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In August, when FKA twigs posted an Instagram photo of herself—dangling on a stripper pole, accessorised with a bob wig and a hyper-realistic pregnancy bump—the internet erupted. She announced that her baby's name is Afterglow, and my labour shall commence next month." She has finally given birth, and her new record, EUSEXUA Afterglow, is both an epilogue and corrective to EUSEXUA: a purposeful comedown that floats through electroclash, garage, IDM and LP1-esque R&B in search of the human quirks its predecessor sought to transcend.

FKA twigs has never been more famous, but she’s taking it in stride: “I think being famous is funny,” she announces on her new song “Wild and Alone.” For an artist who has reopened her wounds on heart-pummeling songs like “cellophane,” this is a rather breezy approach to fame. Over vocal samples typical of Jersey club— suspended as if in zero gravity, ghostly and uncanny—she recruits pop’s foremost comedian, PinkPantheress, for a more light-hearted take on the themes she’s often explored throughout her career, of crafting selfhood and warding off loneliness amid the clamor of fame.

The new version of EUSEXUA also cuts a moodier, more introspective figure beside the original record. This is due in large part to axing two of the album’s best songs, “Girl Feels Good” and “Perfect Stranger,” both crowd-pleasing bangers indebted to Madonna and UK garage. Subbed in instead are “Perfectly,” a meditation on fame and perfectionism, on which twigs’ vocal shines like gossamer over the metallic hammer of a techno beat, and “The Dare,” which recalls the tear-streaked R&B slow jams of UK girl group All Saints. Some of the swaps are more disappointing: the Kate Bush-esque “Lonely But Exciting Road” is a poor replacement for the operatic drum’n’bass epiphany that originally closed out the record with “Wanderlust.” — (via Pitchfork)

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— Pressed on Translucent Pink vinyl
— Housed in a single-sleeve, widespine jacket
— Includes unbound 18-page lyric poster

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Label: Atlantic
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Pink Transparent
Released: 2026
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Dance-pop, UK Garage, Bass Music, Glitch

File under: Leftfield
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