Maps of Music

Willow (2019)

Where the lyrics of Willow take you, and where it was really made.

Willow's third album was written and produced entirely by Willow and Tyler Cole, and her brother Jaden appears on one track.

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The album and its promotional tour were announced on social media on June 24, with tour dates released four days later
The tracks are interpolated and have themes such as female empowerment, relationships and being born in the wrong generation
The previous record The 1st drew comparisons to 1990s alternative artists

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.

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

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).

Willow's previous record The 1st channeled the sounds of 1990s alternative musicians, drawing comparisons to Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Alanis Morissette and others
With the self-titled album, Willow is described as leaping into "spacey" and psychedelic terrain
The songs have been seen as both psych-folk and psych soul, as well as dream pop and "dreamy" R&B
The Italian article describes the later work as drawing on psychedelic music, a shift away from the 1990s alternative rock sound of The 1st
The tracks are interpolated and deal with female empowerment, relationships and the feeling of being born in the wrong generation
The album and its promotional tour were announced on social media on June 24, with tour dates released four days later
The album follows The 1st (2017) and includes a feature from her brother Jaden
The track list runs eight songs, ending with "Overthinking It" at 5:28, the longest track on the album

The album and its promotional tour were announced on social media on June 24, with tour dates following four days later
The Italian track list has eight songs, and "Then (Interlude)" is the shortest at 0:58
The track "U Know" features Jaden Smith, the singer's brother
Oren Pine is credited with drums, and Mel "Chaos" Lewis with production