BANKS talks “brave” new album ‘Off With Her Head’, collaborating with Doechii and 10 years of ‘Goddess’

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BANKS has spoken to NME about why her new record ‘Off With Her Head’ has “the most joy that she’s ever had on an album.” Check out our full interview below.Due for release on February 28, BANKS’ forthcoming fifth LP marks the first album from the California-born artist – who is now based in Seattle – since 2022’s ‘Serpentina’, hailed by NME as an “innovative and resilient reintroduction”.Last year, BANKS (real name Jillian Banks) also unveiled ‘Goddess: Unplugged’, a stripped-back re-imagination of her seminal 2014 debut LP ‘Goddess’.

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the singer performed the album in full at special intimate shows in Los Angeles, New York and London.Speaking to NME in London, she explained how the London show at KOKO “felt truly like a celebration”, having played at the same venue on the original ‘Goddess’ tour in 2014.“I remember being on that stage for my first [London headline] show: the nerves, anxiety and the different struggles I was having in my head,” she continued. “I’m in such a different place now.

Everybody was screaming every lyric, and it just felt like joy was everywhere.”Discussing her decision to re-imagine ‘Goddess’ into a stripped-back experience, Banks explained how the “milestone of 10 years” prompted a desire to celebrate the record. “‘Goddess’ was such a big moment in my life, and that album impacted so many people.”She added: “That tour felt really empowering – I was completely alone on stage with a piano.

I feel really strong as a performer after doing it, carrying an entire show on my own.I think the best songs sound equally as beautiful as skeletons, in their rawest form.” Check out our full interview below, where Banks discussed what London means to her, why Doechii was.