"Drowning" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter
Banks for her debut studio album, ''
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'' (2014). It was released as the album's third single on June 9, 2014 by
Harvest Records. The song was written by Banks and Alexander Shuckburgh, and produced by Tim Anderson and Alexander Shuckburgh.
Composition
During an interview with
Noisey
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, Banks stated that the lyrics were inspired by her best friend. Chris DeVille from
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described the song as "an angry fist-wave from a woman scorned." Robin Murray from
Clash Music defined the song's production and the singer's vocals as "a sultry, smoky effort from the singer, with BANKS delivering one of her most seductive vocal performances to date."
Music video
The music video for "Drowning" was directed by
Mike Piscitelli
Mike Piscitelli is a director, photographer and actor.
Filmography
Music videos
*Banks - Drowning
* Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney - I Gave You
* Iggy Pop - Little know it all
* J. Cole – Power Trip (featuring Miguel)
*John Fru ...
. It was released on Banks's
Vevo channel on June 5, 2014. The video features Banks slinking through a room full of mirrors and lightbulbs. In the video Banks wears the same outfit in signature colors of black, red, and white respectively.
Charts
References
External links
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2014 singles
2014 songs
Banks (singer) songs
Harvest Records singles
Songs written by Al Shux
Song recordings produced by Al Shux
Songs written by Banks (singer)
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