover of running up that hill my life would be complete.
I imagine if sirens existed they'd sound like fka twigs
imo she's not luring, she's sharing )
her stage persona appears more like a human/goddess than evil mythical creature to me
She's got a point, she's an icon, she's a legend and she is the moment.
werk
@@rsswd now come on now!
Only you can be the moment, in any given moment, lol, but point taken -- tho this is my first hearing of Her.
NOW COME ON NOW
Thanks to Rob
“Home with You” gets me very emotional every time I hear it. The arrangement, lyrics, and her voice make her pain and longing palpable. This rendition is even more heart wrenching and beautiful to me. I found myself in tears by the end.
Same that song hits hard. It hit even harder for me when I thought about it in the sense of my inner child / inner self feeling lonely and wanting me to actually pause and be with her, to care for her. 😭 so healing. You should watch her Valentino (?) show, anytime you need cry therapy. She wears all white like an angel, and it’s just amazing
@@kaylaramos2201 it is mostly about inner child tho, its pretty clear on the mv
i think she also talked about the song is for herself idk i dont remember where i heard that
@@rottenfication yes that’s one side of it, but she also talks about going home to her small town with family after she moved to the city
me too, can’t stop putting that one on repeat
The vocals are superb, the band sounds heavenly, the staging is otherworldly, but her STAGE PRESENCE? The way she just *looks* into the camera from time to time, knowing she's looking into your very soul. Her posture, the subtle movements, the way she lets the song move her but is still in such *command* of the performance. All just SITTING there. This is a MASTERCLASS in performance.
Truly! I feel like with this style of music it's so easy to lose the engagement of an audience during a live show, but she really tells a story with her movement. It makes you want to keep tuning in. The dancing at the end of Home With You, as well as the first chorus of Cellophane were so incredibly engaging, entertaining, and just absolutely heartfelt.
I've just discovered this artist tonight while searching for that long dog meme. I was in tears by the end. Wow.
this is hilarious and also amazing 😂 im glad you found twigs
✨Songs✨:
0:13 - home with you
7:00 - killer
10:23 - cellophane
Where can I listen to the studio version of Killer?
Needs to be longer...we need at least 5 more songs.
@@unabashed I was hoping pendulum would be included 🥺
This acoustic version of killer is so so soooo beautiful
thanks so much
AS SOON AS SHE SANG “DIDNT I DO IT FOR YOU” I STARTED CRYING AND SHAKING
same! I started balling uncontrollably
Oof. Same.
same!!!
Wow !!
Omg so powerful
She aced cellophane :O her ability to own her vulnerability is truly her biggest asset
I adore this comment.
@@inesmikulic8774this comment is not original thought - she said this about herself in her interview, js
@@bluwaterlilyso? The commenter clearly agrees 😊
She means every word, especially in Cellophane.
She has opened up her heart to us, she's letting us in, but she's also speaking directly to who this song is about.
She is so powerful, because she's strong enough to be open and honest and vulnerable with the world, using music to accentuate her experience and augment it to one that we can all relate to.
Maybe it's hitting me now because I finally feel like I've accessed my own unshakable sense of truth and take power from vulnerability, but FKA Twigs is the artist of our generation. Sending nothing but infinite love to you, Twigs
I completely agree with you! She is empowering in the most vulnerable way. She has used her art to express herself, heal, grow & bless the world with her creations. She just never stops. I am HERE for it 🙌💖
My thoughts exactly. Thanks for sharing this inside.
I couldn’t of said it better !! I totally agree with you!! TWIGS is just magical ❤️✨
I agree
Thank you for taking the time to write this. Im going through a similar situation where all my life ive felt so shamefully much inside and hid it away. Im finally seeing i can be strong and vulnerable at the same time by becoming resilient. it hurts now but i know it will make it all worth it in the end.
When she gripped the microphone during cellophane I literally had to stop and take a deep breath knowing what was to come
Home is such a great one but Cellophane is still THAT song for me. Never fails to make me cry!!! Her vocals as always otherworldly, inhuman, INCREDIBLE. Killer sounds great too. LOVE YOU FKA!!!!!!
same here, always crying
Same feels Alessandra She is pure soul & her voice soo much Beautiful yesterday she make my day was Beautiful day ever & I think you too That Performance premiere for Queen Twigs Was Magical 🤍🤍🤍🤍💯💧I loved your Comment...With Fka Twigs Have a Nice Day🙏🏼
@icylemonade Shut up pretentious. She has said that actually the "FKA" in her artistic name doesn't stand for anything.
When she starts to scream you defintely can her pain, it's so beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time
@icylemonade In FKA Twigs name, FKA doesn’t mean formerly known as, it’s just a combo of letters she liked, her full artist title is FKA Twigs
give this woman all her flowers. that was a spiritual viewing.
I saw her live in denver a couple years ago..
It was an absolute masterpiece. Truly a theatrical experience.
She began the performance tap dancing (totally unexpected and SPECTACULAR).
Somewhere in the middle she performed a sword-fighting routine.
There was also interpretive dance throughout and she performed a magnificent pole dancing routine!
She is a goddess. Queen of Production value.
If you get the opportunity to see her live, DO IT!
Any UA-cam vids of that concert?
Same! I saw her Chicago show and it was so theatrical!
@@BM-yr1lc I second this
Noted.
@@BM-yr1lc look up Magdalene you can see most of the concert
This will go down as one of the best tiny desk performances in history
1000%🥺
idk ... not sure this can be labeled tiny desk or .. home concert.. it's just a dope concert ! 🤣
@@DavidSexton77 I agree, the music is great, but the casual tiny desk vibes are missing. Man I miss that office 🥲
Though the same just after the first minute.goosebumps like mad
Mac and FKA best to be on tiny desk
I wish she would have performed some of CapriSongs, like Meta Angel or Oh My Love, but this was so surreal and beautiful regardless
Oh my love would’ve been phenomenal
meta angel would have fitted so well
oh my love >>>> 😍🤧
I feel like she didn’t because Caprisongs wasn’t really an album it was technically a mixtape
@@blkkatemoss I hope you're right, it's so different from her other material. Also, for me at least, it's her weakest effort.
I would like her to release the songs she was making before all the mess with the Twilight fans and Pattinson. "Youth", "Yes Yes Yes" and that tribal vibe.
The first “I didn’t know that you were lonely” hits SO NUCH
I've always loved 'home with you' and thought it was such a beautiful and powerful song, but I love that she chose to do this more instrumental version; I feel like I really heard the lyrics anew.
Listen to the fka twigs Valentino show, has another spectacular rendition of home with you
twigs is the mother that keeps on GIVING
that's why I'm overweight
@@beyonce9234 probably
mothercreep 🖤
Christ. Twigs is a once-in-a-generation talent. Magdalene is going to be remembered as a classic. Killer sounds really cool, so I fully expect her forthcoming album to be just as good, if not better.
I'm curious! The fourth album came out, what did you think about it? 😊 Personally I thought Magdalene was a masterpiece and caprisongs wasn't my favourite
those vocals are something so serious. fka twigs is a diamond in human form
Can't believe twigs started off this performance with my favourite song. That was a powerful way to jump into this performance.
Same🥹
sameeeee
I had a baby 14 days ago so I don’t know if it’s just the postpartum hormones but ya girl is SOBBING
Both! Congratulations!
Congratulations on your Miracle 🤗
Lol congratulations momma
All good tears 💖 hope mum and baby are doing well
thats such amazing news!!! conrats!!!!!🙌☺
This is going to be legendary.
True life
definitely was 🌟
Omg
🥲
You're a prophet.
seeing such raw emotion come out during "Cellophane" felt like such an honor, made me want to cry, sing along with her, and hold her all at the same time. you can tell that song came out of such a real and painful experience, it hurts to see how it hurt her, but is inspiring to see how strong she is to overcome it still.
Twigs is one of the artists who should be remembered for generations, her passion for music and originality is up there and they way she embodies each project is like a method actor such as Daniel Day Lewis, she is incredible and curates masterpieces.
Very well said, agreed.
sings like an angel, dances like no one but herself, writes like a poet, performs like no one but herself. LEGEND! I love u
MAMA THIS IS ART!
She’s truly an ANGEL/ALIEN
She speaks to every cell, every fiber, every atom of my human body, reaching places only Björk or Portishead have reached.
I LOVE YOU TWIGS. ♥️
You right she sort of like bjork in her own way hah I was trying to figure who she reminded me of thx
@@LM-qv7cy Leave her as she is,. She's her self and that's that
@@corryjookit7818 welcome to the internet where people are free to speak how they want
I agree. I’m also getting a bit of Tori Amos in there also
Thank you I’ve just discovered Portishead!
My God, that stare she gave during Cellophane before going into "...didn't I do it for you.." ....literally pierced my soul. LOVE this woman
Yup.
The fact my cats sat and listened to this entire performance in pure bliss… her etherealness transcends across species
One day, I hope twigs releases an orchestral album made up of all her previously released songs!
i’m shaking at the thought of this being real. TWIGLETS RISE!!!!
TWIGLETS
exactlyyyy
ASSEMBLE
We are little branches and we are here!
🙌🏾👑👽 TWIGLETS!!!
Of course Tiwgs is singing in a church. She's an angel. This is a divine performance.
Shivers down the spine and tears in the eyes all the way. Incredible.
All of it. The voice. The instruments. The composition. The makeup. The hair. The outfits. The set design. The talent. This performance makes everything else look pedestrian by comparison.
The greatest artist alive in the UK today. She's in her prime! The sound was absolutely incredible. Imagine being in that room...
“Killer” is so 🔥🔥 I can’t wait to hear the studio version
Same
its out now 🔥🔥
I’ve watched tons of Tiny Desks, knowing the artists or not, and I can for sure say: this is the only one I have seen that made me feel like I watched a whole 3 hour Broadway musical in 15 minutes. Immaculate! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
People are sleeping on her. Her voice is magical and her songwriting is 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
She looks so beautiful and she’s thriving more than ever I’m so happy for her
I like her singing technique and she has a great vocal character
@@adhinji she improved a lot, she didn't use to be this technically good. props to her. she's truly thriving agree with OP
@@qwertyboo 👍
The church setting is fitting this is a BLESSING ✨
13:11 *WOW.* that look. that vocal. spoke straight to my soul.
it's frustrating to me that I can't properly articulate how this music makes me feel.....and then I realize there are simply no words for how incredible she is. The fact she shares her art with us is such a blessing. @FKA twigs...to thank you a million times is not enough. You are amazing❣ ❣❣
beautiful, talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before
the girls playing look so good too, everything about this performance looks gorgeous
She went in. Love her... "Home With You" was sang so beautifully.
So this is my first time hearing her music. Wow, it’s beauty and pain at the same time. It seems to be more than just music or a song to her. She is definitely in a league of her own.
This is top tier tiny desk. I have waited for nearly a decade for this tiny desk and it did not disappoint.
On another note, this makeup look is ethereal giving me dewy goddess. If anyone knows how to do this link a tutorial please!
Is that glass skin effect?
The way she performed Cellophane was the 5 stages of grief, you can see all the different emotions ❤️🔥
❤
It’s criminal to have ads interrupt this masterpiece.
I've somehow failed to listen to this stunningly talented artist before now, and I'm shocked. Her voice and her music are sublime.
This. Like where do i start
I've heard of her but have never heard any of her music before, and wow what a truly wonderful voice. This was captivating from start to finish , I'm blown away by this 👏👏👏👏👏✌️
You need ro immediately go watch cellophane the video .... its like watching a short powerful intense theatrical beautiful movie. X
Welcome to the house of twigs
Welcome to Heaven
@@paulajainewilliams8339 just watched it, absolutely beautiful. I'm really looking forward to seeing/hearing so much more from her. Amazing vocals and a truly stunning woman
@@Labyrinthine_Complexities I'm glad to be here
she makes me cry every. single. time.
Oh man I wish this went on for an hour longer, with string versions of more new and old stuff 😭 this was absolutely stunning.
😅😅😅
😅p pool
This is hands down my favorite NPR tiny desk concert and before seeing this performance I had never listened to FKA Twigs. Powerful.
One the most underrated artists of our generation
one of the best artists of our generation, i wish she performed more songs but the performance is still a blessing
I’m a 61 year old white CIS male and FKA moves my soul so deeply
just when I thought I had moved on from cellophane. I think it will drive straight to the heart no matter what stage of life we're in.
Her facial performance in each song alongside her excellent voice is so captivating and masterful! Chills. Excellence.
Also ICONIC POWERFUL PERFORMERS ACROSS THE BOARD!! Each a standalone performer in her own rite!
i will never not be in awe of her talent, i love this woman so much. i love how she takes her craft seriously and makes it a point to deliver more than what we deserve. she truly is an icon.
This lady on the left is playing both violin and bass? AMAZING...Talk about a contrast. BTW FKA is amazing too and that goes without a saying! Her singing is otherworldly!
Yeah, just found out about her too-Damsel Elysium. She’s very cool sound artist and her fashion and artwork really hits me in the heart.
they're actually nonbinary! pronouns they/them
This woman is out of this world. I thought the Fallon performance of Cellophane was just IT. It was mesmerizing, but Twigs always manifest her art like a new blossom every performance.
I’m always in awe of her letting us immerse ourselves in her amazing talent and mind. This version of Cellophane just draws you into the feels…love love love IT!
❤
Huge FKA Twigs fan and this is sublime. I love the orchestral arrangement. It suits her stunning vocals perfectly. Reminiscent of Kate Bush.
Honestly the aesthetic and emotions were surreal! One of my favourite performances💖😭
Dynamic transformation of her classical training to make a unique and simply ethereal sound. Purely her own. I appreciate her authenticity and loyalty to her own sound. Beautiful accompaniment from the violinist/bassist, cellist, and pianist.
home with you was the PERFECT introduction to this woman's ethereal out of this world sound.
Hope you can read this someday, Tahliah.
The feeling you project is out of this world, it just makes me shiver.
I also get overwhelmed, and it's for artists like you that I keep hanging on...
You're a huge inspiration and I love you so much, please don't ever stop being true and making music
her power to sing AND write these songs is unbelievable, simply amazing. she delivers every time.
I really think that the reason this tiny desk is so good is that its so obvious that every single one of the musicians here is incredibly skillful and the featured artist allows them to shine fully. So gorgeous!
when her EPs first dropped i thought "oh cool the next Bjork is here".... and i was wrong. the first and only FKA Twigs is here.
❤️
Thank you!
Been listening to FKA Twigs since the first EP…. Never ceases to amaze, surprise, and delight
Oh my God… this woman’s voice is unreal. What a beautiful spirit.
One of the best, most authentic, raw and emotion performances I’ve ever seen. Thank you fka twigs for your determination, strength, and bravery as an artist. You are truly inspirational
Also this setup. Her outfit. Her makeup. But most of all her ethereal and intense emotion. So beautiful.
Her facial expressions throughout Cellophane cut right to the heart 🥺💀
Not many singer has the talent that she has. This is hands down the best tiny desk I've seen.
Why doesn't this have more views? Her voice is breathtaking, not to mention dance, stage presence, and overall artistry!
truly one of the greatest performers of the 21st century
The high notes !! Omg shivers 🥰✨
Home With You still feels fresh every time I listen to it.
I simply did not realize the talent this woman had until this. Fabulous.
This performance had me completely transfixed! Such beautiful and emotionally expressive display of vocals and movement! 😍😍😍
Amazing.
Speaks volumes about the abject nature of humanity that this woman's art is not elevated above the garbage that corporations push on the consuming public.
How does she do it??? I can never have enough of twigs. A true artist through and through...
shout out to anyone in the world who watched this video without having a full scale emotional breakdown, i admire your strength
I’m sorry to disappoint
When you stand in front of Heaven's gate, this is what is playing.
Yes, beautiful arrangements. Gorgeous performance. Can't wait to hear the studio version of KILLER 🔪
her talent is beyond this world, she‘s so precious
Home With You is one of my all time favorite songs, and this arrangement?, come on, absolutely heavenly.