BANKS needed to transform to shed the weight of the past
thefader.comSlithering through a flourishing garden of her own creation, BANKS sheds her skin. For the duration of her fourth studio album Serpentina, she adopts the ways of the snake.
Her fascination stems not from the serpentine’s conniving and devious reputation, but rather its uncomplicated detachment to what it’s left behind.
Serpentina carries with it a new sense of forward-looking empowerment and well-worn intimidation. BANKS is embarking on the first chapter of her decade-long career in which she’s in complete control. “With snakes, they shed their skin and they keep slithering forward.
They're not trying to crawl back into that white little shell that they leave behind. They just leave it and they're not thinking about it,” BANKS tells The FADER. “I think that was really inspiring to me too, where it was just: leave it in the past, keep moving forward.
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