FKA twigs has filed a complaint against a band called The Twigs after they repeatedly directed legal threats against the ‘EUSEXUA’ singer. FKA accuses the British duo of “weaponizing” trademark law in order to secure a “seven-figure payout.”
Laura and Linda Good, members of The Twigs, have reportedly been sending cease and desist letters to the British artist recently, alluding to a court order that would prohibit Tahliah Barnett from using her stage name. Unless, of course, they receive financial compensation. Barnett’s lawyers, however, claim that the duo has been aware of Twigs’ name for more than a decade.
It is not the first clash between the artists. The Twigs have been using that name since the 90s and already sued FKA in 2014 for copyright violation. On that occasion, they withdrew the lawsuit after failing to prevent Barnett from using the name FKA Twigs. The documents claim that after that case, The Twigs “simply disappeared” for years, until “out of nowhere” letters started arriving in May 2024.
FKA Twigs’ legal team adds, finally, that the singer has not broken trademark law at any time, since it would have to be proven that the public is capable of confusing both brands because they are too similar.
As they point out, it is “inconceivable” that someone would confuse an independent band of “limited recognition” with a “globally recognized musical artist”: 67 subscribers, 19,332 views on YouTube, 705 followers on Instagram and 25 monthly listeners on Spotify are the numbers of The Twigs, collected in the complaint.
