"Eusexua" by FKA Twigs

FKA Twigs (previously here) is a singular artist. She has conducted her musical career according to her own powerful vision and I respect that immensely. So I am pleased to see her embark on another chapter by releasing a new album, "Eusexua" out January 24th, 2025. The single of the same name has a jaw-dropping video full of her usual high energy, geometric choreography and some incredible clothing (love the leather and steel banded corset, and do I see Rick Owens' inflatable boots in both black and white?). The narrative is self-explanatory.

She offers the following on her IG:
EUSEXUA has been my practice for the years that it has been in creation. it is my opus and truly feels like a pin at the centre of the core of my artist. EUSEXUA was birthed in chicken scratch, written on the back of my hand in a toilet at a rave in prague, ‘this room of fools WE MAKE SOMETHING TOGETHER’ and we do. we rave, we sweat, we kiss, we make love to the booming thud of culture.
EUSEXUA is a practice
EUSEXUA is a state of being
EUSEXUA is the pinnacle of human experience

She is, of course, speaking of a peak experience.

https://eusexua.fkatwi.gs/

BEAUTY: Man--Brian Jordan Alvarez

Actor and filmmaker Brian Jordan Alvarez (who has appeared on "Grace and Frankie" and as Jack's Spanish fiancé on "Will and Grace") just posted a fantastic video of himself. It seems simple enough: he puts on a song by Scottish band Chvrches and dances.

And yes, he is handsome and sexy, with a great body that is a treat to see in motion, but let's get that out of the way. There is something mesmerizing, hypnotizing about this video and watching him move. The way he unleashes the energy, the way he abandons himself to movement itself, the simple joy of feeling one's body and truly feeling that body moving through space...it is emotionally moving and inspiring on a level that goes beyond the physical. It approaches movement as a spiritual practice. I love watching him feel the music, and feel the shapes it is making in his head which he then translates to his body. He lets it inhabit him. He is making shapes in the air...it is like he is creating a sculpture. His spectacular, improvised routine combining chaos and grace rivals any modern dance I have seen.

He and his dance are direct, intimate, urgent, explosive, expressive, sinuous, sensuous, unfettered, joyous, and utterly free. I am deeply moved watching him. Thanks Brian, for sharing a sense of life we rarely get to see in this world.

https://twitter.com/brianjoralvarez
https://www.instagram.com/brianjordanalvarez/

Currently listening to...

...Passion Pit's powerfully uplifting and exhilarating "Sleepyhead."

When I hear this song, I swear I experience a classic Maslowian "peak experience." The sound is euphoric, joyous, sparkling. I want to laugh and cry at the same time. I want to raise my arms up and fly. It is the sound of something wonderful, the sound of ecstasy.