Watch the FKA twigs video again for the new song with Headie One and Fred ..

FKA staffs, London rapper Headie One and producer Fred again … reunited for the new song “Don’t Judge Me”. It is an extension of “Judge Me (Interlude)” from rapper and producer in 2020 BAND mixtape. The new song arrives with a video directed by Emmanuel Adjei (who also co-directed Beyoncé’s Black Is King). The visual finds twigs dancing in an empty room while Headie One walks down a street. Things get a little supernatural at the end. Watch below. Scroll down for Adjei’s statement on the video “Don’t judge me.”

In mid-October, FKA branches said in an interview for the Grammy Museum’s Programs at Home series that they completed a full album while staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among her collaborators is the Spanish producer El Guincho, who worked at Björk’s Biophilia and the discovery of Rosalía HE WANTS EVIL. Ever since he launched MAGDALENE, twigs appeared as a guest on the debut album of the enigmatic producer Slingbaum and joined Nicolas Jaar on a song for his project Against All Logic.

FKA staff have filed a lawsuit against ex-boyfriend Shia LeBeouf, accusing him of abuse and assault. LeBeouf, in emails to New York Times, wrote that “many of these allegations are not true”, but did not comment on specific allegations. “I’m ashamed of that story and I’m sorry for those I hurt,” he wrote. This week, the twigs continued to discuss the allegations on the BBC Radio 4 podcast Grounded with Louis Theroux.

Read Pitchfork’s cover story “The Sacred and Profane Genius of the FKA Branches” and see more about Headie One and Fred again in “Great Records You May Have Missed: Spring 2020”.

Emmanuel Adjei:

THE INVISIBLE OPPRESSOR

From someone’s appearance, we are not able to judge whether a person discriminates against color, sex, religion or sex. The oppressors in the people around us often remain invisible until their abuse against others is discovered. This is one of the reasons why, for generations, discrimination has been so difficult to combat. Who does the victim have to fight with if he cannot identify the perpetrator?

In this audio-visual document we get to witness the FKA and Headie One branch artists, among other British black influences, fighting against the invisible forces of judgment and oppression. With its huge Victorian-inspired fountain American fund by visual artist Kara Walker – who describes the historical, painful story of slavery and colonization – as our setting and especially as the spirit of the film, this important monument creates another layer of depth and meaning for an invisible but common history.