More than ever a shapeshifter, FKA twigs is many things on “CAPRISONGS,” but she is most undeniably a badass.” Her voice takes on new shapes here too, adapting to the mixtape’s hyperpop-R&B-trap genres - at times her performances feel like Charli XCX’s - but FKA twigs’ familiar, delicate soprano makes the occasional return. FKA twigs executive produced the album with El Guincho, and the pair are wildly inventive in their use of (often vocal) samples, offering a sonic palette that sounds fresh to even the most avant-garde music listener. Her shift in approach mostly works throughout “CAPRISONGS,” though some of the songwriting lacks structure, leading to a few directionless songs where you desperately wish you could take over the steering wheel.īut where there are songwriting pitfalls, the production more than makes up for it. The mixtape mainly features R&B and trap songwriting and production, except for dancehall track “papi bones” and closer “thank you song,” which harkens back to FKA twigs’ earlier music in its introspective lyrics and vocal performance. “Hey, I made you a mixtape,” she whispers during its slow, quiet intro, before a trap beat comes in, laden with gritty bass and 16th-note hi-hats. The mixtape’s first track, “ride the dragon” sets the tone.
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On “CAPRISONGS,” FKA twigs spins 180 degrees, as if she wants to give listeners whiplash. The album was a work of art - it was ethereal, almost inaccessible through its carefully crafted songwriting, production and vocal performance. “And I just want to feel you’re there/And I don’t want to have to share our love/I try, but I get overwhelmed/When you’re gone, I have no one to tell,” she sang over sparse, unhurried piano. You can hear this in her quivering soprano, most striking on songs like “cellophane,” the lead single from the album.
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Writing after a breakup with everyone’s favorite vampire, Robert Pattinson, as well as fibroid-removal surgery, FKA twigs was broken and vulnerable on “MAGDALENE” - but she was beginning to heal. Strong, sexy, confident and commanding, with “CAPRISONGS,” FKA twigs marks a shift from her previous album “MAGDALENE.” FKA twigs’ latest release, “CAPRISONGS,” is phoenix-like - on the 17-track mixtape, the British artist-dancer-wushu-sword-fighter is reborn.