Fans who may have noticed FKA Twigs has been taking her time to release new music got an update from the singer this week: she was quietly battling fibroid tumors.
In an Instagram post Wednesday evening, the reserved British musician revealed that she underwent surgery in December 2017 to remove six large tumors from her uterus. She shared a video of herself dancing, admittedly feeling better than she has in months, and included a personal caption.
“I am a very private person as u all know and I have gone back and forth in my mind whether to share that this year I have been recovering from laparoscopic surgery,” she wrote. “The tumours were pretty huge, the size of 2 cooking apples 🍎 🍎, 3 kiwis 🥝 🥝 🥝 and a couple of 🍓🍓. a fruit bowl of pain everyday. the nurse said that the weight and size was like being 6 months pregnant.”
She explained that the pain of her illness had been “excruciating” at times, and she had worried about whether she’d ever feel like herself again. But this week, dancing in the studio, she says she finally started to feel like herself for the first time in months.
“Thank you precious body for healing, thank you for reminding me to be kind to myself, you are a wonderful thing, now go create and be other once again <3,” she wrote.
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“And with this I let go of the pain… love always twigs,” she concluded.
It certainly provides a new perspective to her recent Spoke Jonze Apple commercial, where music transforms her from a depressed commuter into a dancer with the power to reshape her surroundings.