FKA Twigs

FKA Twigs
FKA Twigs performing in Sydney, February 2015
Background information
Birth name	Tahliah Debrett Barnett
Born	(1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 (age 29) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Genres	Electronic avant-pop trip hop experimental
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter record producer director dancer
Instruments	Vocals keyboards synthesizer drums
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Young Turks XL
Associated acts	Arca Boots Sampha Oneohtrix Point Never
Website	fkatwi.gs

Tahliah Debrett Barnett (born 16 January 1988), known by the stage name FKA Twigs (stylised as FKA twigs), is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, director and dancer. Raised in Gloucestershire, she became a backup dancer after moving to south London when she was 17 years old. She entered the music industry with the release of her extended plays EP1 (2012) and EP2 (2013).

Her debut studio album LP1 (2014) was released to critical acclaim, peaking at number 16 on the UK Albums Chart and number 30 on the US Billboard 200. It was later nominated for the 2014 Mercury Prize. She released the M3LL155X EP in 2015 to further critical praise. Her work has been described as "genre-bending", drawing on various genres including electronic music, punk, R&B, and the avant-garde.

Tahliah Debrett Barnett was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Her father is Jamaican, and her mother is English, who is of part Spanish descent and used to be a dancer and a gymnast. Barnett was raised by her mother and stepfather. She did not meet her father, a jazz dancer, until she was 18. She grew up in Gloucestershire, and she has described the county as "kind of in the middle of nowhere." She attended St Edward's School, Cheltenham, a private Catholic school. She came from a low-income family and her education at the school was paid for by an academic scholarship.