M3LL155X
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| EP by FKA Twigs | ||||
| Released | 13 August 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Length | 18:44 | |||
| Label | Young Turks | |||
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| Metacritic | 89/100 |
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| Consequence of Sound | B |
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| Pitchfork Media | 8.6/10 |
| Spin | 8/10 |
M3LL155X (pronounced "Melissa") is the third extended play (EP) by English singer and songwriter FKA Twigs, released on 13 August 2015 by Young Turks. The EP was lauded by music critics after its release and peaked at number 63 on the Billboard 200 becoming her second entry on the chart.
In November 2014, producer Boots, whose work includes producing music on Beyoncé's 2013 eponymous album, announced he was working on Twigs' third extended play.
M3LL155X was completed by November 2014, and she was waiting for the end of her LP1 tour before releasing any material. She had also been working on a music video for every song, which delayed the release.
When Twigs was 18, she began working with local London producers to try to find "her sound". Around the time is when she wrote "I'm Your Doll". She ended up producing a lot of what she calls "really bad demos." In an interview with Complex, Twigs admitted that she had a self-hatred while writing her debut studio album LP1, which she considers "quite normal" for a young person.
Before M3LL155X had a title, fans and reporters referred to the extended play as EP3, as a continuation of the pattern started by EP1 and EP2. In June 2015, she announced the name of the EP to be Melissa. "Melissa" is the name of Twigs's personal female energy. She explains that Melissa is not an alter ego, and clarifies that her female energy never had a name until the EP was being finalised. She named the extended play M3LL155X as a way of separating it from herself. It was this energy that made her want to appear pregnant in the "Glass & Patron" music video and the videos that follow.
The music video for "Glass & Patron", directed by Twigs herself, debuted on 23 March 2015 as part of the 2015 YouTube Music Awards. The song "Figure 8" premiered on Zane Lowe's radio show Beats 1 on 3 August 2015. The song "In Time" premiered on Annie Mac's radio show on BBC Radio 1 as well as on Sirius XMU an hour before the extended play's release. On 31 August 2015, "In Time" impacted contemporary hit radio in the United Kingdom as the lead single from the EP.
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