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| Released | 24 January 2025 (2025-01-24) | |||
| Recorded | 2022–2024 | |||
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Eusexua (/juːˈsɛk.ʃuː.ə/yew-SEK-shoo-ə, stylised inall caps) is the third studio album by English singerFKA Twigs, released on 24 January 2025 throughYoung andAtlantic Records. It marks her first studio album in five years, followingMagdalene (2019), and her first full body of work in over three years, following the mixtapeCaprisongs (2022). It contains guest appearances fromKoreless andNorth West; the latter performs in Japanese.
The album has received acclaim from music critics praising the production style, vocal performances, and songwriting. "Eusexua" is also the title track and lead single off the album, released 13 September 2024. "Perfect Stranger" and "Drums of Death" were the other two singles, released roughly a month apart. To promote the album, Twigs embarked on theEusexua Tour in 2025.Eusexua won theGrammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album and received a nomination for theMercury Prize.
The album was followed by a sequel,Eusexua Afterglow, on 14 November 2025.Afterglow was released alongside a reissue ofEusexua, which replaces four tracks with new recordings, including the single "Perfectly", and also includes a new version of the track "Striptease" featuringEartheater.
On 15 March 2023, the then-unnamed track "Striptease" was used in aCalvin Klein advertising campaign, in which Twigs also appeared.[4] On 1 October 2023, she performed inValentino's show atParis Fashion Week; the performance, entitledUnearth Her, included tracks recorded with longtime collaborator and producerKoreless for her then-upcoming album. According to Alex Rigotti ofNME, the previewed songs "seemed to be influenced by thrummingtechno and dreamytranceinstrumentals".[5]
Twigs first began teasing the album in January 2024 through a string of posts on herDiscord. Having relocated toPrague "a couple summers" prior to work onThe Crow (2024), she fell in love with techno; while she explained that the album would not consist of that genre but would bear its "spirit", and she described it as "deep but not sad".[6][4] She further revealed that she had teamed up withelectronic duo Two Shell who helped her craft the era from scratch after 85 of her demos were leaked in October 2023.[7] In an interview withBritishVogue in March 2024, she explained the meaning behind the word "eusexua", saying that she came up with it to describe the "sensation of being so euphoric" that one could "transcend human form".[8] On 22 August 2024 onJimmy Kimmel Live!, Twigs told the guest hostRuPaul: "I'm obsessed withalternative cultures and subcultures, so to be somewhere brand new that I'd never been, that kind of amazingEast Bloc techno warehouse raves, techno kids, I just couldn't resist."[9]
North West features as a rapper on the track "Childlike Things", performing in English and Japanese.[10]
Twigs premiered the "techno-inspired" album in its entirety at aNew York City listening party on 20 August 2024.[11] The intimate listening party took place on theLower East Side ofManhattan that saw the singer wearing a brown corset top with brown boots and a brown wig in her hand.[12] On 31 August, she shared a picture of a poster asking "Have you experienced eusexua?" with the title track released as the lead single on 13 September 2024.[13][14] The album was set to be released on 24 January 2025 and it would contain 11 tracks. The "Eusexua" music video, directed by Jordan Hemingway, was released the same day as the single.[15] The prelude of the video features a preview of another album track, "Drums of Death".[16]
Soon after announcing the album, Twigs performed two unreleased tracks, entitled "Room of Fools" and "Girl Feels Good", live at an event hosted byOn Running duringLondon Fashion Week.[17] On 17 October 2024, she released "Perfect Stranger" as the second single from the album. Its accompanying music video was released the same day; it was directed by Hemingway, and featured appearances from actress/writerPhoebe Waller-Bridge, fashion designerMowalola Ogunlesi and musicianYves Tumor, among others.[18] Twigs also threw 2 sets of Eusexua raves in promotion of her album. The first Eusexua raves happened in Los Angeles (partnering with Tunnel) and New York (partnering with Fantasy) in October 2024. "Drums of Death" was released as the third single on 14 November. Its instrumental was conceived by Koreless, who is featured on the song, on a flight toBerlin ahead of his performance atBerghain.[19]
On 6 December,Anyma released his remix of "Eusexua".[20] On 28 December, Twigs joined him on stage at theSphere to perform the remix, while a video of herself dancing displayed on the LED screen above her.[21] To support the album, theEusexua Tour was announced on 16 January 2025.[22] Twigs threw the second set of Eusexua raves in the weeks before and immediately after the release of her album, this time hosting the Eusexua raves in Los Angeles (partnering again with Tunnel), New York (partnering again with Fantasy), London (partnering with Wraith), Glasgow (partnering with Pony Boy), and Paris (partnering with Wraith).
On 14 November 2025, alongside the release of the sequel albumEusexua Afterglow, Twigs surprise released a reissue of the record, which includes the single "Perfectly" alongside a version of "Striptease" featuringEartheater and three new tracks: "The Dare", "Got to Feel" and "Lonely but Exciting Road". "Girl Feels Good", "Perfect Stranger", "Wanderlust" and "Childlike Things" are omitted.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 8.4/10[23] |
| Metacritic | 87/100[24] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [25] |
| The Arts Desk |  [26] |
| Consequence | A−[27] |
| DIY | [28] |
| The Independent | [29] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8/10[30] |
| NME | [31] |
| Pitchfork | 9.1/10[32] |
| Rolling Stone | [33] |
| The Skinny | [34] |
Upon release,Eusexua was met with critical acclaim from music critics. According to the review aggregatorMetacritic,Eusexua received "universal acclaim" based on aweighted average score of 87 out of 100 from 24 critic scores.[24] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 8.4 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[23]
Reviewing the album forAllMusic, Heather Phares called it a collection "some of [FKA Twigs'] most physical, confessional, and empowering songs" and wrote that Twigs, "has guided listeners through a remarkably honest song cycle. The complexities are where her music thrives, andEusexua abounds with them."[25] In a five star review forThe Skinny by Rhys Morgan,Eusexua was applauded for its concept demanding "both surrender and celebration; it doesn't just embrace the thrust of commercial dance, it subsumes it into the chromatic, honed prism of Twigs' artistry".[34]Pitchfork's Rich Juzwiak gave the album notable praise, calling it a "masterful pop-star moment" and drawing comparisons toMadonna'sRay of Light andDisclosure's "You & Me".[32]
Writing forNME, Aneesa Ahmed laudedEusexua for being a "cohesive and transcendent artistic experience", while additionally noting that the production "rawly explores eroticism and the power of submission".[31] A four star review by Julyssa Lopez inRolling Stone noted a mashup of "techno beats, house production, and unforgiving industrial tones" on the album, and highlighted the track "Sticky" as a standout due to its similarities toBjörk andKate Bush vocal performances.[33] Similarly, Helen Brown ofThe Independent commended the record's complexity, saying it is "a dialled-down bed of house beats, delicate synths and shimmering harps".[29]
On 10 September 2025,Eusexua was announced as one of 12 nominees for the 2025Mercury Prize.[35] It ultimately lost toSam Fender'sPeople Watching.[36]Eusexua wonBest Dance/Electronic Album at the68th Annual Grammy Awards.[37]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Eusexua" |
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| 2. | "Girl Feels Good" |
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| 3. | "Perfect Stranger" | Barnett |
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| 4. | "Drums of Death" (withKoreless) | Barnett |
| Koreless | 3:11 |
| 5. | "Room of Fools" | Barnett |
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| 6. | "Sticky" | Barnett |
| 2:57 | |
| 7. | "Keep It, Hold It" | Barnett |
| 4:32 | |
| 8. | "Childlike Things" (withNorth West) |
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| 9. | "Striptease" | Barnett |
| 4:43 | |
| 10. | "24hr Dog" | Barnett |
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| 11. | "Wanderlust" |
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| Total length: | 42:53 | ||||
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| 12. | "The Eleven" | 11:11 |
| Total length: | 54:04 | |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Eusexua" |
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| 2. | "Perfectly" |
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| 3. | "The Dare" | Barnett |
| 3:28 | |
| 4. | "Drums of Death" (withKoreless) | Barnett |
| Koreless | 3:11 |
| 5. | "Room of Fools" | Barnett |
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| 4:25 |
| 6. | "Sticky" | Barnett |
| 2:57 | |
| 7. | "Keep It, Hold It" | Barnett |
| 4:32 | |
| 8. | "Got to Feel" | Barnett |
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| 3:31 |
| 9. | "Striptease" (featuringEartheater) | Barnett |
| 4:43 | |
| 10. | "24hr Dog" | Barnett |
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| 11. | "Lonely but Exciting Road" | Barnett |
| 3:31 | |
| Total length: | 43:14 | ||||
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| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[38] | 59 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[39] | 20 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[40] | 16 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[41] | 22 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[42] | 42 |
| Croatian International Albums (HDU)[43] | 8 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[44] | 32 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[45] | 34 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[46] | 67 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[47] | 37 |
| Greek Albums (IFPI)[48] | 78 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[49] | 29 |
| Irish Albums (OCC)[50] | 28 |
| Irish Independent Albums (IRMA)[51] | 4 |
| Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon)[52] | 44 |
| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[53] | 36 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[54] | 21 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV)[55] | 52 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[56] | 4 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[57] | 13 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[58] | 3 |
| UK Dance Albums (OCC)[59] | 1 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[60] | 1 |
| USBillboard 200[61] | 24 |
| USTop Dance Albums (Billboard)[62] | 1 |
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