''Icy Colors Change'' is the second

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, and the first holiday project, by American rapper

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, 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

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, 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 digital version of the EP.

Track listing

References

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