Pendulum (FKA twigs song)
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| Single by FKA twigs | ||||
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| A-side | "Two Weeks" | |||
| Released | 29 July 2014 | |||
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| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Length | 4:58 | |||
| Label | Young Turks | |||
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"Pendulum" is a song by English recording artist FKA twigs from her debut studio album, LP1 (2014). The song was released digitally on 30 July 2014 as the album's second single. It was also released on 12-inch vinyl the day before, serving as the B-side to "Two Weeks". "Pendulum" premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 29 July 2014.[1] Upon its premiere, twigs referred to the track as "one of my favourite songs on my record."[2]
Critical reception
Upon its release, "Pendulum" was subject to critical acclaim from music critics, who noted its complex production and twigs's vocals. Patric Fallon of Pitchfork Media selected it as "Best New Track", writing that "[n]ot since last year's bewitching 'Water Me' [...] has the London singer released a single as dedicated to nuance and will-o'-the-wisp sublimity as [...] 'Pendulum'." However, Fallon also noted the differences between the two tracks, stating: "Where 'Water Me' and 'Pendulum' diverge in their style and substance is in the latter's resounding chorus and bridge, when the music's detached and capricious elements finally converge into a hook that plays like a hymn to the patron saint of melancholic desire."[3]
Brenna Ehrlich of MTV News called the track "a spare kind of thing hung with pattering drums—laid over a deeper, thrumming heartbeat—and laced with her ethereal, overlapping vocals."[4] Chris Coplan of Consequence of Sound was also laudatory, commenting: "Even as the somewhat jarring sounds threaten to consume every drop of your attention, it's damn near impossible to avoid the emotional spell Twigs weaves with each and every revelatory note."[1]
Music video
The music video for "Pendulum" was directed by twigs & Paula Harrowing. A photo from the video set was released on 29 July 2014, which depicts FKA twigs hanging from the ceiling by her hair.[5] A second photo from the set was posted to FKA twigs' Instagram page on 6 October 2014. The video premiered on MTV's website on January 14th, 2015, six months after the video was originally announced.
Track listings
- Digital download[6]
- "Pendulum" – 4:58
- Limited edition 12" single[7]
- A. "Two Weeks" – 4:08
- B. "Pendulum" – 4:58
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of LP1.[8]
- FKA twigs – vocals, drums, keyboards, production
- Cy An – additional drum edits, keyboards
- Paul Epworth – drums, guitar, keyboards, piano, production
- Joseph Hartwell Jones – engineering
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| United Kingdom | 29 July 2014 | 12" single | Young Turks | [7] |
| 30 July 2014 | Digital download | [6] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Coplan, Chris (29 July 2014). "Listen: FKA Twigs' new song "Pendulum"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ FKA twigs (29 July 2014). "proud to share pendulum with...". Twitter. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ Fallon, Patric (30 July 2014). "FKA twigs: "Pendulum"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ Ehrlich, Brenna (30 July 2014). "FKA Twigs Gets Soft And Mournful On 'Pendulum'". MTV News. Viacom. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ Beauchemin, Molly (29 July 2014). "FKA twigs Shares New Song "Pendulum"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Pendulum (Explicit) by FKA twigs". 7digital UK. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "YT123 – FKA twigs – Two Weeks / Pendulum". Young Turks. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ↑ LP1 (CD liner notes). FKA twigs. Young Turks. 2014. YTCD118.
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