{"id":134156,"date":"2025-11-15T05:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/134156\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T05:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:01:11","slug":"fka-twigs-basks-in-the-eusexua-afterglow-on-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/134156\/","title":{"rendered":"FKA Twigs Basks In The \u2018Eusexua Afterglow\u2019 On New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763182871_538_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"FKA Twigs\" data-height=\"1842\" data-width=\"2769\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FKA Twigs<\/p>\n<p>Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>FKA Twigs isn\u2019t done living in <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/cmalone\/2025\/01\/24\/fka-twigs-experiences-eusexua-on-new-album\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/cmalone\/2025\/01\/24\/fka-twigs-experiences-eusexua-on-new-album\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Eusexua\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eusexua<\/a> just yet. The avant-garde songstress kicked off this year with her third studio album inspired by the thumping beats of European nightclubs, and now, she\u2019s closing out the year with Eusexua Afterglow, an appropriately titled new album first conceived as an deluxe version of the original. <\/p>\n<p>Simply put, both Twigs and her fans wanted more from her mind after first hearing Eusexua and continuing to live in that world throughout the year, including on her Eusexua Tour across Europe in the spring. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t explain it. Sometimes you put out an album, and then it feels like you need to stop for a while. But with Eusexua, it felt like it was still growing. The message was still spreading, and people still wanted a deeper understanding of what it was,&#8221; she told <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2025-11-14\/this-is-what-happens-after-you-leave-the-club-according-to-fka-twigs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2025-11-14\/this-is-what-happens-after-you-leave-the-club-according-to-fka-twigs\" aria-label=\"The Los Angeles Times\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a>. \u201cWhen you dance, it\u2019s really good to know the rules and the fundamentals, like with ballet. But once you know ballet, then you can mess it up and let go. You can dance with more freedom. That\u2019s kind of what Afterglow is. It\u2019s Eusexua, but it\u2019s wild, sensual, and irresistible. It\u2019s meant to quench a thirst.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twigs found her solace in techno clubs across Europe before recording Eusexua, and Eusexua Afterglow is packed with a variety of sounds meant to spur movement regardless of beats per minute. \u201cSometimes I go out to reset my brain a little bit. Obviously, I love what I do so much. I love being an artist. But sometimes, it just gets unnecessarily stressful,\u201d she said. \u201cSo when I go out, it makes me put everything into perspective and realize what\u2019s really important in my life, who I want to be and who I want to be around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tracks like <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ypFzKPULxSk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ypFzKPULxSk\" aria-label=\"\u201cHard,\u201d\">\u201cHard,\u201d<\/a> the previously released \u201cPredictable Girl,\u201d and the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/cmalone\/2025\/10\/10\/pinkpantheress-recruits-all-star-lineup-for-fancy-some-more-remixes\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/cmalone\/2025\/10\/10\/pinkpantheress-recruits-all-star-lineup-for-fancy-some-more-remixes\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"PinkPantheress\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PinkPantheress<\/a> collab <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kvswW4Ys-08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kvswW4Ys-08\" aria-label=\"\u201cWild and Alone\u201d\">\u201cWild and Alone\u201d<\/a> align more with the classic Eusexua sound, while the multifaceted artist slows it down for more pensive outings like <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_hWoywipZ3Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_hWoywipZ3Y\" aria-label=\"\u201cTouch a Girl\u201d\">\u201cTouch a Girl\u201d<\/a> and <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=078lRH1KLq8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=078lRH1KLq8\" aria-label=\"\u201cPiece of Mine.\u201d\">\u201cPiece of Mine.\u201d<\/a> She even dabbles in the sounds of the LGBTQ+ ballroom scene on <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=njkv8ceWVu0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=njkv8ceWVu0\" aria-label=\"\u201cSushi\u201d\">\u201cSushi\u201d<\/a> and closes it out with the distorted ballad <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CQtbcwSpYbQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CQtbcwSpYbQ\" aria-label=\"\u201cStereo Boy.&quot;\">\u201cStereo Boy.&#8221;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>In the end, Eusexua Afterglow fulfills its promise as a sort of after-hours sequel or sibling to the original project, but it simultaneously is able to stand on its own as a fully realized FKA Twigs project. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfterglow feels like a shimmering reflection of our community that we have been building since my first release [EP1] in 2012,&#8221; she wrote on <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRA0SxajIXq\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRA0SxajIXq\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" aria-label=\"Instagram\">Instagram<\/a> of her legions of fans. \u201cI have never worked in this way before so wild and on the go and it\u2019s been so beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FKA Twigs Variety via Getty Images FKA Twigs isn\u2019t done living in Eusexua just yet. 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