Willow Smith has been in Hollywood’s highlight since she was a toddler — however she’s able to “show” the “nepo child” critics mistaken. 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 quilt 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 shiny purple make-up.
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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 quilt shot, Willow’s hair was carried out up in a dramatic, statuesque type.
Whereas chatting with the outlet, Willow opened up about her new album, empathogen, in addition to rising up below the limelight as a younger Black lady. Regardless of initially being identified by her well-known mother and father, Willow acknowledges that she has “privilege” however can nonetheless join with followers.
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“Being Black in America, even with privilege — which I’m by no means going to disclaim that I’ve — you’re nonetheless Black,” Willow mentioned, earlier than including, “And I like being Black. Folks would have a look at me and [say], ‘Okay, properly, her mother and father 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 terms of 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 means up the ladder with out her mother and father’ help.
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“I really consider that my spirit is a robust spirit and that, even when my mother and father weren’t who they had been, I’d nonetheless be a weirdo and a loopy thinker,” Willow defined. “I undoubtedly suppose that a bit little bit of insecurity has pushed me tougher as a result of individuals do suppose that the one purpose I’m profitable is due to my mother and father. That has pushed me to work actually exhausting to attempt to show them mistaken. However these days, I don’t must show s**t to anyone.’”
Except for her well-known household, Willow additionally famous one other concern: “being perceived as tough” in present enterprise.
“On this society, a girl who is aware of what she desires is at all times perceived as being ‘tough,’” she mentioned. “I’m not being tough, I simply know what I would like. And I’m keen to sacrifice the chillness of the second for attempting to get to that purpose.”
