Christopher Hooton of The Independent wrote that 'while sultry, drug-addled R&B is an increasingly crowded genre, Twigs takes a hammer to the kind that The Weeknd made famous and plays in the rubble.' Hooton continued, 'FKA Twigs emerges the high priestess of R&B's latest corruption, and the world will kneel at the altar.' Kyle Fowle of The A.V. But she exerts enough of a magnetic pull to lure listeners into some challenging territory'. Miles Raymer of Entertainment Weeklystated, 'A singular kind of diva who asserts herself subtly, twigs sings in a near whisper that often threatens to blend in with the instruments behind it. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalisedrating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 86, based on 38 reviews, indicating 'universal acclaim'. LP1 received widespread acclaim from music critics. The black-and-white video sees FKA Twigs dancing for a prisoner on death row, and features a cameo appearance from rapper Travis Scott. The accompanying music video was directed by Kahlil Joseph and premiered on October 29, 2014.

The album's third and final single, 'Video Girl', was sent to contemporary hit radio in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2014. The self-directed music video for the song premiered on Januand depicts FKA Twigs tied up with her own hair. 'Pendulum' was released digitally as the album's second single on 30 July 2014. The music video was directed by Nabil Elderkin and premiered on June 24, 2014. The lead single from LP1, 'Two Weeks', was released on Jas a digital download and on Jas a 12-inch single, the latter featuring the song 'Pendulum' as a B-side. FKA twigs was also featured on Billboard 's 14 Artists to Watch in 2014. In December 2013, she was nominated for the BBC Sound of 2014, and was chosen by Spotify for their Spotlight on 2014 list. On August 6, 2013, The Guardian profiled FKA twigs for their 'New Band of the Day' feature, describing her as 'the UK's best example to date of ethereal, twisted R&B.'įKA twigs's second extended play, EP2, was released through the Young Turks record label on September 17, 2013.

Music videos were filmed for each of the four tracks and released on her YouTube channel.

FKA twigs (then known simply as twigs) self-released her debut extended play, EP1, on Bandcamp on 4 December 2012.

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