BANKS Releases New Single and Video, 'I Still Love You.' Announces North American Tour Dates

BANKS REVEALS NEW SINGLE & VIDEO, ‘I STILL LOVE YOU’ – OUT NOW   FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘SERPENTINA’ TO BE RELEASED APRIL 8   ANNOUNCES FIRST LIVE SHOWS OF 2022 WATCH | LISTEN ‘I STILL LOVE YOU’   PRE-ORDER/ADD/SAVE ‘SERPENTINA’     NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES 05/25 - The Observatory North Park - San Diego, CA 05/27 - The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA 05/28 - BottleRock - Napa Valley, CA     BANKS returns today with ‘I Still Love You,’ a brand-new song taken from her upcoming fourth studio album, ‘SERPENTINA,’ set for global release April 8 via AWAL. Pre-order/add/save HERE.   ‘I Still Love You’ is undoubtedly her most personal song yet, and marks an exciting new shift in her sound that shares a vulnerability never before seen from the critically acclaimed artist. Written by and co-produced by BANKS alongside Orlando Higginbottom and Shlohmo, ‘I Still Love You’ comes with a beautiful video, co-directed, and edited by BANKS and James Mountford.   Listen to ‘I Still Love You’ HERE and watch the music video HERE.   Speaking about the new song, BANKS reveals, “I’ve held this song tight for over six years. It felt like a secret I wanted to keep just for myself. But I finally feel not only ready but so excited to share this with the world,” she explains. “It’s about loving someone you don’t talk to anymore. Missing the little things about them. Even the things you thought you hate. I hope you feel like you are sitting next to me when you listen. And I hope it’s as special to those who hear it as it is to me.” Talking about the video with ELLE Magazine, BANKS explains, "it feels so vulnerable and stripped back and raw, and I think it shows me in a different light. I think it just worked out perfectly like that.” She continues, “I feel like this is a really new chapter for me and I feel excited about it, excited to share it with the world. And I think it will resonate with a lot of people ‘cause it’s very human.”   ‘I Still Love You’ is the latest track to be lifted off BANKS’ forthcoming new album ‘SERPENTINA.’ The 13-track full-length was written and co-produced by BANKS, features previously released-fan favorites such as ‘Skinnydipped’ and ‘The Devil,’ as well as her latest single, the rousing, anthemic ‘Holding Back,’ which she performed live on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! Watch the performance HERE.   ‘SERPENTINA’ sees BANKS enter previously uncharted territory in every sense—from sound to lyrics to visuals, and everything in-between. “In the past I've been really tight and controlled, and I don't feel like that right now,” says BANKS. “I just feel more wild and free.”   That sense of playfulness and reinvention is encapsulated in the album’s title. “Serpentine” was a word BANKS remembers doodling in her school journals, while the “a” at the end represents a feminization of that idea—an embodiment of a kind of snake queen, as BANKS describes it. “Snakes represent rebirth and the shedding of one's skin,” she says. “They just move on, and I think that's what life is about. Changing and transforming, with a little bit of danger, but also smooth and silky. It just felt like the perfect representation. This album feels regal to me, but also my most human ever. So I think it kind of touches both ends of the spectrum.”   Also announced today, BANKS will bring her captivating live set to San Diego on Wednesday, May 25, and Santa Ana, CA on Friday, May 27, in celebration of the new album followed by an appearance at BottleRock (TICKETS) in Napa Valley on Saturday May 28. Pre-sale for the San Diego and Santa Ana shows begins on Thursday, March 24 at 10am PST with the general on sale starting Friday, March 25 at 10am PST. Please visit https://hernameisbanks.com for more information and to purchase tickets.   Stay tuned for additional news and tour dates to be announced soon.   ‘SERPENTINA’ will see its global release on April 8. Pre-order/add/save HERE   Listen to ‘I Still Love You,’ out everywhere today. Watch the music video HERE. ‘SERPENTINA’ TRACKLISTING Misunderstood Meteorite Fuck Love Deadend Holding Back The Devil Skinnydipped Burn Birds By The Sea Spirit (feat. Samoht) Anything 4 U Unleavable I Still Love You ABOUT BANKS BANKS is an American singer, songwriter, producer, poet, and director. Since her spellbinding debut in 2014, BANKS has garnered more than 1.4 billion combined streams and headlined sold out shows and festivals all over the world. Her debut album Goddess received critical acclaim and commercial success (the record charted in the top 20 in seven countries including North America), and firmly established her sonic signatures: alternative pop inflected with touches of the off-kilter R&B she grew up with. BANKS returned in 2016 with The Altar, a darker and more intense refraction of the themes she explored on Goddess, also released to widespread praise and multiple top 20 placings in both the U.S. and abroad. Then, for her third album in 2019, she unveiled the exhilarating, synth-heavy lead single “Gimme,” produced by Hudson Mohawke, as the lead single for the aptly titled III, marking yet another step in her progression as an artist with its more experimental production flourishes and more mature lyrical themes. Following the success of III, she embarked on her biggest tour yet in support of the record, spanning 33 sold-out dates in nine countries. A muse for fashion houses such as Chanel and Dior, she has graced front-row seats at fashion shows and the covers of multiple high-end publications around the world. She has performed at many of the world’s biggest festivals (Coachella, Lollapalooza), at the prestigious Guggenheim in NYC, as well as on multiple late night television shows over the years (Colbert, Kimmel, Meyers). OFFICIAL WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE/VEVO