If you were wondering whether or not Robert Pattinson would make a cameo in FKA Twigs' new music video, you finally have your answer: He doesn't.
But what the video for "Pendulum" lacks in R.Patz it makes up for in bondage. 50 Shades of Grey kind of bondage. Oh yes, ropes, chains, the whole bit. The song itself is actually quite soothing, with a slow rhythm to put you at ease with her high vocals, but by watching her in those super intense yoga poses, you might be anything but relaxed.
Twigs goes back and forth throughout the video, from being tied up in an elaborate way to dancing on—and in— a metallic-like substance with her long braids attached to poles out in front of her. Her hair also serves as part of the tool that ties her up. Eventually she emerges from the substance, free of chains with loose-hanging hair.
The self-directed video sort of has a Cirque du Soleil feel to it with its acrobatic movements, otherwise it's sort of just plain strange. She does show a lot of skin in it, but that's nothing new as she recently posed almost completely naked for V magazine's 93rd issue.
In it the 26-year-old poses topless, wearing only teeny skin-toned panties and bulky necklaces. Her abs, arms and legs look seriously toned in the pic, which probably has R.Patz reeling! Inside the mag she opens about her style of music, which she insists is not "alternative R&B."
"If I say 'alternative red' to you, it's not red, is it? 'Alternative R&B' is patronizing to R&B. R&B is R&B—it doesn't need an alternative. There are plenty of artists now experimenting with electronic music, manipulating sounds. We can make a train into a synth. We can make drips into hi-hats. I can record sounds on my phone and make a song out of a city. I don't know what that has to do with R&B," she explained.
Watch the video above, and tell us what you think of her new video in the comments below!