FKA Twigs ‘Don’t Judge Me’ video featuring Headie One

Last April, FKA twigs appeared on GANG, the collaborative mixtape of British rapper Headie One and producer Fred again .., singing to the interlude “Judge Me”. Now, almost a year later, the trio have returned to the track, building it onto the full song “Don’t Judge Me,” with a nifty video to boot. Twigs’ vocals sound more ethereal than ever on the song, as Headie One’s verse tackles racism in the UK “We can walk free, but are we really free here?” he raps. “How can it be at home when I feel like I want to flee here?” Along with another jaw-dropping twig dance performance (all wearing black designers), the video features black English activists and cultural figures including poets Solomon OB and Benjamin Zephaniah, writer Reni Eddo-Lodge, models Kukua Williams. , Munroe Bergdorf and Danto Earth, artist Lisa Elde, entrepreneur Nicole Crentsil, fitness trainer Efua Baker, footballer Mahlon Romeo and radio host Clara Amfo, according to a statement. This group stands around the fountain by artist Kara Walker American Fund, a piece currently installed at the Tate Modern in London which recounts the history of the transatlantic slave trade.

“Don’t Judge Me” is the branch’s first full song since their acclaimed album in 2019, Madeleine. She recently said she made a new album in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s unclear if “Don’t Judge Me” will be part of that project.