Performative endurance, or endurance as performance? FKA twigs’ music videos explore the unique perspective of a female artist aware of her precarious position in the world; juxtaposing sex and discomfort; dangling from a fine wire, and holding the pose stoically, before daring to stretch that wire further. Her new, self-directed video, “Glass & Patron,” which premiered at the 2015 YouTube Music Awards, is the next contortion.
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