''Eusexua'' ( , stylised in

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) is the third studio album by English singer

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, released on 24 January 2025 through Young and

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. It marks her first studio album in five years, following '' Magdalene'' (2019), and her first full body of work in over three years, following the mixtape '' Caprisongs'' (2022). It contains guest appearances from Koreless and North West; the latter performs in Japanese. The album has received acclaim from music critics praising the production style, vocal performances, and songwriting. "Eusexua" is also the title track and lead single off the album, released 13 September 2024. "Perfect Stranger" and "Drums of Death" were the other two singles, released roughly a month apart. To promote the album, Twigs embarked on the Eusexua Tour in 2025.

Background

On 15 March 2023, the then-unnamed track "Striptease" was used in a

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advertising campaign, in which Twigs also appeared. On 1 October 2023, she performed in Valentino's show at

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; the performance, entitled ''Unearth Her'', included tracks recorded with longtime collaborator and producer Koreless for her then-upcoming album. According to Alex Rigotti of ''

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'', the previewed songs "seemed to be influenced by thrumming

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and dreamy

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s". Twigs first began teasing the album in January 2024 through a string of posts on her

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. Having relocated to

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"a couple summers" prior to work on ''

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'' (2024), she fell in love with techno; while she explained that the album would not consist of that genre but would bear its "spirit", and she described it as "deep but not sad". She further revealed that she had teamed up with electronic duo Two Shell who helped her craft the era from scratch after 85 of her demos were leaked in October 2023. In an interview with British ''Vogue'' in March 2024, she explained the meaning behind the word "eusexua", saying that she came up with it to describe the "sensation of being so euphoric" that one could "transcend human form". On 22 August 2024 on ''

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'', Twigs told the guest host

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: "I'm obsessed with

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s and subcultures, so to be somewhere brand new that I'd never been, that kind of amazing East Bloc techno warehouse raves, techno kids, I just couldn't resist." North West features as a rapper on the track "Childlike Things", performing in English and Japanese.

Release and promotion

Twigs premiered the "techno-inspired" album in its entirety at a

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listening party on 20 August 2024. The intimate listening party took place on the

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that saw the singer wearing a brown corset top with brown boots and a brown wig in her hand. On 31 August, she shared a picture of a poster asking "Have you experienced eusexua?" with the title track released as the lead single on 13 September 2024. The album was set to be released on 24 January 2025 and it would contain 11 tracks. The "Eusexua" music video, directed by Jordan Hemingway, was released the same day as the single. The prelude of the video features a preview of another album track, "Drums of Death". Soon after announcing the album, Twigs performed two unreleased tracks, entitled "Room of Fools" and "Girl Feels Good", live at an event hosted by On Running during

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. On 17 October 2024, she released "Perfect Stranger" as the second single from the album. Its accompanying music video was released the same day; it was directed by Hemingway, and featured appearances from actress/writer

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, fashion designer Mowalola Ogunlesi and musician

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, among others. Twigs also threw 2 sets of Eusexua raves in promotion of her album. The first Eusexua raves happened in Los Angeles (partnering with Tunnel) and New York (partnering with Fantasy) in October 2024. "Drums of Death" was released as the third single on 14 November. Its instrumental was conceived by Koreless, who is featured on the song, on a flight to

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ahead of his performance at

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. On 6 December, Anyma released his remix of "Eusexua". On 28 December, Twigs joined him on stage at the

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to perform the remix, while a video of herself dancing displayed on the LED screen above her. To support the album, the Eusexua Tour was announced on 16 January 2025. Twigs threw the second set of Eusexua raves in the weeks before and immediately after the release of her album, this time hosting the Eusexua raves in Los Angeles (partnering again with Tunnel), New York (partnering again with Fantasy), London (partnering with Wraith), Glasgow (partnering with Pony Boy), and Paris (partnering with Wraith).

Critical reception

Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 8.4 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Reviewing the album for

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, Heather Phares called it a collection "some of KA Twigs'most physical, confessional, and empowering songs" and wrote that Twigs, "has guided listeners through a remarkably honest song cycle. The complexities are where her music thrives, and ''Eusexua'' abounds with them." In a five star review for '' The Skinny'' by Rhys Morgan, ''Eusexua'' was applauded for its concept demanding "both surrender and celebration; it doesn't just embrace the thrust of commercial dance, it subsumes it into the chromatic, honed prism of Twigs' artistry". ''

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'' Rich Juzwiak gave the album notable praise, calling it a "masterful pop-star moment" and drawing comparisons to

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's '' Ray of Light'' and

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'', Aneesa Ahmed lauded ''Eusexua'' for being a "cohesive and transcendent artistic experience", while additionally noting that the production "rawly explores eroticism and the power of submission". A four star review by Julyssa Lopez in ''

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'' noted a mashup of "techno beats, house production, and unforgiving industrial tones" on the album, and highlighted the track "Sticky" as a standout due to its similarities to

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and

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vocal performances. Similarly, Helen Brown of ''The Independent'' commended the record's complexity, saying it is "a dialled-down bed of house beats, delicate synths and shimmering harps".

Track listing

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Personnel

Musicians

– vocals * Tic – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 11) * Eartheater – background vocals (track 1) * Aod – guitar (track 3) * TinTin – background vocals (track 4) *

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– strings

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, conductor (tracks 5, 9) * Jonny Leslie – drums (track 6) * Ben de Vries – additional drums (track 7) * Nadine Marshall – choir, choir director (track 7) * J'Danah Marshall – choir (track 7) * Nathan Palmer – choir (track 7) * Ruth Adebiyi – choir (track 7) * Ryan Carty – choir (track 7) * Kelly Moran – piano (track 7) * Chris Ahn – cello (track 9) * David Low – cello (track 9) * Julie Jung – cello (track 9) * Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello (track 9) * Clemants – programming (track 9) * Ben Jacobson – violin (track 9) * Christian Hebel – violin (track 9) *

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– violin (track 9) * Eugenia Choi – violin (track 9) * Luanne Homzy – violin (track 9) * Mark Robertson – violin (track 9) * Mina Hong – violin (track 9) * Radu Pieptea – violin (track 9) * Ethan P. Flynn – guitar (track 10)

Technical

* Dale Becker – mastering *

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– mixing (tracks 1, 6, 7, 10, 11) * Jon Castelli – mixing (tracks 2–5, 8, 9) * Jonny Leslie –

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(tracks 1, 5, 8–11) * Joseph Hartwell Jones – engineering (tracks 1, 6, 7) * Lewis Roberts – engineering (track 4) * Falko Duczmal – engineering (track 5) * Peter Walsh – engineering (track 7) * Noah Madrid – engineering (track 8) * Brad Lauchert – mix engineering (tracks 2–5, 8, 9) * Katie Harvey – mastering assistance * Noah McCorkle – mastering assistance * Anthony Vilchis – mixing assistance (tracks 1, 6, 7, 10, 11) * Trey Station – mixing assistance (tracks 1, 6, 7, 10, 11) * Zach Pereyra – mixing assistance (tracks 1, 6, 7, 10, 11) * F.R David mixing assistance (tracks 1,2,11)

Charts

References

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