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BANKS

Electro pop

Electronic music

Trip hop

Born Jillian Rose Banks in Orange County, California on June 16, 1988, the trip hop/R&B singer and songwriter is better-known by her stage name Banks. Her family moved to Los Angeles and then relocated to the valley during her formative years. By the age of 15, she was teaching herself piano and writing songs in order to help her deal with her parents’ divorce. She attended college at the University of Southern California (USC), and earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. While in college, she began posting her music on SoundCloud and expanded her audience on several social med...