Listen to this when
Cellophane
for when you're asking why you're not enough 🫧
Who it's for
FKA twigs' 'Cellophane' is a fragile piano ballad about wondering why she isn't enough, while feeling scrutinized from the outside.
Exposed, not enough→Tenderly self-compassionate
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Cellophane" is an art-pop piano ballad by FKA twigs, released in April 2019 as the lead single from her second album MAGDALENE, produced with Jeff Kleinman and Michael Uzowuru. It centres on a breakup and unrequited love, with a narrator trying to save a relationship despite public disapproval and a partner who doesn't give back the same.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
O Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 28
