Following the release of her new album ‘EUSEXUA’ in January, FKA Twigs has been touring around Europe, giving spellbinding performances in Czech republic, Germany, Belgium and France. On March 21 and 22, the artist reached the UK, performing two shows at Magazine London. The venue, located on the Greenwich peninsula, launched in 2019 with the mission to provide space for artistry and professionalism. Its unique modern and industrial architecture seems fitting for the experimentalism that Twigs brings to her music, which blends electronic and techno influences into a captivating harmony. Since the opening of Magazine London, the venue has hosted artists such as Bastille, Tove Lo and Dizzee Rascal, yet, the way in which Twigs transformed the space for her performance spoke to her innovative musical efforts.
As the show began, the space produced the energy and physicality of raves with synth sounds and dark, pulsing lighting. The artist introduced her performance with a tribute to her older tracks, such as the ethereal ‘Thousand eyes’ from the album ‘Magdalene’, and ‘Figure 8’ from the album ‘M3LL155X’.
After this, Twigs began to showcase her new experimental album ‘EUSEXUA’ , inspired by the underground techno rave scene in Prague. The energy of the room reflected the concept of the album clearly, giving an organic, sensual artistry. ‘Striptease’ graced the stage as the first performed track from ‘EUSEXUA‘s. The artist stretched and pulled down her red flowing gown to let it hang around her waist and filled the room with transcendent operatic vocals. It is then that she let out an unbridled flood of expression, throwing herself into the song’s choppy techno beat and showing us the complexity of her artistry as the same costuming and vocals were transformed into an image reminiscent of a warrior. This notion is important to FKA’s musical ideologies, as noted by issue two of her online Zine series, ‘AVANTgarden’, titled ‘Dream Warrior’.
Fans were amazed by the show, noting the uniqueness of the experience. One fan who attended the show had this to say,
i have never experienced anything like the eusexua tour in my life. fka twigs is the greatest performing act of our generation. this was life changing pic.twitter.com/mH0oHLxjXG
— ali | علی (@theirnameisali) March 22, 2025
Queer tributes were threaded throughout the artist’s show with a showcase of Madonna’s ‘Vogue’. She performs this alongside her dancers in a unique stylistic remix, paying respect to the art of vogueing, whilst inflecting her own artistic authenticity. The two-hour live performance featured impressive choreography, pole dancing during song ’24 hr dog’, and inventive costuming as her dress was performatively chained by her dancers to the black box which surrounded her. This then led into the final song of the show being one of her most notable tracks, ‘Cellophane’, an emotionally desperate piece of art-pop. With this, Twigs left the audience reeling, utterly transported to new depths.
