Much like American democratic ideals, pop’s creative vanguard has largely been flourishing outside the U.S. these days. Rosalia ’s Lux , to cite 2025’s most vivid example, moves music vernacular forward by looking backwards to old-world virtuosity and spirituality. FKA Twigs ’ EUSEXUA , meanwhile, found her leaning into brave new worlds: AI, virtual spaces, digitized ecstasy and body modification — all things making humans meta-human, for better or for worse.

EUSEXUA Afterglow finds Twigs doubling down on the personal cybernetic project she’s been engineering since 2014’s sublime vibrator “Two Weeks.” Originally conceived as a set of extras for the EUSEXUA deluxe edition, Afterglow is being released as a stand-alone LP, which is fair enough; its 11 tracks are all fresh

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