Day 27: FKA twigs, Cellophane | 30-Day Song Challenge 🎶

On Day 27 of the 30-Day Song Challenge, FKA twigs simply can’t put her feelings for someone she cared about behind her on “Cellophane.” 

Embracing the trendiness of social media, The Musical Hype unleashes its own, month-long version of the 30-Day Song Challenge.

Day 27 Prompt: A song that breaks your heart

Question(s): “Didn’t I do it for you? / Why don’t I do it for you? / Why won’t you do it for me / When all I do is for you?” Matters of the heart, ladies and gentlemen – always a superb topic for a memorable song, period.  Furthermore, minimalism itself carries more weight than you might give it credit for.  FKA twigs certainly packed a punch on “Cellophane,” a minimal, alternative/ alt R&B gem from her album, MAGADELENE. 

The ballad, co-written and co-produced by FKA twigs, Michael Uzowuru, and Jeff Kleinman, closes MAGDALENE stunningly. Furthermore, seems like a perfect fit for Day 27 on the 30-Day Song Challenge, which prompts for a song that breaks your heart.

Clearly, FKA twigs simply can’t put her feelings for someone she cared about behind her.  It’s easy to hang on to every colorful note that she sings.  FKA twigs does a little bit of everything from a vocal standpoint, sliding into notes, singing breathily, while fully supporting and belting at other times. It’s a truly complete, haunting, and artistic performance to say the least. What is clear is that the performance is drenched in vulnerability, representing her desire and hope about what appears to be a relationship that didn’t end up working out.  She seems to question her own adequacy, though she shouldn’t.

“And I just want to feel you’re there
And I don’t want to share our love
I try, but I get overwhelmed
All wrapped in cellophane, the feelings that we had.”

I selected “Cellophane” as the 8^th best song on 51 Best Songs of 2019.

FKA twigs • MAGDALENE • Young Turks Recordings Ltd. • 2019

Day 27: FKA twigs, “Cellophane” (30-Day Song Challenge) 🎶 [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay, Pexels]