Slip into the quiet ache of VISCUS, the bonus track lighting up Oklou’s deluxe reissue of Choke Enough, out now on True Panther.
Released just yesterday, October 9, 2025, this team-up with FKA twigs turns personal unraveling into something you can almost touch—like sunlight sneaking through cracks in a crumbling wall. Oklou leads with lines that pull you backyard-close: “A few steps in the backyard / With one foot at a time,” her voice soft but insistent, mapping out how old stories twist into the gut. Then twigs steps in on the bridge, raw and real: “Avoiding myself naked in the bath / Just to touch my body in the dark,” flipping that fragility into a heartbeat you feel in your chest.
Co-produced by Danny L Harle and Casey MQ, it’s got this downtempo drift that mirrors the lyrics’ loop of loss and longing—homes falling apart, signs tearing you up, all while you’re “full of life, but I’m starving.” The video, directed by Gil Gharbi, catches them in a haunted garage vibe that amps the unease, and it’s already got X buzzing with shares of that eerie suburban glow. Coming off Oklou’s original album drop earlier this year and twigs’ own Eusexua Afterglow on the horizon, VISCUS feels like a bridge between their worlds: dream-pop introspection meets alternative R&B edge.
It’s the kind of track that sticks as fall deepens, reminding you how the body holds onto what the mind tries to let go.
Dive into the VISCUS lyrics below and unpack its quiet storm. Don’t miss other Choke Enough tracks for more of Oklou’s haunting pull.
| Lead Vocals | FKA twigs & Oklou |
| Songwriter | Oklou, Danny L Harle, Casey MQ & FKA twigs |
| Music Producer | Oklou & Danny L Harle |
| Label | True Panther |
| Mixing and Additional Programming | David Wrench for Solar Management Ltd. |
| Mastering Engineer | Heba Kadry, NYC |
| Distributor | Because Music |
| Video Director | Gil Gharbi |
| Release Date | October 9, 2025 |
| Song Language | English |
| Copyright © | Oklou & True Panther |
Lyrics of Viscus by Oklou & FKA twigs
[Verse 1: Oklou]
A Few Steps In The Backyard
With One Foot At A Time
Only Rays Of Sunshine Can Be Catching Me Off Guard
The Turning In My Mind
Travels To My Viscus With The Stories Before Mine (Ooh)
[Pre-Chorus: Oklou]
All The Homes That I’ve Known
Are Made To Be Falling Apart
Are The Sheds And Castles
Created To Be Made From The Start?
[Chorus: Oklou]
I Get Lost So Deep Inside Me
In The Start Or In The Ending
Last Is My Beginning
Full Of Life, But I’m Starving
Over Hills, Overcrowding
I Guess I Thought The Sunshine Would
Be Enough Or Something
Mm-mm-mm
[Post-Chorus: Oklou]
Oh
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh (Mm-mm-mm)
[Verse 2: Oklou]
The Body Is A Temple
Am I Worshipping Too Hard? (Oh)
Praying With My Eyes Shut Keeps Me Away From The Lights
But Sometimes, I’m So Fragile (Oh)
As If Someone Else’s Faith Feels Not Like Home At All? (Pa-pa-ra-ra-ra)
[Pre-Chorus: Oklou & Fka Twigs]
All The Signs That I Know (Pa-pa-ra-ra-ra)
Are Starting To Tear Me Apart (Pa-pa-ra-ra-ra)
It’d Be Nice To Grow Old (Pa-pa-ra-ra-ra)
Without Being Under Attack
All This Fear That I Hold
Is Building Up Layers Of Time
Can I Just Scream It All
Instead Of It Choking Up My Lungs?
(Oh-oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Instead Of It Choking Up My Lungs?
[Bridge: Fka Twigs]
Avoiding Myself Naked In The Bath
Just To Touch My Body In The Dark
I Wanna Find A Place I Feel Alive
The Beating Of My Heart
Is Sure A Place To Start
Instead Of Me Choking Up And Running
[Chorus: Oklou & Fka Twigs]
I Get Lost So Deep Inside Me
In The Start Or In The Ending
(Avoiding Myself Naked In The Bath)
Last Is My Beginning
Full Of Life, But I’m Starving
Over Hills, Overcrowding (Avoiding Myself Naked In The Bath)
Guess I Thought The Sunshine Would
Be Enough Or Something (Body In The—)
Instead Of It Choking Up My Lungs? (Pa-pa-ra-ra-ra)
[Outro: Fka Twigs & Oklou]
Instead Of Me Choking Up And Running
There’s So Much Wind (Pa-pa-ra-ra-ra, Oh)
Oh-oh
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