Everybody’s Cat Is Obsessed With FKA Twigs And She Doesn’t Know Why
"Does anyone have any advice on this?" FKA Twigs wrote. "I'm into it, I'm just not sure what is happening."
FKA Twigs is a talented, boundary-pushing musician who is plying and extending the boundaries of pop. Every human knows this. But it turns out that every cat does too.
See, over the last few days, FKA Twigs stans have noticed that their cats seem hypnotised by the singer. Not just her music, either: merely the sight of her is enough to command a feline’s full and total attention.
First, on February 14, Twitter user @makeo_gg filmed their cat Bella staring with wide eyes at a video of Twigs performing live.
It would seem that Bella really enjoys listening to @FKAtwigs pic.twitter.com/KIKGE9JRhJ
— Find Purpose In The Pain (@makeo_gg) February 14, 2020
It was cute! Cats are cute, and FKA Twigs is great. At the time, it seemed like one of those neat, one-off videos, that you scroll past during a busy day and then forget about shortly thereafter.
But five days later, user @alliejcr posted another picture of another cat transfixed by the singer.
my cat admiring fka twigs pic.twitter.com/9M0ct4RCUZ
— allie 🐁🧸 (@alliejcr) February 19, 2020
And then two days later came another video.
sooo is that true 💓 @fkatwigs i love you pic.twitter.com/KxCqbvtW8E
— fka twigs tocou em meu braço (@tiagros) February 20, 2020
And then another one…
@FKAtwigs it’s true pic.twitter.com/K6y1UIOFP3
— eryka (@femlorde) February 19, 2020
And then a lot more…
@FKAtwigs he’s a fan it turns out pic.twitter.com/q4banBPgHQ
— in memoriam (@kenobi_rioss) February 20, 2020
@FKAtwigs the cat rumors are true pic.twitter.com/pfAqwK3oi9
— drew (@DrewGrillz) February 20, 2020
Same, cats love her pic.twitter.com/3BxkvG0cEd
— Eve Fitzpatrick (@evefitzpatrick_) February 19, 2020
As the videos began to build up, the singer first dealt with the trend with good humour.
lol why are cats obsessed with me? https://t.co/qKrP6MlnQp
— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) February 19, 2020
But eventually, that slowly transformed into genuine confusion.
no joke a cat just followed me down the road for 5 minutes, does anyone have any advice on this? i’m into it, just not sure what’s happening. https://t.co/WHZidu7ehF
— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) February 20, 2020
In my book, this all sounds like the beginning of a superhero origin story: becoming irresistible to cats is precisely the superpower that I’d expect Twigs to have. Maybe time for her to work out a way to use her powers for good?