Watch the video of the FKA branches for the new song with Headie One and Fred again.

FKA twigs, London rapper Headie One and producer Fred again … have teamed up for the new song “Don’t Judge Me”. It’s an expansion of the rapper and producer’s “Judge Me (Interlude)” in 2020 GANG mixtape. The new song comes with a video directed by Emmanuel Adjei (who also co-directed Beyoncé Black Is King). The visual finds twigs dancing in an empty room while Headie One walks down a street. In the end, things get a little supernatural. See below. Scroll down to get Adjei’s statement in the “Don’t Judge Me” music video.

In mid-October, FKA Twigs said in an interview for the Grammy Museum’s Programs at Home series that he had completed a full album while staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among his collaborators is the Spanish producer El Guincho, who worked in Björk Biophilia and the advance of Rosalía THE BAD WILL. Since the publication MAGDALENE, twigs has appeared as a guest on the debut album of the enigmatic producer Slingbaum and joined Nicolas Jaar on the track of his project Against All Logic.

FKA branches have filed a lawsuit against ex-boyfriend Shia LeBeouf, alleging abuse and assault. LeBeouf, in emails at The New York Times, wrote that “many of these allegations are not true,” but did not comment on specific allegations. “I am ashamed of this story and I am sorry for the ones I have hurt,” he wrote. This week, the Twigs further discussed the allegations on the BBC Radio 4 podcast On the floor with Louis Theroux.

Read Pitchfork’s cover story “The Sacred and Profane Genius of the FKA Branches” and see more about Headie One and Fred .. in “Great Records You May Have Missing: Spring 2020”.

Emmanuel Adjei:

THE INVISIBLE OPPRESSOR

By someone’s appearance, we cannot judge whether a person discriminates on the basis of color, sex, religion, or gender. The oppressors of the people around us often remain invisible until their abuse against others is revealed. This is one of the reasons why, for generations, discrimination has been so difficult to combat. Who should the victim fight with if he does not identify the perpetrator?

In this audiovisual document we see as a witness the branch artists FKA and Headie One, among other influential black British, fighting against invisible forces of judgment and oppression. Have the huge source of Victorian inspiration American Fund of visual artist Kara Walker — representing the historical and painful history of slavery and colonization — as the setting, and particularly as the spirit of the film, this important monument creates another layer of depth and meaning for to an invisible but shared story.