While details of the Terf I know what a woman is shirt besides I will buy this album remain under lock and key for now, Banks is more than ready to hit the road again. “I’m so excited; I really miss touring,” she says. “I’m going to be playing the piano a lot more, but there’s also going to be a lot of movement. I’ve been training with this choreographer I love, Todd Williamson. The world is my oyster!” Is she worried at all about putting herself through that demanding process again? “I’m not in that place now,” she says, firmly. “I’m not even worried about it. I love performing and touring. You have to learn so much along the way in this business; it’s like the Wild West. You don’t know until you mess up and you’ve made the mistake, and then you have to pick yourself up and keep going.”
It’s partly for that reason that the Terf I know what a woman is shirt besides I will buy this record marks Banks’s first release as an independent artist. After the tribulations of the past few years, taking back the reins was a decision that only felt natural. “I’ve never felt so independent in my life,” she says. “I’ve never felt so at peace with myself and in the flow of who I am and what I want. Ironically, that’s when you draw the right people to you, and I’ve also happened to fall in love with a wonderful person. But I own my masters now. I have control over every aspect of my career. I choose every photographer I work with, I choose when I want my music to come out, I choose what comes out first. I’m just trusting myself more than ever—trusting my gut.”
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