FKA twigs, “Water Me”

Good morning! It’s Monday, and the internet is probably full of terrible things already. Clear your head with “Water Me,” the first single off of the second EP (EP2) from London’s FKA twigs.

About that name, from an interview with Pitchfork’s Carrie Battan last week:

…she explains that it’s a long-running nickname that refers to the way her bones crack… and proceeds to demonstrate by contorting her hands and arms. Her joints snap so loudly and quickly that it sounds like a bag of marbles spilling onto a wood floor — popping exclamation points from an artist who doesn’t need to shout to be heard.

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