FKA Twigs and Central Cee have released their collaborative new single “Measure Of A Man” today November 18th. The single release is the first new music from FKA Twigs since her single “Don’t Judge Me” was released in January and will also be the first new music for Central Cee who released his last single “Obsessed With You” in September.
measure of a man. 18th nov 2021. #centralcee @KingsmanMovie https://t.co/cj5TZBuyAL pic.twitter.com/28V3Bk1C4F
— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) November 11, 2021
FKA Twigs teased a clip for the duo’s new single “Measure Of A Man” in this Instagram post.
Tahliah Debrett Barnett known as FKA Twigs is an English singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. The singer-songwriter made her impact on the musical world with her debut EP EP1 in 2012 and received critical acclaim for her debut album LP1 released in 2014. The album was also nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2014 and the singer continued her musical journey with the release of another EP M3LL155X (Pronounced Melissa) and her last studio album to date Magdalene. FKA Twigs is also remembered for her debut single “Water Me” as well as singles “Two Weeks” and “Pendulum”.
Oakley Neil H T Caesar-Su known as Central Cee is a British rapper and songwriter whose musical journey began with his collaboration with J Hus and other artists for the single “Ain’t On Nuttin Remix” in 2015. Central Cee also released his single “StreetHeat Freestyle” in 2015 and went on to release album 17 in 2017 and the single “Next Up” in 2019. Central Cee followed up his releases with breakout single “Day In The Life” and single “Loading” both released in 2020. The rapper’s debut mixtape Wild West released in March reached number 2 in the UK Official Albums Charts and was deemed the most-streamed album of the week. The rapper also released his single “6 for 6″ in March.
Wild West by @central_cee debuts at Number 2 on the Official Albums Chart – the most-streamed album of the week https://t.co/CSRVPVjBG1 pic.twitter.com/9i3iY7cr1z
— Official Charts (@officialcharts) March 19, 2021
Watch the video for Central Cee’s September single “Obsessed With You” here.
FKA Twigs and Central Cee have now merged their musical talents for their new single “Measure Of A Man”. The new single is from the soundtrack for the film The Kings Man and stars actors Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode and Tom Hollander. The film was pushed back from February 14th 2020 due to the Covid 19 Pandemic and is now set for release in the UK on December 22nd. The King’s Man is the prequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) from The Kingsman franchise.
Watch the official trailer for The Kings Man here.
The single “Measure Of A Man” is said to have been written by Jamie Hartman, John Hill, Amanda Ghost, Dominic Lewis, Jane Goldman and The King’s Man director Matthew Vaughn. The single is to be released jointly with Parlophone and new joint venture Marv Music a British production company from both Marv and Warner Group. Twigs announced recently that she is set to release a mixtape that in her own words is “Really deep, emotional and honest but hopefully more golden tears than blue”. “I channelled my melancholy differently this time and it was so amazing” Central Cee also teamed up with Tion Wayne for the remix of Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” single from his number 1 smash hit album Equals (=) released in October.
Central Cee has continued his collaborative streak with FKA Twigs for their new single “Measure Of A Man” and both look set to be busy in the music world in the immediate future.
Listen to FKA Twigs and Central Cee’s new single “Measure Of A Man” here
@bbcr1 #claraamfo #centralcee https://t.co/rgCmy2IvnX pic.twitter.com/tn2rpWhsGE
— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) November 18, 2021
