As the show began, the space produced the energy and physicality of raves with synth sounds and dark, pulsing lighting. The artist introduced her performance with a tribute to her older tracks, such as the ethereal ‘Thousand eyes’ from the album ‘Magdalene’, and ‘Figure 8’ from the album ‘M3LL155X’.

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After this, Twigs began to showcase her new experimental album ‘EUSEXUA’ , inspired by the underground techno rave scene in Prague. The energy of the room reflected the concept of the album clearly, giving an organic, sensual artistry. ‘Striptease’ graced the stage as the first performed track from ‘EUSEXUA‘s. The artist stretched and pulled down her red flowing gown to let it hang around her waist and filled the room with transcendent operatic vocals. It is then that she let out an unbridled flood of expression, throwing herself into the song’s choppy techno beat and showing us the complexity of her artistry as the same costuming and vocals were transformed into an image reminiscent of a warrior. This notion is important to FKA’s musical ideologies, as noted by issue two of her online Zine series, ‘AVANTgarden’, titled ‘Dream Warrior’. 

Fans were amazed by the show, noting the uniqueness of the experience. One fan who attended the show had this to say,

i have never experienced anything like the eusexua tour in my life. fka twigs is the greatest performing act of our generation. this was life changing pic.twitter.com/mH0oHLxjXG

— ali | علی (@theirnameisali) March 22, 2025

Queer tributes were threaded throughout the artist’s show with a showcase of Madonna’s ‘Vogue’. She performs this alongside her dancers in a unique stylistic remix, paying respect to the art of vogueing, whilst inflecting her own artistic authenticity. The two-hour live performance featured impressive choreography, pole dancing during song ’24 hr dog’, and inventive costuming as her dress was performatively chained by her dancers to the black box which surrounded her. This then led into the final song of the show being one of her most notable tracks, ‘Cellophane’, an emotionally desperate piece of art-pop. With this, Twigs left the audience reeling, utterly transported to new depths.

In a statement on his website, Gabriel announced: 

“After a years-worth of full moon releases, I’m very happy to see all these new songs back together on the good ship i/o and ready for their journey out into the world.”

With “full moon releases”, the former Genesis frontman is referring to his unconventional album roll-out plan, which involved releasing a new single on the occasion of every full moon in 2023. On top of that, Gabriel gave fans the option between “bright” and “dark” side mixes of the respective songs.  

Listen to the “bright-side” version of the upcoming album’s title track:

The majority of i/o was recorded at Real World Studios in Bath, England and Gabriel’s home studio. Furthermore, a plethora of musicians and producers contributed to the record, including longtime collaborators Brian Eno, guitarist David Rhodes, bassist Tony Levin and drummer Manu Katché. The Soweto Gospel Choir, Swedish all-male choir Oprhei Drängar and the New Blood Orchestra also feature.

A press release on Gabriel’s official website details the upcoming LP’s concept and themes as follows: 

“Throughout the album the intelligent and thoughtful – often thought-provoking – songs tackle life and the universe. Our connection to the world around us […] is a recurring motif, but so too the passing of time, mortality and grief, alongside such themes as injustice, surveillance and the roots of terrorism.“ 

“But this is not a solemn record. While reflective, the mood is never despondent; i/o is musically adventurous, often joyous and ultimately full of hope […]”

Listen to the “dark-side” mix of Gabriel’s most recent single “This Is Home”:

To complement these themes, and building upon an idea initially developed in his Us and Up albums, Gabriel has invited a host of visual artists to create a piece of art to accompany each of the twelve songs on the new record – be it through painting, photography, sculpture or even plasticine. The dozen artists include Ai Weiwei, Olafur Eliasson and perhaps more surprisingly, Nick Cave.

Meanwhile, Gabriel still has a few more dates left on his North American tour which ends on October 21, but so far, he hasn’t made any plans to retire from recording or touring.

Pre-order i/o here.

The singer-songwriter took to social media to express her frustration, informing her followers she had been hacked and that she would be scrapping the leaked music as a result. In a series of Instagram Stories, the avant-pop artist told fans “Well done, no new music for a while now. Bye.” Her following story reiterated the consequences of the leak, with the words “no new music”.

whoever leaked fka twigs shit will be dealt with TRUST pic.twitter.com/QbFuJ1rfzo

— gigi (@DEARGlGl) October 15, 2023

A third post confirmed the worst, as Twigs shared a screenshot of a text conversation with music producer Sega Bodega that included the caption “back to the drawing board”, implying she was giving up on the leaked project and starting anew. This is bad news for fans who have been eagerly anticipating a new full-length FKA Twigs LP since 2019’s MAGDALENE, the critically-acclaimed record inspired by her breakup with Robert Pattinson.

The unfortunate Instagram update comes only two weeks after the singer previewed new music at Valentino’s Paris Fashion Week show, where she unveiled four unreleased tracks rumoured to appear on an upcoming album. In an exclusive performance titled “Unearth Her”, Twigs accompanied the reveal of Valentino’s latest collection, dancing to songs recorded with longtime collaborator Koreless.

Check out the production below:

FKA Twigs has slowly been teasing new music since the release of her last project CAPRISONGS – a poppy mixtape that featured a host of big names such as The Weeknd and Daniel Caesar. In June 2022, she released the single “Killer” and, months later, revealed previously unheard material in a Calvin Klein’s March 2023 campaign.

Listen to “Killer“:

Meanwhile, the musician is involved in an ongoing legal battle with former boyfriend and actor Shia LaBeouf, who she accused of “relentless abuse”. In a relationship that lasted just over a year, according to The New York Times, Twigs alleged that LaBeouf physically, emotionally, and mentally abused her on several occasions.

This September, it was announced that the trial date had been pushed back to 2024 due to scheduling conflicts between both Twigs and LaBeouf.