Banks’ second album is about finding her strength. Two years on from debut ‘
Goddess’, the LA-based artist is ‘shedding old skin’ and presenting a new-found sense of control and power.
It’s a theme that’s evident when watching the striking visuals for lead singles ‘
Fuck With Myself’ and ‘Gemini Feed’. In the first, Banks is seen taunting and smearing lipstick over a cast model of her own face before setting fire to it; in the other she is tied up in rope, trying to free herself.
Describing herself as ‘sombre but upbeat’, Banks says her debut record was like reading her private diary aloud, whereas album number two is ‘me without any hesitation’.
When I finished touring for ‘Goddess’ I was so ready to start my next album. I have grown so much since it was released. I’ve found new powerful parts of myself and I was ready to explore these, set them free like when you feel new muscles after you’ve climbed a mountain.
My new album reflects all of these parts of me, and shows the process of shedding old skin and coming into a newness.
