FKA twigs, Sturgill Simpson Join Boy Harsher-Directed Film

November 25, 2025 • KMOB1003

When avant-garde sound collides with atmospheric cinema, the result is a world shaped by tension, beauty, and the unmistakable luxury of boundary-breaking art.

The intersection of avant-garde music and film for ‘The Lonely Woman’

The line separating sonic experimentation from cinematic innovation continues to dissolve with the arrival of ‘The Lonely Woman’. The film, led by the inimitable Chloë Sevigny, now welcomes FKA twigs, Sturgill Simpson, and Will Oldham — a trifecta of artists whose presence elevates the production into rare, genre-transcending territory.

This marks the feature directorial debut of electronic duo Boy Harsher, known for their shadow-drenched aesthetics and hypnotic soundscapes. Their fingerprints — and frequencies — are all over the project.

Filmed in the atmospheric quiet of upstate New York, the project has wrapped, with a 2026 premiere already stirring excitement across music and film circles alike.

The Genesis of ‘The Lonely Woman’

Positioned as a “bleak, sensual and atmospheric horror-thriller,” the film follows a grieving woman navigating a haunting presence embedded beneath her town. With Boy Harsher guiding both the narrative and sonic universe, the film promises a slow-burn descent where tension becomes texture — and sound becomes story.

A Cast Forged in Sound and Screen

FKA twigs continues expanding her cinematic vocabulary after starring in ‘The Carpenter’s Son’.

FKA twigs brings her signature blend of performance art and emotional intensity — a presence that reshapes every frame she enters. Her recent work, including roles alongside Nicolas Cage and Anne Hathaway, shows an artist deepening her command of the screen with each project.

Simpson and Oldham: Bridging Genres

Sturgill Simpson in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’.

Sturgill Simpson’s career has long defied categorization, spanning award-winning albums and compelling on-screen work. Will Oldham — indie royalty — brings decades of art-house credibility, bridging underground cinema with raw emotional storytelling. Together, they form a cast that refuses to color inside the lines.

Boy Harsher: From Score to Vision

Boy Harsher’s evolution from composers to feature directors feels inevitable. Their sonic world has always been cinematic — steeped in pulse, shadow, and movement. Their past work, including The Runner and the scores for My Animal and Cellulosed Bodies, reads like a blueprint for this moment: a leap into visual storytelling where sound dictates atmosphere.

The KMOB View: Why This Matters

This casting is more than a list — it’s a thesis. A declaration that the future of horror-thrillers belongs to artists who blur discipline, texture, and emotion. With twigs’ hypnotic energy, Simpson’s grit, Oldham’s indie legacy, and Sevigny’s enigmatic presence, The Lonely Woman is positioned not simply as a film but as a cultural artifact.

Boy Harsher’s leap from sound to screen is more than a debut — it’s a declaration of a new cultural language, one where sonic emotion directs visual immersion.

With a cast of artists who embody risk, reinvention, and raw storytelling, The Lonely Woman is poised to become one of the decade’s defining art-thrillers — a film built for those who crave tension wrapped in elegance.

We await the haunting brilliance of 2026.