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cellophane by FKA twigs
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“cellophane” was FKA twigs' comeback single – the first release as a solo artist since 2016’s “Good To Love”. It was the lead single for her second studio album, MAGDALENE, along with being the 9th and final track on the album.
FKA twigs had been sharing videos of her pole-dancing for months prior...
cellophane Lyrics
[Chorus]
Didn't I do it for you?
Why don’t I do it for you?
Why won't you do it for me
When all I do is for you?
[Refrain]
They wanna see us, wanna see us alone
They wanna see us, wanna see us apart
They wanna see us, wanna see us alone
They wanna see us, wanna see us apart
[Verse]
And I just want to feel you're there
And I don’t want to have to share our love
I try, but I get overwhelmed
When you're gone, I have no one to tell
And I just want to feel you're there
And I don't want to have to share our love
I try, but I get overwhelmed
All wrapped in cellophane, the feelings that we had
[Chorus]
And didn't I do it for you?
Why don't I do it for you?
Why won't you do it for me
When all I do is for you?
And didn't I do it for you?
Why won’t I do it for you?
Why won’t you do it for me
When all I do is for you?
[Reprise]
But I just want to feel you're there
And I don’t want to have to share our love
I try, but I get overwhelmed
When you're gone, I have no one to tell
[Outro]
They're waiting
They're watching
They’re watching us
They're hating
They're waiting
And hoping
I'm not enough
cellophane Q&A
Who wrote cellophane's ?
cellophane was written by FKA twigs & Jeff Kleinman & Michael Uzowuru.
Who produced cellophane's ?
cellophane was produced by FKA twigs & Jeff Kleinman & Michael Uzowuru.
When did FKA twigs release cellophane?
FKA twigs released cellophane on Wed Apr 24 2019.
What did FKA twigs say about "cellophane"?
Alongside the song, FKA twigs shared the background story of the song together with her visual ideas. She specifically thanked the director of the video, Andrew Thomas Huang:
when I wrote cellophane over a year ago a visual narrative came to me immediately, I knew I had to learn how to pole-dance t...
How did FKA twigs prepare for shooting the “Cellophane” music video?
In June 2019, FKA twigs released her short film Practice which documents her one-year process of learning pole-dance in preparation for her “Cellophane” music video.
In a press release FKA twigs commented,
There was a lot of hard work that went into making the video happen – on a creative level, o...
What did twigs comment on the music video?
During a Pitchfork Interview, twigs commented:
I find it quite funny, I’ve got no clothes on and I’m in this sexy pose. You think, “Oh my gosh, is it going to be some deep throbbing sexual anthem?” And then it’s just, like, tears from start to finish.
Was this officially performed live?
Yes! On the October 30th, 2019 showing of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, FKA twigs performed a stripped down rendition of “Cellophane”, in which her dancing served as the majority of her performance: