FKA Twigs: ‘Pole dancing helped me reclaim myself as a woman’ – Music News

FKA Twigs has credited pole dancing with supporting her reclaim herself as a female.

The British singer is nicely-known for her impressive pole-dancing abilities, which she has shown off in a range of films, including the songs video clip for Cellophane in April 2019.

FKA Twigs, genuine title Tahliah Barnett, invested the yr in advance of the video’s release mastering the craft as she recovered from surgical treatment to take out uterine fibroids and from sexual trauma.

“(Pole dancing) was joined to sure matters in my earlier that helped me reclaim myself as a girl and really see my human body, I feel, for what it could do rather than what it seemed like,” she stated to GQ journal. “I would expended the full of my lifetime hunting at my mirror pondering, ‘Oh, I never like that bit’ or ‘I want this was distinct.’ And when I was pole dancing, it was the 1st time wherever I was, ‘This is who I am. My sexuality is for me.'”

The 34-year-previous discovered on Instagram in May 2018 that she had the surgical procedure in December 2017, and explained her practical experience with the issue as “residing with a fruit bowl of pain each and every working day”.

In December 2020, she filed a lawsuit in opposition to her ex-boyfriend Shia LaBeouf for sexual battery, assault, and infliction of psychological distress through their romantic relationship between 2018 and 2019.

LaBeouf has denied the allegations and a court docket date has been established for April 2023 just after mediation unsuccessful to guide to a settlement.