CAPRISONGS is the first mixtape by British musician FKA twigs. The record was released on January 14, 2022 with collaborations from Koreless, El Guincho, Cirkut, MIKE DEAN, The Weeknd, Arca, Shygirl, Dystopia, Rema, Daniel Caesar, Jorja Smith and Unknown T.
The conception of a new project was known as early as October 2020, when she revealed at the Grammy Museum’s Programs At Home series she recorded a whole album during quarantine with
El Guincho, who has production credits on CAPRISONGS:
I just said ‘You know what, I’m going to make an album’, and I just went and did it, I worked predominantly with an amazing artist and producer called El Guincho, and I did the whole thing with pretty much all of the collaborators over FaceTime.
She doubled down on this on January 25th, 2021, in the Grounded podcast with Louis Theroux:
“Over lockdown I wrote an album, all over the internet, all working with people I’ve never worked with before. I’ve got more collaborations and features on this album than I’ve ever had before. The majority of the people I’ve never met in real life. We spent a lot of time with each other over FaceTime. It’s a real product of 2020. It’s about being able to have my work represent landmarks in time. To make an album over FaceTime is the epitome of an artist being isolated and still having the desire to make work. So I felt that I did that.
NYLON Magazine published an article, on December 17th, 2021, stating that Twigs' label (Young Recordings), confirmed the release for January 14th, 2022 and announced that the mixtape would be called CAPRI SUN.
Later on January 6th, 2022, through her Instagram account, FKA twigs officially announced the mixtape by the name CAPRISONGS and shared the artwork alongside the tracklist for it. She highlighted how astrology inspired her to release this album, saying:
it’s my stubborn caprisun ass telling me to work thru my pain by delivering at work, don’t think just go studio and create, my saggi moon being the enigmatic temptress craving the club, to dance and to be social and my pisce venus hot mess disastrous heart falling in love all over again.
In her social media, twigs said:
hey i made you a mixtape, because when i feel you, i feel me and when i feel me, it feels good…
CAPRISONGS is my journey back to myself through my amazing collaborators and friends.
CAPRISONGS… it’s bronzer in the sink, alco pop on the side, a cherry lolly, apple juice when ur thirsty, friends in the park, your favourite person, that one sentence somebody said to you that changed everything, a club pre-game, your bestie who is always late but brings the most to the party, meeting a friend at the airport, just togetherness
my world
london
hackney
la
new york
jamaica
it’s my stubborn caprisun ass telling me to work thru my pain by delivering at work, don’t think just go studio and create
my saggi moon being the enigmatic temptress craving the club, to dance and to be social
and my pisce venus hot mess disastrous heart falling in love all over again
but this time with music and with myself
Apple Music features an animated artwork for this release.