United Kingdom, Jan. 2 -- FKA Twigs has suffered some "really brutal and violent" times in her life.

The 37-year-old singer says she was "an idiot in my 20s" as she reflected on how much she has grown and changed in the years since.

She told ELLE UK: "I'm reaching that age where I can really look back at my life and I can see so many things that have been beautiful and amazing, and other things that have been really brutal and violent.

"I'm seeing that I can hold my love of life and my artistry and the beauty of my life, and I can also hold the brutality and the sadness and the violence. I can hold things at the same time, and that feels really good. Life is like a raspberry. It's bitter but it's sweet.

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