Music / NewsFKA twigs hits out against racist Twitter abuse‘Racism is unacceptable in the real world and it's unacceptable online.’ShareLink copied ✔️September 29, 2014MusicNewsTextZing Tsjeng If you follow FKA twigs on Twitter or Instagram, you may have noticed that her online followers have changed somewhat. As in, they've become pretty fucking racist. Ever since the press reported that the Mercury-nominated singer was dating Twilight actor Robert Pattinson, she's been beseiged by racist abuse – with trolls tweeting at her official account and posting directly on her Instagram page. FKA twigs took to Twitter last night to describe her shock and disgust: I am genuinely shocked and disgusted at the amount of racism that has been infecting my account the past week.— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) September 28, 2014Racism is unacceptable in the real world and it's unacceptable online.— FKA twigs (@FKAtwigs) September 28, 2014 Most of the people attacking FKA twigs appear to be Kirsten Stewart fans and Twilight obsessives who'd rather see Robert Pattinson back with his old co-star: Kristen our queen, @FKAtwigs you're a monkey abortion. pic.twitter.com/WBGA6R5eeF— Kristen our queen ∞ (@oxchildren) September 29, 2014Is it really impossible to believe that Rob out with this monkey @FKAtwigs— A. (@Angeelicacsp) September 22, 2014 In a stunning leap of logic, one troll even calls FKA twigs racist for pointing out that the online abuse is, well, pretty fucking racist: @FKAtwigs you're talentless & ugly that's why people call you that, you're the one who's racist for blaming your skin— Jaded Queen B (@FaeSays) September 29, 2014 In her cover interview with Dazed, the singer said that she had been singled out at her Catholic school for being the only mixed-race girl. "People said horrible things about something I had no control of, which was tough," she said. "But that’s okay. Life isn’t supposed to be easy, is it? I never really saw anything wrong with how I looked, it was more that certain people pointed things out to you about yourself. Either your hair’s different, or the colour of your skin, or your features." "Half of my life I’ve had people staring at me because they think I’m funny-looking and ugly. The other half of my life I’ve had people staring at me because they think I’m fascinating. Everything neutralises. It’s more of a statement on society and how weird it is." Or, you know, how racist society is. That's a thing too. FKA twigs' label Young Turks has called for social media users to block and report the racist abuse, calling it "despicable and depressingly archaic": The racist abuse @FKAtwigs is getting on her social networks is despicable and depressingly archaic.— Young Turks (@youngturksrec) September 28, 2014Up to all of us to help educate the abusive parties on how hateful their views are and that social media actually links back to real people— Young Turks (@youngturksrec) September 28, 2014In the meantime we can all report, block, and ban the abusive parties from social networks. Love all at YT.— Young Turks (@youngturksrec) September 28, 2014Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE GucciEsDeeKid, Fakemink and more shut down Gucci’s AW26 afterparty5 acts to know from Manchester’s musical underground Reebok Your favourite Reeboks are getting a makeoverThe 7 most bleak, hopeless and depressing Mitski songs – ranked!February 2026 playlist: All the music we loved from the last monthMagdalena Bay on romance, fate and the best advice they ever receivedEvery Gorillaz album, rankedWhat do cats think of Mitski’s new album? Find out in this new video‘Thug metal’ band Empty Shell Casing are the nu kids on the blockThese evocative photos depict the in-between moments at Rio Carnival These photos straddle ‘pre and post-iPhone’ London nightlifeListen to Evissimax’s ‘Black, vampy and sexy’ Dazed mixEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy