Feministing Jamz jam of the week: FKA twigs’ “Figure 8″

The extremely prolific (and long-beloved here at Jamz) FKA twigs is back with some new material. 

You may have heard “Figure 8″ if you’ve been to any of twigs’ recent shows, but it was just premiered to the rest of the world on Beats1 radio, where she also does an interview talking about the new track, which is part of her upcoming EP.

In the interview, she says “Figure 8″ is partly inspired by the hand movements in vogueing, which are done in figure 8, as well as the symbol for eternity. Twigs has been doing a lot of vogueing — a dance and movement practice originating in New York City’s Black and brown LGBTQ communities, and which has been endlessly appropriated from the likes of Madonna on — and her thoughtfulness about her place as a dancer just learning to vogue and the way she centered the scene’s greats has not escaped notice by those of us who keep a watchful eye on the ways this cultural treasure is constantly used and appropriated by pop stars who did not come up in the ballroom scene.

We’ve got no release date as of yet for her new EP, but you can listen to “Figure 8″ and her accompanying interview below.