Banks announces fifth album ‘Off With Her Head’ with impassioned new single ‘Best Friends’

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Banks has announced details of a new album called ‘Off With Her Head’. Check out the latest single ‘Best Friends’ below.The new record is set for release on February 28 and marks the fifth studio album from the singer-songwriter – following on from 2022’s ‘Serpentina’, which NME described as an “innovative and resilient reintroduction, with bold new sounds.”To celebrate the announcement of the new project, Banks has today dropped a brand new single called ‘Best Friends’ via ADA Worldwide, the independent label and artist services arm of Warner Music Group.Tackling the heartache that follows on from losing a best friend, the song takes on an introspective, melodic feel, and is rife with themes of heartbreak and acceptance.“Tell me to mean what I say/ You’re not my friend anymore/ Don’t even mean what you say/ While you’re standing there begging me for more,” she sings in the heartfelt pre-chorus. “There were exceptions within/ You told me you did it just to fit in, yeah/ But you never fit in anyway”.Tune in to the track below:“It is about someone who was my sister for many years, someone I still dream about and wake up missing.

Someone who I grew apart from. I think we broke each other’s hearts,” Banks said of the inspiration behind the track.“This song is about the grief of that loss and honouring our love.

I think it’s important to write about because although universal, friendship loss can be more difficult to process. We are never taught we can lose a friend in the same way we are taught we can lose a romantic partner.

I’m happy to release a song that honours the deep beauty and romance of friendship.”The release of ‘Best Friends’ follows on from Banks’ last single, ‘I Hate Your Ex-Girlfriend’, which she recorded.