FKA Twigs keeps the feeling flowing

After releasing the album ‘Eusexua,’ she finds more to say on follow-up ‘Afterglow.’

- BY CERYS DAVIES

Before FKA Twigs could discuss her new album, “Eusexua Afterglow,” she needed a matcha.

The British singer-songwriter had first answered a Zoom call from the backseat of a dimly lighted car in New York, where she confessed to running on “2% personality.” She explained that she had flown in that morning from London and had spent the day promoting her new movie, “The Carpenter's Son,” a biblical horror film costarring Nicolas Cage.

Luckily, only a few minutes into the interview earlier this month, the singer born Tahliah Debrett Barnett spotted a familiar matcha spot coming up on her route. In a split-second decision, she runs into the cafe, eager for a caffeine boost, and orders everything matcha she could get her hands on — a hot lavender matcha latte, a matcha soft serve and matcha-flavored pudding.

“Oh, we're gonna be buzzing,” said Twigs, who laughs a bit about how she hasn't eaten much that day and decided to exclusively consume matcha desserts. After making it back to the car and indulging in a few sips, she declares, “It feels like I have my personality back. That was quite an authentic experience.”

With a revived glint in her eyes, she was ready to brief “Eusexua Afterglow,” the unexpected continuation of her third studio album, “Eusexua.” The 37-year-old singer released “Eusexua” in January as both the namesake of her record and a term she coined to describe a transcendent state of being.

Now, less than a year later and released the same day as “The Carpenter's Son,” her latest album is meant to “beautifully unravel” the questions of humanity she presents on “Eusexua.”