FKA twigs has filed a lawsuit against 90s duo The Twigs in a bid to secure rights to her artist name amid a long-running legal dispute between the two acts.
In the suit, FKA twigs claims the group had challenged her use of the name since 2013, when she was still performing as Twigs. She subsequently offered them $15,000 to settle the matter and allow both acts to coexist, but the duo rejected this offer and launched a lawsuit in 2014, forcing her to change her name to FKA twigs in 2014. The band formed of twin sisters Laura and Linda Good, however, did not believe this name change to be different enough, and have continued to threaten legal action.
The new lawsuit filed by FKA twigs, real name Tahliah Barnett, alleges that The Twigs have continued to issue cease-and-desist letters against her, including one as recently as 2024, requesting a “seven-figure” financial settlement. Barnett now hopes that a jury trial can settle the issue once and for all, and allow her to register the FKA twigs name as a trademark.
Among the evidence provided in her lawsuit to justify her case, Barnett claims that The Twigs have “simply disappeared” after their initial legal tug of war over a decade ago. She also noted that FKA twigs had 3.2 million monthly Spotify listeners and over 300 million YouTube views, while The Twigs “have 67 subscribers and 19,332 views on YouTube, 705 followers on Instagram, and 25 monthly listeners on Spotify”. The suit claims this is proof that “the parties operate in entirely different commercial ecosystems” and could not be easily confused for one another.
It’s not yet known when the case will be heard.
FKA twigs released two albums in 2025: EUSEXUA and companion record EUSEXUA Afterglow. The former record earned her a first win at last month’s Grammys for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
