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lately I feel EVERYTHING (2021)

Where the lyrics of lately I feel EVERYTHING take you, and where it was really made.

Willow's fourth album swapped her experimental alt-R&B for pop-punk, and Travis Barker plays drums on three of its tracks.

Key places

Recorded in Los Angeles (2021)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The album is credited as recorded at Conway Recordings Studios in Los Angeles. The point uses the city centre because the exact building location is not confirmed. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Fourth solo studio album by American singer Willow
• Released 16 July 2021 through MSFTSMusic, Roc Nation and Polydor Records
• Stylized title: lately I feel EVERYTHING
• Her pop-punk and indie rock debut, departing from the experimental alt-R&B of her early works
• Guest vocalists: Travis Barker, Avril Lavigne, Tierra Whack, Cherry Glazerr and Ayla Tesler-Mabe
• Eleven tracks in the listing

Background

• Follows the psychedelic soul of the 2019 self-titled album, which marked the previous leap in her sound
• Dives head on into alternative rock, pop-punk, indie rock, emo, grunge, nu metal and pop rock
• Contains elements of power pop
• Three singles: "Transparent Soul", "Lipstick" and "Gaslight"
• "Transparent Soul" entered the top 40 in the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand
• It was Willow's first Billboard Hot 100 entry in a decade, peaking at number 76

Recording

• Recording credited to Conway Recordings Studios in Los Angeles
• Zach Brown handled engineering on all tracks and mixing on several
• Matt Chamberlain played drums on tracks 2 and 4 to 11
• Travis Barker played drums and programming on tracks 1, 3 and 10
• Emerson Mancini mastered all tracks

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Willow Camille Reign Smith, born October 31, 2000 in Los Angeles, known mononymously as Willow.
• Started as a child actress with I Am Legend (2007), then shifted to music under the name Willow.
• Signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation in 2010, becoming the label's youngest artist.

Members

• Solo artist; co-formed the duo Melodic Chaotic with DJ Fabrega (2013) and the duo The Anxiety with Tyler Cole (2020).

Career

• Debut single "Whip My Hair" peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified 3× platinum by the RIAA.
• Debut album Ardipithecus (2015) on Roc Nation and Interscope; "Wait a Minute!" became a sleeper hit via TikTok and was certified 2× platinum.
• Moved from pop toward pop-punk on Lately I Feel Everything (2021) and Coping Mechanism (2022), then toward art pop, jazz, and funk on Empathogen (2024), which earned two Grammy nominations.
• Eight solo albums to date, including Petal Rock Black (2026) and The Thread (2026).
• Co-hosted the Facebook Watch series Red Table Talk (2018–2023), which won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show, Informative in 2021.
• Supporting act for Childish Gambino (2024) and Coldplay (2025).

Reception

At release

• Metacritic: critics' reviews described as mostly positive
• Average score of 79 based on nine critical reviews
• Metacritic scores are normalized to 100 from selected critics

Records

• US Billboard 200: debut at number 46
• UK Album Sales chart: entry at number 85
• "Transparent Soul" entered the top 40 in the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand
• "Transparent Soul" reached number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100, Willow's first Hot 100 entry in a decade
• Three singles released from the album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Released on Willow's own site, willowsmith.com, alongside other primary releases, initially before the album release date
• Guest vocals come from Travis Barker, Avril Lavigne, Tierra Whack, Cherry Glazerr and Ayla Tesler-Mabe, each credited on specific tracks
• The track "F**K You" is stylized as "F**K You" in the listing and runs under a minute
• "Breakout" is stylized as "¡BREAKOUT!"
• "Transparent Soul" is stylized as "t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l"

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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