Man, i tried to get into her album and for the life of me, just couldn't. I don't get all the rave. Are music critics just into general weirdness and atmospherics of what? It reminded me of when i tried to get into Bjork when her Vespertine album came out, i even took the reviewers advice and listened with headphones at night under my covers and was like WTF!! SMH, i'm sorry, i'm not feeling this chick, i don't get the hype

Love her! but i don't think she's quite as essentric as Bjork. She has her own style can't wait for her next album!

I like her album a lot, but I tend to like genre challenging music. Im actually just as suprised as you are that its gotten so much praise though, because when I first heard her I assumed she wouldnt be most people cup of tea.

Funny you ask this...isn't Alejandro Ghersi (better known by his stage name Arca) working with Bjork on her next album?

I recall French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz commenting about being called "the white Spike Lee." He's a Spike admirer, but laughed at the ultimate absurdity of the notion, since Spike had once been touted as "the black Woody Allen" -- and Kassovitz is sooo ≠ Woody Allen.

Detecting inspirations and similarities is one thing. But we're probably smartest to allow artists the latitude to be their own person.

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To me, this is kinda like saying that the avocado and the raspberry are like each other. The avocado is actually a member of the berry (while the strawberry isn't, google it), but they obviously taste completely different. The same applies here.

thedoorkeeper said:

Shouldn't the question be: Is FKA Twigs the new Bjork?

If that is the question then the answer is no because I don't see their respective styles being that closely linked. It has been said that FKA Twigs is more Aaliyah meets Björk which I can understand. There is a clear similarity to songs like "One In A Million" and "4-Page Letter".

Twigs seems to have actual songs with tunes, rather than warbling nonsensical tuneless meanderings.

I like Bjork's music up to about Vespertine, and since then I have found her unlistenable. I appreciate her artistic adventures, she continues to be incredibly imaginative, but the songs just aren't there to support her ideas.