On her early EPs and LP1, FKA twigs' Tahliah Barnett expressed the intersections of love, pain, fragility and strength with remarkable eloquence.
While making Magdalene, she embodied them.
Not only did she endure the end of a long-term relationship, she had surgery to remove six large uterine fibroids (colorfully described by her as a "fruit bowl of pain").
These events became the heart of her second album, which uses the duality of Mary Magdalene as a lens for its wounded yet resilient feminine energy.
An herbalist and confidante of Jesus portrayed as a prostitute in the Bible, Mary Magdalene's gifts were overshadowed by her ties to a great man.
Barnett digs into and subverts this relationship on Magdalene, most prominently on "Holy Terrain," a dramatic, erotic duet with Future.
While she wonders if she'll ever find a man who can support her the way she's supported men in her past over its trap beats, warping metallic tones, and Bulgarian folk chants, the way she's assisted on the track by A-list co-producers like Skrillex and Jack Antonoff -- as well as by Future's repentant bars -- is a small step in the right direction.
On "Mary Magdalene," she draws on both sides of her archetype, bridging women's sensual and healing powers with a heroic dose of independence.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thousand EyesNicolas Jaar, FKA twigs | FKA twigs | Play | 05:00 | 11 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | Home With YouEthan P. Flynn, FKA twigs | FKA twigs | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 18 MB |
| 3 | Sad DayBenny Blanco, Magnus August Høiberg, Lewis Roberts, FKA twigs | FKA twigs | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 4 | Holy TerrainJack Antonoff, Jason Boyd, Peter Lyondev, Lewis Roberts, Skrillex, Sounwave, Nayvadius Wilburn, FKA twigs | FKA twigs | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 5 | Mary MagdaleneBenny Blanco, Magnus August Høiberg, Nicolas Jaar, FKA twigs | FKA twigs | Play | 05:21 | 12 MB | 28 MB |
| 6 | Fallen AlienCyan Assiter-Clark, Milton Biggham, Ethan P. Flynn, Nicolas Jaar, Arthur Timothy Jones, FKA twigs | FKA twigs | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | Mirrored HeartCyan Assiter-Clark, Ethan P. Flynn, Lewis Roberts, FKA twigs | FKA twigs | Play | 04:32 | 10 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | DaybedDaniel Lopatin, FKA twigs | FKA twigs | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 23 MB |
| 9 | CellophaneJeff Kleinman, Michael Uzowuru, FKA twigs | FKA twigs | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 38 mins | 89 MB | |||||
| 38 mins | 205 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Antonoff | Composer, Drums, Keyboards, Producer |
| 2 | Arca | Processed Vocals, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming |
| 3 | Cyan Assiter-Clark | Composer, Drum Programming, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Loops, Programming |
| 4 | Lee Avant | Engineer |
| 5 | Milton Biggham | Composer |
| 6 | Benny Blanco | Composer, Drums, Producer, Synthesizer |
| 7 | Jason Boyd | Composer |
| 8 | Cashmere Cat | Additional Production, Producer |
| 9 | Scott Desmarais | Mixing Assistant |
| 10 | Alex Epton | Drums, Engineer |
| 11 | FKA twigs | Composer, Drum Machine, Drums, Executive Producer, Primary Artist, Producer, Programming, Synthesizer Voices, Vocals |
| 12 | Robin Florent | Mixing Assistant |
| 13 | Ethan P. Flynn | Clarinet, Composer, Keyboards, Piano |
| 14 | John Foyle | Engineer, Vocal Engineer |
| 15 | Future | Featured Artist |
| 16 | Chris Galland | Mixing Engineer |
| 17 | Noah Goldstein | Additional Production, Drums, Engineer, Executive Producer, Producer, Vocal Producer |
| 18 | Hudson Mohawke | Drums |
| 19 | Magnus August Høiberg | Composer |
| 20 | Nicolas Jaar | Additional Production, Composer, Drum Programming, Drums, Mixing, Percussion, Piano, Producer, Programming, Synthesizer, Vocal Producer |
| 21 | Arthur Timothy Jones | Composer |
| 22 | Brodie Kaman | Design |
| 23 | Kenny Beats | Additional Production |
| 24 | Jeff Kleinman | Composer, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer |
| 25 | Koreless | Additional Production, Drums, Keyboards, Producer, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Strings |
| 26 | Joe LaPorta | Mastering |
| 27 | Daniel Lopatin | Composer, Producer |
| 28 | Peter Lyondev | Composer |
| 29 | Manny Marroquin | Mixing |
| 30 | Rob Moose | Strings |
| 31 | John & Noah | Engineer |
| 32 | Rick Nowels | Engineer, Synthesizer |
| 33 | Andres Osorio | Guitar |
| 34 | Michael Peterson | Engineer |
| 35 | Dean Reid | Engineer |
| 36 | Lewis Roberts | Composer |
| 37 | Laura Sisk | Engineer |
| 38 | Skrillex | Composer, Drums, Mixing, Producer |
| 39 | Sounwave | Additional Production, Composer, Drums |
| 40 | Matthew Stone | Artwork, Creative Director |
| 41 | Michael Uzowuru | Composer, Drums, Producer, Vocal Percussion |
| 42 | Nayvadius Wilburn | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |