Born: 13 / 10 / 1994
Location: Sydney
Jessica Mimi Porfiri (born 13 October 1994), who performs as Kota Banks, is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and musician. She signed to Nina Las Vegas's label, NLV Records, in May 2017, which released Banks' ten-track extended play, Prize (styled as PRIZE), as a mix tape in mid-2018. Banks has co-written songs for fellow Australian artists. She supported What So Not on his national tour. By November 2017, her music had accumulated over 20 million plays on Spotify.
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"Immediately obvious is her uncanny knack for tight melody and rapid-fire lyrical delivery."
"All the potential to become Australia’s response to electronic-infused pop acts like Dua Lipa."
"What So Not is one of the most significant recent Australian producers and his vibrant elevated stage set-up certainly reflected this."
"Another notoriously high energy set that ticked all the boxes."
Making Banks.