FKA twigs

Tahliah Debrett Barnett known by the stage name FKA twigs, is a British singer, songwriter, producer and dancer. She was born and raised in Gloucestershire, and became a backup dancer after moving to London when she was 17 years old. Barnett first entered the music industry with the release of her extended plays EP1 (2012) and EP2 (2013). Her debut studio album LP1 (2014) peaked at number 16 on the UK Albums Chart and number 30 on the U.S. Billboard 200.

Tahliah Debrett Barnett was born in Gloucestershire. Her father is Jamaican, and her mother, who used to be a dancer and a gymnast, is of part English and Spanish descent. At 16 Barnett started making music in youth clubs. At the age of 17, twigs moved to London to pursue a career as a dancer. She worked as a backup dancer in music videos by artists such as Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, and Taio Cruz. She was a backup dancer for Jessie J in her 2010 video for "Do It like a Dude", and appeared again in her 2011 video for "Price Tag".

She became known as twigs for the way her joints crack. She added the initialism FKA to her name when another artist called the Twigs complained about her use of the name."FKA" stands for "Formerly Known As".

On November 7, 2014 producer Boots announced he was working on EP3 with twigs. The video for "Glass & Patron", the first song released from the EP was posted on Twigs's official YouTube channel on March 23, 2015.

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