WHY this is the best Art Pop album of 2019 (Gloss Over 0.05)
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- Let's dive deep into the visuals of FKA twigs and her project "MAGDALENE".
a correction at 8:52 - it is Josephs, not Josephson
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0:00 - Inspirations
03:27 - Cellophane
07:54 - Home with you
11:17 - SAD DAY and MIRRORED HEART
14:55 - Mary MAGDALENE
17:57 - Thousand Eyes, Fallen Alien, Cellophane
21:23 - Daybed and Holy Terrain
22:34 - Controversial(?) question
26:39 - Patreon and new content breakdown
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The tiny desk version of Home with You>>>>>
Yes omg
The only purpose of bellybuttons is to connect children to their mothers so I think the eye in her bellybutton might represent her newly found connection to her own inner child. It's like her inner child has awoken.
Yes! I think so too, especially based on her convo about the inner child in the Zane Lowe interview about magdalene
Twigs has said its a symbol for following your gut actually so her inner child is telling her older self to follow and trust her own gut
This is so beautiful it can’t be wrong
Belly buttons are the scar thats left after severing the umbilical cord/connection, though.
I personally love artist when you can feel their whole unique personality in their music like idk how to describe it but you understand the kind of artist I’m talking about 😭😭
oh yeah, definitely. they just have this own flavour in everything that they do
While it probably wasn't intentional, I think you can read futures verse as him playing the part of a toxic lover who relies on his gf to fix him. It could also be about a savior complex that a lot of women in toxic relationships develop. Especially when the behaviour of their partner is self destructive along with harming others (possibly Shia Labeouf).
Oh yeah I definitely think that it’s intentional but I dislike guys like that so I had to rant a lil ahaha
Thank you for doing this FKA twigs deserves all the praise she can get but sadly doesn't get it enough
Ikr??? I think cellophane definitely gave her career a great boost, but I hope she gets even more support in the future
@@LisaFevral cellophane was the perfect comeback for her after her hiatus showing she was as good if not better than before. I think Caprisongs is an amazing project even it's not as conceptual as Magdalene. I think the fashion and the visuals of the Caprisongs are on par in a different way
Yeah definitely! Caprisongs is a mixtape so it doesn’t have a central concept, but the music and the visuals are great too
I love how you present your point of view about anything, you consider so many different things and leave some things to our personal interpretation. I love Magdalene, it is such a personal project and she was so brave to expose her feelings to the people who made her feel that way and I love the contradiction between Magdalene to Caprisongs, from sadness and retrospection to a very energetic album.
And I completely agree with you, there are a lot of exceptions, however, why do women bring men to be the central point of their projects, I feel like this is more common in cinema, you can have a female director, screenwriter, and the main character is a man and the female characters are as deep as they would be in a man's movie.
thank you! I think this record was definitely a step up for her conceptually too, bc even though her music was always great, she has never done a whole album that was conceptually tied together. And I find it interesting that caprisongs was next, it is a mixtape though, so the intention is a bit different than an album, but I think that it's nice to see her have fun, and the songs are so good!
I specifically see that centring in a lot of songs that are supposed be about "female empowerment".
Fantastic editing! And twigs has phenomenal flexibility and control in dance.
thank you ! and ikr, she is so talented
Björk's biophillia album talking about our relationship with nature was really groundbreaking
This is forever one of my favorite albums everything about it from the music to the visuals it’s just perfect.
Ikr, truly beautiful
I rly love your point abt the need for more music that doesn't center romantic love and romantic love involving men especially, it's something that i've never been able to personally relate to based on my own life experience so i crave music that explores much more varied and nuanced themes that more of us can actually find a connection to!
Yeah I feel like a lot of experiences that I would appreciate music about just don’t exist. Usually love songs are so detailed, but songs about everything else are vague as hell
I think you'd really like aurora, her discography untill now has been amazing, very fairy/dark/womanhood/God vibes~✨ really recommend this two albums: Infections of a different kind part 1 and, a different king of human part 2
running to check her out rn!!
@@LisaFevral if you like this type of artists you'll LoVE PJ harvey,fiona apple her 2nd and 4th album specifically, bjork' vespertine album and tori amos earlier works
Her recent ones are a bit too mature for my 15 year old self lol
All of them are from the 90s and also please listen to the lion and the cobra by sinnead o connor too from 1989 possibly the greatest debut album ever AND she self produced the whole thing at the age of 19
Omg thank you for these recommendations! I already love Fiona, but haven’t checked out much of the other ones
@@LisaFevral well you won't regret it that's for sure 👍
@@LisaFevral and you’ll love Kate Bush she literally influenced all of them!
I was waiting for this video so bad and I love it 😍😍😍
I do think the creature in Cellophane it's a sphinx, I saw the BTS of the Director's tiktok and the 3D sculpting of the creature it's a reminiscent of a sphinx.
Thank you😭😭 so glad you like it! Yeah I kind of assumed so based on all the info available(I can’t remember now but I think the director called it a sphinx too)
GIIRRRRRLLLLL THE ✨ QUALITY ✨
Thank youuu🤍
Also in Cellophane, fabric was really important on painting depicting those times, so it makes sense that the video has the tones and inspiration of a renaissance art piece with the fabric, clouds, pastels and earth tones
Yes, I definitely agree! It’s definitely a thread throughout all the promo images for Magdalene in general too
@@LisaFevral nice to know, I missed a lot of the promo at the moment of the release I listened to the album a month after or so but ugh what an artist a master piece I hope she keeps going with the same style of approaching projects
I really hope so too, and l have a feeling we can expect a lot of great projects from her in the future!
Luv how much effort you put into all your videos, with researching giving your opinions AND adding captions to almost all of your videos, so grateful for that as someone with sensory issues and so many other differently abled people are grateful for them as well! This video is also such a service to twigs, she’s such a great and unique artist
omg thank you for noticing the effort, it's always really nice to hear that it can be seen in the final product! I try to caption all of my videos, but it takes me a long time bc some of my videos are super long haha
working on the subtitles, hoping to get them up by the end of today🥰
I love Fka Twigs thank you for doing this, she really deserves all the positive attention ❤
definitely agree😭
a remarkable album by an astounishing artist! This is one of my favourite pieces of work ever.
I don't know if this is/was a common practice in other places, but here in Brazil some people tend to put tapes or cover the belly button with cloth in order to protect themselves from "bad eyes". Theoretically to some the belly button is a spiritual door of sorts and when dealing with potentialy bad/envious people, their energy could be "sucked in" through the hole and cause illnesses and such, so, by covering it, you would be protected.
I imagine that by putting an eye where the bellybutton is supposed to be in the HWY music video, she is reflecting the energy inside herself towards the person she is singing for, exposing that she too needs to be comforted in order to comfort another. I don't know :p
omggggggg that is so interesting! I didn't know that this is a thing! that is actually very fitting in this context. maybe her inspiration was from her culture or some other place, but it might literally be inspired by this common practice popular in Brazil too. It would make sense I think in the storyline of the video.
FKA Twigs' mom is Spanish and her dad is Jamaican so I think some of the spiritual aspects in her music could relate to that
I think the eye on the belly maybe related to the eye patch and how fka twigs is giving birth to fka twigs. Like healing your inner child or something like that. Like reparenting the inner child I guess.
Ohhh interesting, you might be right about that, especially since she is missing an eye the entire video
yess, I love FKA Twigs. You hit it right on the head
I was so excited to make this bc I get to talk about twigs for a whole video ahahaha so talented, it's unfair ahah
my all time favourite album 💖
It’s so good😭😭😭
totally agree with your last point !! tbh i could never relate to songs about romance etc and i would also love to see more songs/art in general that aren't about men/patriarchy
also i love your earrings ✨✨
I think patriarchy is a topic that every artist explores at one point(if they are negatively affected by it, same with other systemic oppressions like racism and such), but after they go through that in their art making, I really hope that we get to see more of them exploring other topics bc life has so many more things that are difficult to go through and romance as a framing device for conversations about patriarchy is just not that interesting anymore, especially if the artist themselves have already covered it
and thank you hehe🥰
Lisa!! I love your channel and this video . Your knowledge and passion always comes through and I love to listen to your thoughts.
All the love!!!!❤️❤️❤️
Oh thank you sm😭 I really appreciate you saying this, and it’s always great to hear that people liked my content😭😭
Ah, this video was so good! I loved your thoughts on mirrored heart
I’m glad you liked it🥰🥰🥰
I always thought the eye was her finding a piece of herself that was missing within herself because in the video it seems like she and her inner child are missing an eye. And her inner child also helped her find it. Idk lol.
But I love your video. I love seeing videos about music and artists that I love.
I think so too! I think it was her inner child helping her to remember that she actually has that eye already haha
and thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it🤍
amazing video and analysis on magdalene!! i love your take on the album and i love seeing other peoples takes and views on art because not only does it open a door for discussion but it’s so nice to read and gain more knowledge from other people. definitely want to see you review other albums!!
6:12 the creature gives me biblically accurate angel vibes very subtly
I think it might've been their inspiration, based on the themes of the album!
YES! YES! YES! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!!!😭🙌🏽
😭😭🤍
Cleo Sol gave an album of the year album with "Mother" -2021 which explores the relationship she had with mother, and the relationship she will/is having with her baby.
She did no interview on youtube and no music video.
Little Simz explore gave an equally interesting album with "Sometimes l Might Be Introvert" 2021. She does talk about men with maybe the exception of her father.
I wonder why she didn't do any visuals for her music. I prefer somewhat of a gesamtkunstwerk when it comes to projects like this, but to each their own. I listened to Little Simz, and watched her videos too. I find some of her stuff just a bit too focused on identity as gender which is something I don't quite resonate with, but not on every track!
@@LisaFevral @Lisa Fevral Yes with Little Simz she had a focus on identity as a woman, more say introspection. Seeing where she stands in the world with little focus on romance which is different and plus. The album takes time to grow.
Cleo sol on the other hand was/is more of a reclusive act. It wouldnt say be a complete work minus the video but the lack of video somewhat allows everyone to make a video of their own with video. Strange this day and age to have no video.
i.e had to search what "gesamtkunstwerk" means. Its german for a total work of art.
don't get me wrong I still really enjoy Little Simz music tbh, she's got something very straightforward in her lyrical delivery which I personally appreciate.
You know I can definitely respect the decision not to make visuals for an album. I've met a lot of people who love music who couldn't care less for visuals, and I think that makes sense. I'm just the type of person who prefers installation art that takes up the whole room instead of a painting on the wall, you know? it doesn't make it better objectively, but it does make it more appealing to me. Also being reclusive makes a lot of sense to me. I wish I could be an artist just doing art without having to be out there, but that's a decision which would make me unable to support myself, let alone people I love.
Most definately agreed.
Its wholesome better to have a room than a painting.
Nice talking to you..
Yes Yes Yes. I think manifested this! so happy : )
Oh yeah you did haha just saw your other comment!
@@LisaFevral Love this video! You make great content. I'm so devoted to her vision and persona, she is so magical to me. Just wondering what do you think about Capisongs?
Oh thank you😭 I think she’s got something ethereal about her! I liked a lot of songs of off caprisongs, but I think that since it’s a mixtape it’s a bit loose in terms of concept, so it’s definitely not anything like Magdalene. It would be unfair to compare them though since caprisongs is not an album but a mixtape
Really love how you styled yourself in this video! It reminds me of a mix between Ana from Mecano (spanish singer) and Melanie Martinez. You rock those colors!
Oh thank you🥰
absolutely one of my favorite albums ever im so glad you did a video on this ! I noticed a lot of eye symbolism in this album aside from the video for 'Home With You', but what immediately comes to my mind aside from the obvious reference in 'Thousand Eyes', is the video for 'Cellophane' . I dont know if this was just me overanalyzing or if anyone else caught but when the ceiling opens up, the same frame that you mentioned looked like fabrics tearing away I thought it resembled a really detailed eye, like in the photos with the macro lenses being used where you can really see the detail and all the layers in the iris. I also know Twigs is spiritual at least in some way (I haven't looked too much into it) but maybe the sphynx like being descending from the heavens is a reference to her higher self or something similar. Again on cellophane (and this point might be a stretch) I was thinking about how Magdalene was "cast out" of the bible basically in the same way FKA is cast down into that underworld like setting, or even maybe in the same way Lillith was cast out of Eden. The Lillith point would at least tie in with the same point she carries about being "attached" to a man or a male figure, in the same way Eve was, in the same way Mary Magdalene was and in the same way FKA herself was... those are just some theories though! I really enjoyed this vedeo thank you for covering this piece of art!
Hey, what about a video exploring lady Gaga’s fashion age by age, I think the chromatica era is fabulous but the fame and the fame monster, even artpop are iconic
I definitely should make a vid on gaga's eras. I'm really tempted to make a video on ARTPOP though, bc it was my fave ahaha
@@LisaFevral yes, art pop was very underrated
thank you for this amazing analysis of this beautiful album, i loved this video and love your channel
thank you sm for watching, I'm glad you liked the video🤍
Great analysis, I cried watching because everything about this work is so completely touching. the thought of having twigs singing mary magdalene to someone is so beautiful
Ikr??? I will remember that moment forever, even though I wasn’t the person who she chose from the audience ahah
This is a great video ! Also I agree with you on the last point that a lot of women musicians mostly sing about men/romance etc. Thats why I'm very interested in Rina Sawayamas upcoming album Hold The Girl ,the three singles from it have explored her dealing with her sexuality, her mothers relationship and her finding her inner child. Actually her debut album has also explored topics outside of men and romace aswell i think. I reccomend her discography if someone is looking for music not centered around men from a pop girl ^_^
I loved her first album, XS is still one of my faves(I love a good blend of pop-r&b and rock)
Lisa, have you ever listened to Rina Sawayama? I think you may like her music and message.
Yeah I have! I really liked XS, it was one of my most listened songs that year
Thank you for sharing this video. I loved it
Thank you sm for watching it😘🥰
I loved this video so much! 🥰 Thank you !
thank you for watching it🥰 🥰
this was very interesting! my fav video from you ❤️‼️
Omg really😭😭 thank you, I’m really glad you liked it!
@@LisaFevral ❤️💯
YESSS SO HAPPY YOU MADE A VIDEO ABOUT THIS AMAZING ALBUM
I’m glad some people are also into it till this day😭😭
@@LisaFevral proves itself as a timeless classic 💅🏻✨
u r the fucking best thank u so fucking much 🥺💗 such an amazing essay
Thank you😭😭😭
I never get enough of people talking about Magdalene
Same ahahah
I love these deep dives, I legit love how much passion and knowledge you have for/about art and music; and how you can formulate all of it in a very approachable way🥹🤌
omg😭😭😭 thank you, I'm so glad that it is engaging😭
Watching the section regarding Twigs' inspirations and how Magdalene's been historically misrepresented, it came to mind a really interesting text by Margareth King, titled Women of Renaissance. The author explains how a great deal of notorious women of Renaissance had their works and fame preceeded and overpowered by the category, usually linked to their relations with men, in which they were assigned by society: daughter, mother, wife, widow... To the point that in Sofonisba's (an Italian Renaissance painter) 1554 self-portrait, there's an inscription stating she was a virgin at the time. I don't really know where I'm going with this comment tbh, it's just something I find really interesting (and repulsive but anywho)
wait why was that stated on the self portrait??
@@LisaFevral oh so in the painting, she appears holding a little book/notebook that contains the inscription (and i had to revisit a paper i cowrote, not to get this wrong) “Sophonisba Angussola virgo seipsam fecit 1554”, which indicates the work was made by virgin Sophonisba in 1554.
Since she was a young and single woman who actively participated in the court and in aristocratic circles (among men), her stated virginity was a sort of credential, yk? This way she (in theory) wouldn't be labeled as a prostitute 😔
fka twigs is one of the most beautiful, unique and talented artists of this century I wish her only the best
I'm glad I'm not the only one who calls her twigs 😭
Do ppl call her something else?😲
@@LisaFevral people usually call her fka twigs. Idk, I've always been a person that uses shortened versions of stage names, or the artists real name if they're ok with that. Like I call her twigs, I call Grimes C, and sevdaliza sevda.
Ahhhh that makes sense haha I think saying fka all the time doesn’t flow off the tongue nicely
aaaaaand i love the mic 💗
it's so cute, right??? even though it's technically useless ahahahah
This album is still (imo) her best and most self-defining piece of work that she has released. It's definitely something that many women can really and truly feel esp as a WOC. Every time I listen to this album it feels like I am being transported into a baroque/renaissance utopia. I dance and it's a beautiful experience, indescribale really 🌌
If you are struggling with likeable male artists😂 a male artist who really captivates this feeling for me most is Hozier; his music is beautifully dark and very poetic, there are a lot of meanings to analyse and unravel.
im so exiteddddd
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Great video! Magdalene is one of my favorite albums.
Same(as you can probably tell ahahah)
Great video! I also agree that I'd love to hear more artists tackle more than just romantic (typically monogamous) relationships but uhh straight rich folks don't really have much to them outside their dating lives I guess lmao (this obviously referring to the mainstream, part of an artist's marketing is their "date-ability" too so).
Hozier and Little Simz really do it for me in terms of lyricism and what they talk about in their music! But I'm definitely gonna check out FKA Twigs when I can :D
yeah, a big part of it is the fact that people who have a lot to say that is of value have little opportunity to nurture their craft and get better, as well as no opportunities to actually have their work out there getting traction. Artists like twigs are definitely an anomaly, hopefully there will be more artists getting traction like her.
Stunning😎
This album was so good !
We love queen who speaks facts 😍❤
All my favorite artists are girlies too lol so much so that i created a playlist including my very small list of good boysies so i dont forget to listen to them too every once in a while
Omggg send me your playlist hehe I want new music 🥹
Omg thats embarrassing bdjagewjheejeheje
Oh wait my comment with the link got taken away, I'll dm u
Okie🥰
@@livtupi I'll be waiting too
I also want more good music by muh men mates too
cellophane music video still gets me everytime ...
it's honestly soooooo gorgeous
crazy how good 2019 was in terms of music
Underrated gem
Well done)))
Oml I love fka twigz
Good taste🥰
EXACTLY
So about the the controversial question: I’d like to point one album that did this which is ’Stand For Myself’ by Yola
It’s a pandemic album but it’s also an album that’s about (healthily) letting go of relationships, knowing self worth, and growing into your own after ending a relationship (which the word relationship is generalized and could mean anyone you have a relationship with)
Personally, I’m not a big fan of Americana/country music because of the trope of it being repetitive but these songs are fluid enough in genre that the album as a whole don’t fall into that stereotype
If I have peaked your interest in that album at all, then I recommend in giving it a try
Thank you for letting me know about this artist, I’ll check them out!
I love seeing people in beautiful dresses going into water
Same, also strong winds
You can definitely hear the kate bush influence in this album, specifically the vocals
She’s so underrated
she should be a lot more famous, but I also hope that it's not too much of imposing type of fame, bc she clearly hated that while dating rob.
😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩
Based on the lyrics of mirrored heart I always felt it sounded like it was about robert not shia but that is just my opinion. It sounds like she is dealing with the heartbreak of them splitting
The white cloth that the woman held was actually a cleansing ritual she was cleansing twigs with that cloth
I was thinking that must be what it means, it reminds me of a lot of rituals in general, I think the fact that it is an older woman doing it is also significant
I'm really curious about your opinion on the new girl group NewJeans's visual aesthetic.
I like a lot of the aspects but I think debuting this young is not ok
its the best art pop album of the decade
Vulnicura came out in 2015...
the eyes mean just reminder
I am wondering what your thoughts are on SOPHIEs project/album Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides when you questioned other topics besides centering relationships or men in art that women make.
Oh I should make a video on that album! It’s one of my faves too
Of topic i think long black or red hair would look really good on you, idk just random thought here
I haven't tried long black hair, but I've tried red and it does suit me haha
i have personal beef with shia labeuof
Maybe the eye in her bellybutton reference Chernobyl, and Chernobyl is toxic as fuck so...it mean toxicity?, Sorry.... Love the video