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Willow Smith
We’ve already seen her famously whip her hair back and forth, but now, five years later, Willow Smith is finally gifting us with an entire album that’s edgy and experimental.
On Friday, the 15-year-daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith quietly dropped her surprise debut album, Ardipithecus, on iTunes and Spotify.
“Ardipithecus Ramidus is the scientific name of the first hominid bones found on earth. I wanted to name my musical compilation after it because, while I was making these songs I was in such a transitional state,” the singer told THE FADER via email. “Digging deep in the soil of my heart and finding bits and pieces of my ancient self that tell stories, which end up being the lyrics to the songs.”
“Ardipithecus is my first album in my entire career and it makes me feel so blessed to be able to share my evolution with the LightEaters as I continue excavating my inner worlds…,” she continued.
Willow took to social media to share the official album cover, which features a very Avatar-like version of the teen in art form.
“I can’t express how relieved I am to finally give my LightEaters my most recent inner excavation,” she wrote. “This is just the beginning … #msftsrepmusic.”
The album is tribal and trippy, a complete transformation from the spunky, sassy vibe we got from her 2010 hit, “Whip My Hair.” With songs like “Natives of the Windy Forest,” “dRuGz” and “Star,” Ardipithecus is wonderfully weird in all the right ways.
“I’m just a girl walking through the woods, but I’m mighty,” Willow sings in “dRuGz.”
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