Rather, it is due to the song’s all-too universal theme of wanting guidance and answers. “meta angel” is one of the highlights of the mixtape, and not just because of its two second opening. It’s unrelenting expression, no matter how over-the-top that expression may be. In this one line, a central theme of the mixtape is established, and it is not heartbreak or pain. A drink that is one half of the mixtape title’s double entendre – “Caprisongs” – which can serve as a reference to both twigs’ birth sign of Capricorn and the seminal childhood drink that is Capri Sun. The song starts with the line “Saggi Moon, Pisce Ven, Capri Sun.” As soon as the line is finished, a bubbling beat rises up for an instant before disappearing, almost like twigs is sipping a drink. “Meta angel” addresses twigs’ issues with confidence head-on. This confidence, fresh and unsure, is the mixtape’s backbone. Want to kiss her? “Do it quickly.” Her confidence is genuine, and though it sometimes falters, stumbling into moments of doubt, it is always there. She is fast she is wealthy and busy and successful. The low voice becomes the bass, the beat slips in, and twigs speeds up. Then the music begins, and the transition is seamless. She is feeling herself, she is in her zone, her flow. This voice is soon accompanied by twigs speaking, almost seductively, about what is to come. “Caprisongs” opens on “ride the dragon,” with the click of a cassette and a hauntingly low voice. FKA twigs again does what she does best on “Caprisongs”: she delivers. Would she leave behind “Magdalene” completely in favor of something more consumable? Would “Caprisongs” be a disappointment? I’ll say now those fears were a bit ridiculous. the Weeknd),” I was excited and a bit nervous. So when twigs announced “Caprisongs” along with its single “Tears in the Club (feat. As a whole, the album is vulnerable and heartbreaking, filled with intense and experimental production that makes it an unforgettable and emotional experience. After having surgery to remove painful and dangerous uterus fibroids at the end of 2017, twigs had to find herself and regain her sense of womanhood and sexuality. The album came just a short time after an intense and devastating time in twigs’ life. It hyper-malleable and hyper-detailed, just as any carefully crafted work should be, and it holds a place in my heart no matter the occasion.
I have cried to it, drifted asleep to it, sang along with it. Two years since its release, “Magdalene” still strikes me.
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“Caprisongs,” twigs’ first full length record since the release of her critically acclaimed album “Magdalene” in 2019, marks a step forward in the avant-garde artist’s progression, both in her musical style and her outlook on life. For multi talented singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer FKA twigs, aka Tahliah Debrett Barnett, acceptance and growth is everywhere. This universal feeling of recovery, of coming back stronger and more confident, isn’t a one-off. This line is spoken, soft and soothing, like a friend building you up after you come crashing down. “We’ve not got a long time here love yourself, know your worth.”
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