Intrigued by Robert Pattinson’s ex girlfriend FKA Twigs? Read everything to know about the singer, director, songwriter and dancer including her net worth.
Who is FKA Twigs?
Tahliah Debrett Barnett was born in 1988. She is professionally known as FKA Twigs. She is a renowned English singer, songwriter, director, record producer and dancer. FKA Twigs was brought up in Gloucestershire. She later moved to South London and became a backup dancer at the age of 17. Her extended plays EP1 in 2012 and EP2 in 2013 got her an entry into the music industry. She released her debut studio album, LP1 in 2014 which was well received. It rose to number 16 on the UK Albums Chart and number 30 on the US Billboard 200. FKA Twigs was nominated for the 2014 Mercury Prize. Her later release M3LL155X EP in 2015 also garnered critical acclaim. Her work is ‘genre-bending’ as it includes trip hop, avant-garde, R$B and electronic music. Tahliah Debrett Barnett was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire to a Jamaican father and English mother. Barnett was raised by her mother and stepfather. She met her real father, a jazz dancer only when she was 18 years old. She describes her county of Gloucestershire as “kind of in the middle of nowhere.” FKA Twigs attended the St Edward’s School, Cheltenham which was a private Catholic school. As she came from a low-income family, her education at the school was paid for by an academic scholarship. Before moving to South London, Twigs used to make music in youth clubs. While in London, she started her career as a backup dancer in music videos by various artists including, Kylie Minogue, Plan B, Ed Sheeran, Taio Cruz, Dionne Bromfield, Jessie J, and Wretch 32. FKA Twigs appeared as a backup dancer in the 2010 video of Jessie J, ‘Do It like a Dude’ and in her 2011 video, ‘Price Tag’. Barnett was also seen in Dionne Bromfield’s video ‘Yeah Right’. In 2011, Twigs appeared in a BBC comedy of 2 minutes titled ‘Beyonce Wants Groceries’. She appeared in the video as a backup dancer in a supermarket. At the age of 18, Twigs began working with local London producers to try to find “her sound”. Around that time she wrote “I’m Your Doll”. She ended up producing a lot of what she calls “really bad demos.” In April 2015, it was confirmed that Twigs was engaged to actor and musician Robert Pattinson. The pair started dating in September 2014. The couple split in October 2017.
Net worth of the ex girlfriend of Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson’s ex girlfriend FKA Twigs has a net worth of $7.6 million.
Career graph
FKA Twigs shot to fame in 2012 when she was photographed for the cover of i-D magazine. She was named as Twigs for the way her joints crack but when another artist named as The Twigs complained about the use of the same name, she added the initial FKA Twigs to her stage name. FKA stands for ‘Formerly Known As’ according to several sources but Barnett herself has said in many interviews that the letters do not stand for anything in particular. Her first music album, EP1 was self-released by her on Bandcamp in 2012. She also posted a video for each song on her YouTube channel including the single ‘Water Me’. Her first single, Water Me’s video was released on YouTube in 2013 which was directed by Jesse Kanda. She was profiled by The Gaurdian for theri ‘New Band of the Day’ feature and they also described her as “the UK’s best example to date of ethereal, twisted R&B.” Her second extended play, EP2 was released through Young Turks. It was co-produced by Twigs and Arca. She was given a rating of 8/10 by Pitchfork for EP2. She was nominated for the BBC’s Sound of 2014 prize in December and was also chosen by Spotify for their Spotlight on 2014 list. Twigs was then featured on Billboard’s 14 Artists to Watch in 2014. Twigs directed and starred in a music video for ‘Ouch Ouch’ by rapper Lucki Eck$. Her debut album, LP1, was released in August of 2014 through Young Turks. The song ‘Two Weeks’ from LP1 was released on YouTube in 2014. ‘Two Weeks’has a dance/electronic genre and quite strong lyrics. LP1 also had the song ‘Video Girl’. Twigs looks stunning on the video released on YouTube of ‘Video Girl’. She then went on a World Tour starting in October at the Dome in Brighton, England and ending in December in Orlando, Florida at The Social. Producer Boots announced in 2014 that he was working on a third EP with Twigs. The video for “Glass & Patron”, the first song released from the EP was posted on twigs’s official YouTube channel in March 2015. During an interview, she stated that she had changed the title of the EP to “Melissa”, and that it would be released within two months. She added that it would include the songs “Glass & Patron”, “Mothercreep”, “I’m Your Doll”, “Figure 8”, and “In Time”. In February of 2016, Twigs debuted a new song and music video called ‘Good to Love’. She also performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in February 2016. In July 2016, Twigs released a new stage show called “Radiant Me²” at Moscow’s Lastochka Festival, where she unveiled three previously unheard songs. Her work has been compared to the work of Tricky[50] as well as Janet Jackson, The xx and Massive Attack, while Slate has described her work as distinctive in a way that rises above her influences. Twigs has also tried her hands at directing. She has directed videos for “Pendulum”, “Glass & Patron”, “M3LL155X” as well as the forthcoming Soundtrack 7 dance films.
FKA Twigs is definitely here to stay and with her distinctive style, she has shown us a completely new genre of music.
