FKA Twigs Fronts Elle August 2016, Lensed By Paola Kudacki

FKA Twigs couldn't care less about fame, writes Elle.com. Editor-in-Chief of ELLE Robbie Myers said, "FKA twigs is making some of the most boundary-pushing music and performances around. She's an artist sui generis, and she's on the verge of being one of the most influential of her generation."

The R&B artist covers the August issue, wearing Valentino, Salvatore Ferragamo, Calvin Klein Collection and more for images by Paola Kudacki.

Why she puts her work into the world without warning and won't discuss any project until it's completely finished:

"People talk too much," she says, shrugging. "Everyone's always chatting and not delivering. I'm the opposite. I like to just deliver."

On being in the public eye:

"Being in the public eye is so weird," she says. "People want to shame you. It's not a celebration of a talent." She speaks wistfully about an era before social media, when Josephine Baker could dance on tables all night, then "go out for vegetables in her T-shirt" the next day and not have it all documented.