FKA twigs premieres new song and video "Glass & Patron"

FKA TWIGS

PREMIERES NEW SONG AND VIDEO

“GLASS & PATRON”

 

FKA twigs has today premiered a brand new song and video. ‘Glass & Patron’ was written and produced byFKA twigs and Boots and features a new video that was directed and choreographed by her as part of the 2015 YouTube Music Awards. ‘Glass & Patron’ is the first piece of music to be revealed from a brand new FKA twigs EP that will be released later in the year, and will be FKA twigs’ first new release since her acclaimed debut album LP1 in 2014 on the Young Turks label.

The YouTube Music Awards are a celebration of the platform as a place where new artists start their careers and connect with new fans. FKA twigs was one of ten artists selected by YouTube and Vice as an artist who has done exactly that, and together with YouTube and Vice, she has created this ‘Glass & Patron’ video:https://youtu.be/cNbFc-fa-ww

Meanwhile, FKA twigs recently debuted her widely acclaimed Congregata live show with two sold out events at London’s legendary Roundhouse venue in February. She’s now set to take the Congregata show to New York, with two dates at the Brooklyn Hangar on May 17th and 18th as part of the Red Bull Music Academy Festival. In addition, FKA twigs will play a series of festival shows including Coachella, Primavera Porto, Field Day, Sonar and Parklife. July will also see FKA twigs take up residency at the Manchester International Festival. Over seven days, FKA twigs and collaborators will create seven short films in front of live audiences who’ll be invited into the studio to encounter and observe the process as it unfolds.

The full FKA twigs live dates are:

10th April               Coachella Festival, Indio CA, USA

14th April               Belasco Theatre, Los Angeles CA, USA

17th April               Coachella Festival, Indio CA, USA

17th May                Congregata at Red Bull Music Academy Festival at Brooklyn Hangar, Brooklyn NY, USA

18th May                Congregata at Red Bull Music Academy Festival at Brooklyn Hangar, Brooklyn NY, USA

4th June                Primavera Sound, Porto, Portugal

6th June                Field Day, London, UK

7th June                Parklife Festival, Manchester, UK

12th June             NorthSide Festival, Arahus, Denmark

13th June             Orange Warsaw Festival, Warsaw, Poland                

20th June             Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain

26th June             Rock Werchter, Leuven, Belgium

27th June             Down The Rabbit Hole, Beuningen, Holland

9th-15th July       Soundtrack 7 @ Manchester International Festival, Manchester, UK