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WILLOW

WILLOW is the stage name Willow Smith has used since she was a kid, when "Whip My Hair" made her one of the youngest people ever to have a hit single. Since then she's kept changing shape, moving from R&B-tinged experiments to the guitar-heavy punk of lately I feel EVERYTHING, and she's worked with jazz and alternative textures along the way. She grew up in Los Angeles, and that restlessness shows in how little her records sound like one another.

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lately I feel EVERYTHING (2021). This is the album where her pop-punk turn fully clicked. "t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l" with Travis Barker is the sharp one.

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Biography

Willow Camille Reign Smith (born October 31, 2000), known mononymously as Willow, is an American musician and actress. After early beginnings as a child actress, she signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation in 2010, becoming the label's youngest artist. Her debut single "Whip My Hair" peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified 3× platinum by the RIAA. Her subsequent singles "Wait a Minute!", "Meet Me at Our Spot", and "Transparent Soul" were also certified platinum or higher by the RIAA.

Willow has released eight albums as a solo artist and one album as half of the Anxiety alongside fellow musician Tyler Cole. Her music incorporates elements of art pop, alternative rock, jazz, R&B, and funk, with her later work increasingly characterized by experimental and genre-crossing approaches. Her albums Lately I Feel Everything (2021), Coping Mechanism (2022), and Empathogen (2024) received critical praise, with the latter earning two Grammy Award nominations.

Willow has also been nominated for two Emmy Awards and three MTV Video Music Awards. She has toured internationally as a support act for Childish Gambino (2024) and Coldplay (2025).

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