FKA Twigs embraced a “childlike” spirit in her Eusexua collaboration with North West.
In a Friday (March 21) Instagram Reel, the British artist explained why she connected with West, the 11-year-old daughter of Ye and Kim Kardashian, for a track inspired by Maurice Sendak’s classic Where the Wild Things Are.
FKA mentioned freestyling lyrics during an early “Childlike Things” session from a song she wrote as a child.
At one point in the song, FKA sings: “Where the wild things are I will be/Lost in a world of childlike things and fantasies.”
“It’s about dreaming of being a star, it’s about dreaming about being around artists. It’s about dreaming about being around people that are eccentric and big thinkers,” she explained to her followers.
But she needed a collaborator with “childlike energy,” “tenacity” and a “strong point of view,” which is where West came in.
FKA noticed West speaking in an interview and thought the middle schooler was “so confident” for her age. “It suddenly occurred to me that I would’ve loved to have a friend like North who could speak up for themselves,” FKA added.
FKA Twigs Says North West Brought ‘Childlike’ Creativity and Strong Faith to Their Collaboration
FKA Twigs explains that North West was the perfect collaborator for her song from Eusexua.
“I was like, ‘Okay, it has to be North, she has to put her point of view on the song,'” the singer shared. “She came and wrote about her faith, which I think is really powerful.”
“When I listen to that verse, I just think this is about a young child that has a point of view, that has a very strong and unwavering point of view about what she believes in.”
FKA noted the meaningful age connection between them: “The crazy thing is that I wrote the song when I was 12, 13; she wrote the song when she was 11. This is a collaboration that has taken decades to come to fruition. North helped make this song come to life after so many years, and for that I’m so grateful.”
North, who’s featured on her dad’s tracks “Talking” and “Bomb,” plans to release her debut album Elementary School Dropout soon, with Ye as executive producer.
