“Everything happened so far and I felt like I wasn’t mentally prepared for it, so singing my diary entries in front of thousands of people was like a huge mind fuck for me.” An intimate conversation of introspection, Edition 02 holds an insight into the world of Jillian Rose Banks, known to her fans as Banks. In discussion of what encouraged Banks to write, who she grew up as through her music career and what she fights for, Jungle takes the time to uncover the identity of one of the most admired female figures within the music industry today. With her second album ‘The Altar’, there has been a sense of change and evolving – as banks tells Jungle, “I’ve gone through a lot and encountered different things that I never had before, so this album was like me coming into my own strength and my own confidence; it’s much more authoritative, much more confrontational. I feel more powerful. It’s been transformative.” A transformation that is discussed within Edition 02’s introspective conversation.
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Photographer: Luc Coiffait
Fashion Editor: Daniela Suarez
Music Editor: Philip Goodfellow
Stylist: Ozzy Shah
Makeup: Scarlett Burton
Hair Stylist: Sharmaine Cox
Photographer Assistant: Sebastian de Cabo Portugal
Stylist Assistant: Harry Clements
