FKA Twigs

And we had a lot of fun, but I also just used to dress up as a cat or... Really?

Yeah, I mean, whatever I wanted, really.

It was never really like the princess or superhero thing, but I always wanted to be an animal or a creature or...

Maybe it was both.

It's interesting.

My family are from working class Birmingham.

I have an unusual family setup.

I have my mom, I have my biological dad, and I have my stepdad.

And they're all from Birmingham.

I didn't meet my biological dad until I was in my late teens, early 20s.

But all of them are from working-class Birmingham.

My stepdad is Bajan, my biological dad is Jamaican.

My mum is English with a bit of Spanish.

Yeah, I think that they all knew what it was to have to work really hard.

And that sentiment was really put into me.

All of them are like very special in their own individual ways.

And I think I grew up knowing that I could get what I wanted out of this life, but I was going to have to work really hard because I wasn't going to have any shortcuts.

I'm also not from London.

You know, I grew up in Gloucestershire.

And so it's different when you're kind of like not from London and you want to, especially like if you want to do the arts, it feels so far away.