“You know when you have cheerleaders that just want what’s good for you?” asks Banks. “This is what’s good for me.”
It took a pandemic lockdown filled with “isolation in the best way possible” for Banks to shed her old skin and learn to live life in the present moment. It was in that process, where the singer finally took full control of her music and artistry, that she created Serpentina. The singer’s upcoming album arrives April 8 and it’s available for preorder.
“I feel like nothing can touch me,” Banks tells Rolling Stone. “Like a serpent queen, once you shed your skin you have to keep moving and just be present in the new skin you’re in.” She adds, “That’s what happened to me.” Banks refers to the months-long isolation where she shut the blinds and closed the doors to the business side of music and focused instead on writing lyrics,…
