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California-bred singer-songwriter, Jillian Rose Banks, aka BANKS, crafts moody, alternative pop with shades of contemporary R&B. Emerging in the early 2010s with a handful of downtempo, alt-R&B tracks, BANKS created a signature sound that helped build a cross-genre audience. Her critically acclaimed and gold-certified debut album, Goddess, featured songs like InchBefore I Ever Met You, Inch InchWarm Water, Inch and InchFall Over, Inch as well as collaborations with producers Justin Parker, Shlomo, and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. The album peaked just outside the Top Ten on the Billboard 200. In 2016, BANKS released her highly anticipated sophomore album, The Altar, which featured singles InchF* with Myself, Inch InchGemini Feeed, Inch and InchMind Games, Inch and peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200. BANKS returned in July 2019 with her third studio album, III, which featured her synth-heavy single InchGimme.Inch Additional contributors included Francis and the Lights on InchLook What You're Doing To MeInch and producer Paul Epworth (Adele, Rihanna) on InchHawaiian Mazes.Inch She released a short EP entitled Live and Stripped in 2020, followed by her 2022 album Serpentina, which BANKS recorded amid the pandemic during months of isolation and is tied to themes of shedding old skin and embracing the new. BANKS's artistry stands out through the rawness and vulnerability that shines earnestly through her music. With so much success under her belt already, BANKS is looking forward to an exciting future ahead. - BANKS' latest singles InchBest FriendsInch and InchI Hate Your Ex-GirlfriendInch will be included on BANKS' upcoming fifth studio album entitled, Off With Her Head, for which she states, InchIn many ways, it's a big sister album to Goddess. After a decade apart, I've reunited with the core musicians and producers who helped shape my debut. At the same ti