Where Softness Meets Brutality: FKA twigs Brings her "Body High Tour" to Berlin
There are concerts, and then there are transmissions. Events that feel less like performances and more like temporary portals. With FKA twigs returning to Berlin on June 12 at Velodrom, it is very likely to be the latter.
Few artists operate with the same level of meticulous world building as FKA twigs. Across her discography, she has developed a sonic language that dissolves boundaries between avant pop, electronic minimalism and something closer to ritual. Her live shows extend that language into physical space, where choreography, lighting and set design become inseparable from the music itself. In Berlin, a city that thrives on reinvention and sensory immersion, that alignment feels almost inevitable.
FKA twigs does not simply perform songs, she dissects them. Tracks that feel fragile and internal on record oft arrive on stage sharpened, recontextualized, sometimes even confrontational. Expect reworkings rather than replicas of her songs.
Visually, expectations are just as high. FKA twigs has continuously expanded the vocabulary of live performance, merging pole work, movement inspired by martial arts, and moments of almost unsettling stillness into something that feels both intimate and otherworldly. Softness against brutality. Digital precision meeting raw physical exertion.
What makes this upcoming show particularly compelling is the tension between control and unpredictability. FKA twigs is known for their exacting standards, yet her performances often leave space for rupture. Moments where something slips, where the structure opens just enough to reveal something human underneath.
Berlin in June will be wide awake. Long evenings, charged air, a city stretching itself outward. Into that atmosphere steps an artist who specializes in transformation. Not just her own, but ours as well.
YOU CAN FIND TICKETS FOR THE "Body High Tour" HERE!
WRITTEN BY
Frederike
Pop culture is my passion, and concerts are my second home. At Unseen Magazine, I dive deep into underground scenes, uncover unheard voices and bring new artists into the spotlight. I aim to showcase Berlin's vibrant music scene and what the mainstream bubble hasn’t discovered (yet).
