FKA Twigs Songs - Video Girl Lyrics

FKA Twigs - Video Girl

FKA Twigs - Video Girl Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: LP1
Released: 2014

Video Girl Lyrics

Was she the girl that’s from the video?
You lie, you lie, you lie

Nineteen, too keen
Looking at the game, though
Trying to make a stand for the main squeeze
Please, you don’t stand a chance
Stop acting like you can

The camera on you ain’t enough?
You’re looking for the all round good love
So nothing’s gonna get in your way
You’re gonna get yourself broke one day

Was she the girl that’s from the video?
Stop, stop lying to me
Was she the girl that’s from the video?
You lie, you lie, you lie

Nineteen, I see
A body that can move, the hardest in the room
With a quick switch, kiss
Got all eyes on you now
What you gonna do?

The camera loves you, ain’t that enough?
You’re craving for the whole universe
So nothing’s gonna get in your way
You’re gonna get yourself broke one day

Was she the girl that’s from the video?
Stop, stop lying to me
Was she the girl that’s from the video?
You lie, you lie, you lie

Got something to say?
I don’t want to hear about it
So you feeling the fame
I hate, the things you’re going through now
What you gonna do?

Was she the girl that’s from the video?
Stop, stop lying to me
Was she the girl that’s from the video?
You lie, you lie, you lie

You lie, you lie, you lie
I can’t recognize me

Writer/s: HAYNIE, EMILE / BARNETT, TAHLIAH DEBRETT
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Video Girl

This song finds Tahliah Barnett, aka FKA Twigs, reflecting on her past as a background dancer in big-budget music videos for artists like Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran and Taio Cruz. She was also in a couple of Jessie J's clips ("Do It Like A Dude" and "Price Tag"), the latter in which she can be seen dressed like a marionette. Barnett told Pitchfork , "I wrote that very shortly after I stopped being a video girl."

"When I got signed," she continued, "I stopped dancing - I'd given up that part of my life. I would go out, and somebody would be like, 'Oh, I recognize you!' I'd hope it was because they'd heard my music, but they'd say, 'Are you that girl from the Jessie J video?' I'd always say 'no,' and they'd be like, 'You're lying!' I'd say, 'No! It's not me.' They'd say, 'You look just like her.' And I'd be like, 'I know. So many people say that! It's weird!"

The black-and-white video was directed by LA based Filmmaker Kahlil Joseph, who previously helmed the clip for Aloe Blacc's "I Need A Dollar." The visual takes place on Death Row as we see Twigs dancing around a prison inmate who is laid out on a gurney. The promo also features a bloody cameo from rapper Travis Scott.