Collaboration with North West
FKA TWIGS shared insights about her collaboration with North West on the track “Child-things,” which features on her third studio album “Eusexua.”
North’s Unique Contribution
The 11-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West lent her voice to the track, performing a verse in Japanese. In a recent Instagram video, Twigs elaborated on how their collaboration came together, as she was in the studio with Lewis Roberts and friends.
“I worked on ‘Eusexua,’ my album, and then once I was in the studio with Lewis and my friends, they started playing this bass line, and suddenly, out of nowhere, I just heard the song,” Twigs shared. “It just entered my head.”
FKA TWIGS noted that the song’s origins are tied to her own childhood, drawing inspiration from Maurice Sendak’s work, which features wild things. When her label suggested they bring in North, Twigs appreciated the confidence that the young artist embodies.
“Indeed, she needs this children’s energy,” Twigs explained. “Someone with such perseverance and a strong point of view at the age of 11 is incredibly valuable. I saw an interview with North West, and she was so assured. I wasn’t that confident as a child; I was shy and afraid of the dark. I felt so different from other kids in school. It struck me how much I would love to express what North could say.”
Reflecting on the timing of their collaboration, Twigs mentioned, “I wrote a song when I was 12/13, and she was 11 when she contributed. At the time I was writing my song, North wasn’t even born, and when she was writing hers, I was 36. This collaboration was truly decades in the making.”
