19. FKA twigs

Grounded with Louis Theroux

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Covid-19 hasn’t gone away and, due to travel restrictions, neither has Louis Theroux. In the second outing of his podcast series, he tracks down more high-profile guests he’s been longing to talk to - a fascinating mix of the celebrated, the controversial and the mysterious. In the latest episode, Louis has a remote conversation with musician and actor Tahliah Debrett Barnett, better know as FKA twigs. They discuss being trolled online and her love for Adam Ant and Shakespears Sister. Twigs also speaks out about her relationship with Shia LaBeouf. Producer: Paul Kobrak Assistant Producers: Catherine Murnane and Molly Schneider A Mindhouse production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	Do you know who AR15 is?
0:03.0	BBC Sounds. Music, radio, podcasts.
0:06.4	No, 645 AR.
0:12.4	Hello, I'm Louis Thoreau.
0:14.4	And this is grounded with Louis Thoreau.
0:17.4	My podcast series for Radio 4,
0:19.6	in which I talk to people I've been itching to meet,
0:23.4	but doing it remotely via the internet.
0:26.0	I can hear you,
0:27.0	where the twigs can hear us, it's a different question.
0:29.4	Yeah, I can hear you. Can you hear me?
0:31.4	Today's guest is FKA Twigs,
0:34.4	a singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, and all-round artist and performer,
0:40.4	whose two genre-bending albums, LP1 and Magdalene,
0:45.4	have brought her international acclaim.
0:47.4	I'm not the best person with technology, I'm not going to lie.
0:50.4	This edition is a little different,
0:52.4	and that it comes in two very different parts.
0:54.4	I hope I've done this right.
0:56.4	I think it's crossed. It's always a bonus when we managed to record it.
1:01.4	Hahaha!
1:03.4	Twigs and I first spoke in September,
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