Photo by Jordan Hemingway

And so brat summer has officially frozen over into a EUSEXUA winter. Pun intended at that, as the fourth studio effort from FKA twigs is heavily indebted to that Madonna Ray of Light energy (no wonder they were spotted hanging together so much in recent months…) mirrored in her own reflection of art-pop healing powers. Highlights across its broad spectrum of electronica, house, and art-pop more ornate may still be subjectively defined at this stage, but it’s the album’s second track, “Girl Feels Good”, that establishes the listen as one of Tahliah Debrett Barnett’s most tangibly crystalized versions of her creative ambitions to date. Co-produced with fellow Brit Koreless and the duo Ojivolta, it hears twigs tapping into that trance-endental embryonic electricity that makes the serotonin drip just right between the higher conscious and universal pulse hitting the masses. “When a girl feels good, it makes the world go ’round / When the night feels young, you know she feels pretty,” she sings. All is in sync on this one, and it elevates FKA twigs’ body music to a higher state of being.

FKA twigs’ EUSEXUA is available now on Young Records.