“Childlike Things” is track eight on FKA twigs’s club-pop tour de force EUSEXUA. It signifies a departure from most of the other sounds on the album, choosing bubblegum-inflected vocals and a left-field North West feature.
[Refrain: FKA twigs]
Dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun
[Verse 1: FKA twigs]
I've got supersonic powers that are polyphonic (Ah-ah)
Like a chocolate teapot
Melt them down and burn them up (Ah-ah)
I've got supersonic powers that are polyphonic
Extra tonic give a glass of gin just to put it in
Drink it up feeling dead alive like a nine-to-five
I've got supersonic powers (Ha)
[Chorus: FKA twigs]
Where the wild things are I will be
Lost in a world of childlike things and fantasies
[Refrain: FKA twigs]
Dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun
[Verse 2: North West]
こんにちは
私の名前はノースちゃん
カリフォルニアから東京
イエス様 王様 (Ah-ah)
神様賞賛 (Ah-ah)
イエスは唯一の真の神 (Ha)
[Chorus: FKA twigs]
Where the wild things are I will be
Lost in a world of childlike things and tragedies
Dreams breaking their hearts
Can cross seven seas
Lost in a world of childlike things and fantasies
[Refrain: FKA twigs]
Dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun-dun-dun
Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun
[Outro: North West & FKA twigs]
I've got supersonic powers
こんにちは 私の—
I've got supersonic powers
から東京
I've got supersonic powers (Ha!)
Childlike Things was written by FKA twigs & North West & Jeff Bhasker & Koreless & Mark Williams & Raul Cubina & Marius de Vries & Xquisite Korpse & Mike Chapman & Simon Pilton.
Childlike Things was produced by Jeff Bhasker & Koreless & Ojivolta.
FKA twigs released Childlike Things on Fri Jan 24 2025.
During a Instagram Live on January 25, 2025, FKA twigs opened up about the inspiration behind her song “Childlike Things,” describing it as a dream rooted in her childhood.
It was about me dreaming about being an artist… where I could go, the people that I can meet, and the things that I could make...