ICYMI – FKA Twigs has directed and starred in a high energy ad for Nike Women, featuring a ton of athletes and dancers, set to “Trust in Me”. Via Adweek:
The mesmerizing spot, for which Twigs served as creative director, director and mastermind, hypes Nike’s new Spring Zonal Strength Tights. The product gets a perfect showcase in her signature strenuous choreography and stunts featured in the two-minute mini-movie-music-video, shot around Mexico City, with co-stars like krump dancer Saskia Horton and Olympic fencer Miles Chamley-Watson.
In a statement, Twigs says: “When Nike first came to me with this project, I saw it as an opportunity to let young people know they have the power to become the best versions of themselves. I put together a cast of 12 incredible athletes to show that it’s about what you do in fitness gear. It’s about how you train. It’s about how those things help your movement.”
She had written the song, “Trust in Me,” before Nike approached her.
“I realized it would be perfect, because the lyrics say, ‘Put your trust in me.’ In a way, we’re asking people to look at me and the other amazing athletes in the video and trust the way we are,” she says. “We’ve worked hard to perfect our crafts and create our own destinies, and we’re feeling good in our bodies.”