2013 emails – Emails tied to The Twigs’ trademark dispute with FKA claim the indie sisters who formed the band in 1994 pushed her in 2013 to “embrace a new name,” while the band alleges FKA offered them $15K to keep “The Twigs” and let her use “Twigs.”
FKA Twigs didn’t just clash with an old band name—she was urged to leave it behind.
In a legal fight that began after she sued The Twigs in March, the indie group formed by sisters Laura and Linda Good in 1994 says private exchanges from 2013 show she was asked early on to move on from the “FKA Twigs” era and adopt a different musical identity.
The dispute centers on names and money. Back in March, FKA sued The Twigs, claiming the sisters’ group sent a series of cease and desist letters demanding she either stop using her stage name or pay more than $1 million in compensation.
Last week. The Twigs struck back with a countersuit for trademark infringement. alleging that in recent years FKA stopped using “FKA” and instead went by “Twigs.” The band’s argument claims she “intentionally used her celebrity and resulting power with the media” to shape public association of “Barnett and her musical services with ‘Twigs. ’ while eroding and overwhelming” the goodwill of The Twigs in the same “musical channels of commerce.”.
At the heart of that countersuit are emails The Twigs say were exchanged with FKA in 2013. The band claims that in those messages. FKA offered $15K to let her use “Twigs. ” while The Twigs would keep their name. The Twigs say they refused the money because they see their trademark as something they’re obligated to defend under U.S. law.
Their position is blunt: they can’t make an exception. The band argues that marketplace confusion—artists searching for one group and ending up with another—is “a massive issue,” and that failing to act would undermine their trademark rights.
In the emails The Twigs allege were sent by FKA, the star lays out how personally tied the name is to the persona she built. She wrote that she created the FKA Twigs identity at a time when she was “very alone and incredibly vulnerable.”
The messages also reflect empathy from the other side—while still drawing a hard line. In the emails The Twigs provided with their countersuit. Laura and Linda Good are said to write: “It sounds like you’ve come a long way. and maybe it’s time to embrace a new name — one that represents where you’re going. instead of where you’ve been.”.
The confrontation, as it’s presented in court filings, is where the emotion meets the law: understanding why a name matters, and insisting that trademark rules still need to be enforced.
All of the alleged exchanges are compiled into a gallery shared alongside the legal fight, inviting readers to review the full conversation The Twigs say they had with FKA Twigs in 2013—before she became a global name.
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