When FKA twigs was 19, she began her career in music videos, dancing in the music videos of Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, and (more famously for) Jessie J. This song is about separating herself from that experience. “I wrote that very shortly after I stopped being a video girl. When I got signed, I stopped dancing — I’d given up that part of my life. I would go out, and somebody would be like, ‘Oh, I recognize you!’ I’d hope it was because they’d heard my music, but they’d say, ‘Are you that girl from the Jessie J video?’” FKA twigs would always answer “no.”
When FKA twigs was 19, she began her career in music videos, dancing in the music videos of Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran, and (more famously for) Jessie J. This song is about separating herself from that experience. “I wrote that very shortly after I stopped being a video girl. When I got signed, I stopped dancing — I’d given up that part of my life. I would go out, and somebody would be like, ‘Oh, I recognize you!’ I’d hope it was because they’d heard my music, but they’d say, ‘Are you that girl from the Jessie J video?’” FKA twigs would always answer “no.”