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Willow Smith has been in Hollywood’s highlight since she was a baby — however she’s able to “show” the “nepo child” critics unsuitable. As the one daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow, 23, sat down with Attract for a photograph shoot, for which she posed in a daring purple ensemble.
In a single picture from the duvet shoot — which got here out on Thursday, Could 2, alongside her interview — Willow modeled an outsized, purple cut-out look, which featured a crop high and miniskirt paired with matching leggings. To finish the fiery picture, Willow’s face was brushed with brilliant purple make-up.
In one other picture, the “twenty first Century Lady” artist was given a daring leopard-themed makeover, shining with gold, blue and purple accents throughout her face. For the duvet shot, Willow’s hair was carried out up in a dramatic, statuesque type.
Whereas talking to the outlet, Willow opened up about her new album, empathogen, in addition to rising up underneath the limelight as a younger Black girl. Regardless of initially being recognized by her well-known dad and mom, Willow acknowledges that she has “privilege” however can nonetheless join with followers.
“Being Black in America, even with privilege — which I’m by no means going to disclaim that I’ve — you’re nonetheless Black,” Willow stated, earlier than including, “And I like being Black. Folks would take a look at me and [say], ‘Okay, nicely, her dad and mom are this and this and that, however she nonetheless is like me. She nonetheless has brown pores and skin.’ And everyone knows that that doesn’t exempt you from something, and that’s a spot of connection.”
In relation to the naysayers who’ve dubbed Willow a “nepo child,” the “Whip My Hair” hitmaker acknowledged that that is an “insecurity” of hers however emphasised that she labored her method up the ladder with out her dad and mom’ help.
“I actually imagine that my spirit is a powerful spirit and that, even when my dad and mom weren’t who they have been, I’d nonetheless be a weirdo and a loopy thinker,” Willow defined. “I positively suppose that slightly little bit of insecurity has pushed me tougher as a result of folks do suppose that the one motive I’m profitable is due to my dad and mom. That has pushed me to work actually exhausting to attempt to show them unsuitable. However these days, I don’t have to show s**t to anyone.’”
Apart from her well-known household, Willow additionally famous one other worry: “being perceived as troublesome” in present enterprise.
“On this society, a girl who is aware of what she desires is at all times perceived as being ‘troublesome,’” she stated. “I’m not being troublesome, I simply know what I need. And I’m keen to sacrifice the chillness of the second for making an attempt to get to that purpose.”