The music video for FKA Twigs’ track “Papi Bones“ has just been released, and it features English rapper and DJ Shygirl. Coming from Twigs’ latest mixtape Caprisongs, the video was directed by previous collaborator Aidan Zamiri, showing the artists “dressed in Burberry check [and] pushing goats around in strollers“. You can see the result down below.
The choice of clothes in this music video might be a reference to the two artists appearing in a campaign for Burberry last year. Burberry’s new Olympia bag was meant to “capture the essence of femininity …. [with their campaign celebrating] three incredible women … who embody the power and beauty of feminine energy”.
Twigs said at the time that “I feel proud. Burberry has such heritage – it’s a very stoic brand that’s extremely iconic. But to be honest, I guess being from Gloucester, I remember that the fittest boys would drive around town in flashy cars with Burberry caps on. All the boys I fancied growing up wore something Burberry, for sure.“
Caprisongs came out earlier this year on January 14th, and you can read more about it here. This is the fifth music video released from it. Previous ones include “meta angel“, “Tears In The Club“, “jealousy“ and “darjeeling“.
She’s been doing quite well in terms of collaborations as well, with acclaimed singer-songwriter The Weeknd featuring in “Tears In The Club“, Nigerian rapper Rema appearing in the video for “jealousy“ and artists Jorja Smith and Unknown T making an appearance in “darjeeling“.
The tape itself didn’t do too bad either, reaching no.1 on the US Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart and getting a good bit of positive feedback on the way. NME called it Twigs’ “brightest, poppiest music“ in a four-star review.
Twigs has also been getting into directing her own movies as of late. You can read here about her latest short film Playscape, which was made to celebrate the International Woolmark Prize for achievements in fashion. Made in collaboration with artist Juliano Nunes, it shows Twigs & co dancing to tracks by Duval Timothy/Rosie Lowe and X-Ray Spex. You can see the video down below.
And she’s also reportedly going to be doing some acting sometime soon, having been cast in the upcoming remake of The Crow, the infamous 1994 movie where an accident onset led to the death of Bruce Lee’s son, Brandon Lee. The new version will star Bill Skarsgård in Brandon Lee’s role of Eric Draven, and will reportedly be directed by Rupert Sanders of Snow White and the Huntsman and Ghost in the Shell fame.
Otherwise, if you want to get any of Twigs’ new merchandise or purchase her latest mixtape, you can look at her website here.
