Alternative
United States
WILLOW
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About WILLOW
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Born
October 31, 2000
Genre
Alternative
In the space of a decade, WILLOW forged a decidedly idiosyncratic path through music, growing from child star into a mature artist with an immeasurably wide range of influences. Born Willow Smith in Los Angeles in 2000, the daughter of power couple Will and Jada Pinkett Smith began her acting career at age seven in her fatherâs post-apocalyptic blockbuster I Am Legend and leapt into the pop world three years later with the joyously defiant viral sensation âWhip My Hair.â After releasing a series of hip-hop singles like the bubbly â21st Century Girlâ and the percussive Nicki Minaj team-up âFireball,â her 2015 debut LP, Ardipithecus, showed her more introspective side with its lo-fi electronic production, unconventional melodies, and lyrics that examined nature, consciousness, and love. She then broadened her musical palette with 2017âs The 1st and 2019âs WILLOW, experimenting with electro-funk, glitchy Quiet Storm, and dream pop while showing off her vocal power on the woozy âTime Machineâ and the psychedelia-tinged âFemale Energy, Pt. 2.â In 2020, she continued striking out into new directions with the abrasive debut by THE ANXIETY, her rock duo with her creative partner Tyler Cole, and âSurrender (Krishna Keshava),â a meditative track with British mantra singer Jahnavi Harrison thatâs sung in Sanskrit. Itâs impossible to predict where WILLOWâs creative energies will lead her next, but one thingâs for certain: Sheâs an incredibly intriguing artist in her own right, defined by neither genre nor parentage.
WILLOW has also released music as a member of THE ANXIETY.
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