''Icy Colors Change'' is the second

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recording, and the first holiday project, by American rapper

Azealia Banks Azealia Amanda Banks ( ; born May 31, 1991) is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. Raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, she began releasing music through Myspace in 2008 before being signed to XL Recordings at age 18. In ...

, released on 20 December 2018 through

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. It contains

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-infused songs.

Background

"Icy Colors Change" was conceived after the widespread coverage of the release of the title track on December 26, 2017, which sampled "Airglow Fires" by Lone, a long time collaborator of Banks. "I will re-release this on vinyl fully mixed and mastered next Christmas sit’s a work in progress as a part of a full holiday project I've been working on." Banks also recorded a

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cover of "

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" which her label at the time, eOne, removed from the electronic version of the EP.

Track listing

Credits adapted from

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References

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