{"id":498766,"date":"2022-10-06T19:27:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T16:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/willow-is-on-the-dark-side-now\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T19:27:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T16:27:30","slug":"willow-is-on-the-dark-side-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/willow-is-on-the-dark-side-now\/","title":{"rendered":"#WILLOW is on the dark side now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2df7195d340\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/willow-is-on-the-dark-side-now\/#%E2%80%9CWILLOW_is_on_the_dark_side_now%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;WILLOW is on the dark side now&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWILLOW_is_on_the_dark_side_now%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;WILLOW is on the dark side now&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<style>\n<p> article.custom .custom-title, article.custom .custom-media .caption {\n   color: #ff60ef;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-attribution, article.custom .custom-attribution a {\n   color: #ff60ef;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .content_block blockquote.pull_quote {\n   color: #ff60ef;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237893\" class=\"content_block flush title center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"custom-title\">\n      WILLOW is on the dark side now\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-description\">\n      Nearing her 22nd birthday and the release of her 5th studio album, WILLOW announces her villain era on the new episode of The FADER Interview.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-attribution\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Gyasi Williams-Kirtley<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-media\">\n<div class=\" image center_align\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_1_-_Dana_Trippe_p01gcf\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_1_-_Dana_Trippe_p01gcf\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_1_-_Dana_Trippe_p01gcf\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_1_-_Dana_Trippe_p01gcf\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_1_-_Dana_Trippe_p01gcf\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_1_-_Dana_Trippe_p01gcf\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_1_-_Dana_Trippe_p01gcf\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_1_-_Dana_Trippe_p01gcf\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_1_-_Dana_Trippe_p01gcf\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_1_-_Dana_Trippe_p01gcf\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_1_-_Dana_Trippe_p01gcf\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"WILLOW is on the dark side now\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Dana <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" 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class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <span class=\"lead-text\" style=\"color:#ff60ef\">Willow Smith, now just WILLOW,<\/span> has, because of her very famous parents, been in the limelight from birth. Her identity, for the most part, was thrust on her. And from the outside looking in, most would say she\u2019s been living a charmed life. At her core, though, WILLOW seems to get that she\u2019s just another human being floating on a rock in the middle of space with billions of other rocks and balls of cosmic energy \u2014 and that nobody knows shit about anything.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            WILLOW\u2019s been on a soul-searching mission since her debut album, <i>Ardipithecus<\/i>. It\u2019s been virtually impossible to scroll through TikTok the last few years without hearing the lyrics to the album\u2019s second single, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1Xfdjqa5dfY\">Wait a Minute!<\/a>\u201d: \u201cHold on, wait a minute \/ I left my consciousness in the sixth dimension,\u201d she screams.<\/p>\n<p>            Since then, she\u2019s become more self assured. Once floating, WILLOW is now sinking into the deepest parts of self and sound, revisiting bands like Crowbar, Lamb of God, and Radiohead and creating music with producer Chris Greatti, best known for his work with Poppy and Pussy Riot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            On the heels of a tour with Machine Gun Kelly (featuring Avril Lavigne, Trippie Redd, and Travis Barker), she\u2019s been diving back into her punk aesthetic. She\u2019s challenged her voice and emotional threshold in the process, especially during the making of her 5th studio album, <i>COPINGMECHANISM<\/i>, out tomorrow. As powerful as she sounds on her latest single, \u201cCurious\/Furious,\u201d it\u2019s clear her soul searching hasn\u2019t quite ended. And this time around, she finds herself face to face with old demons.<\/p>\n<p>            A week before the new record\u2019s release, WILLOW told me she was in her villain era. She also opened up about detachment, growing pains, her new recording process, and how sparks of neon energy helped her pushed through the black void of heartbreak.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"content_block flush image\" id=\"content_block-237895\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_3_-_Dana_Trippe_y6jecu\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_3_-_Dana_Trippe_y6jecu\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_3_-_Dana_Trippe_y6jecu\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_3_-_Dana_Trippe_y6jecu\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_3_-_Dana_Trippe_y6jecu\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_3_-_Dana_Trippe_y6jecu\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_3_-_Dana_Trippe_y6jecu\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_3_-_Dana_Trippe_y6jecu\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_3_-_Dana_Trippe_y6jecu\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_3_-_Dana_Trippe_y6jecu\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Willow_-_General_3_-_Dana_Trippe_y6jecu\/the-fader-interviewwillow-copingmechanism.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"WILLOW is on the dark side now\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Dana Trippe<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-237896,  #content_block-237896 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-237896 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ff60ef;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237896\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>This Q&amp;A is taken from the latest episode of The FADER Interview. To hear this week\u2019s show in full, and to access the podcast\u2019s archive, click <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF\" href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/thefaderinterview\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n          <\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237897\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n #content_block-237898 {\n   background: ;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> #content_block-237898,  #content_block-237898 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-237898 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ff60ef;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237898\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>The FADER: How was you performance at the Grammy Museum yesterday?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>WILLOW:<\/b> I was so stressed. I was amongst such beautiful musical iconography, and I felt really unworthy in the moment. But then I was just like, \u201cYou know what? You\u2019re here and you\u2019re gonna put your heart on the stage and that\u2019s all that matters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>What did you see that sparked those feelings?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            There were so many iconic outfits and so many beautiful videos on loop all around me. I was trying to keep my mind right and I didn\u2019t want to go down the black hole of \u201cOh my gosh, I\u2019m not iconic at all,\u201d so I went into my room and did a little meditation, did my vocal warm up, and [got] myself together.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>Do you usually meditate when you\u2019re feeling like that on the road?<\/b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            I have to \u2014 to keep my anxiety in check and to keep my gratitude. Gratitude carries me through everything. When I\u2019m feeling like things aren\u2019t going well or like I could be doing better, I always [try to] tap into the fact that I\u2019m grateful to be able to do music in the first place, and that people care at all. That always brings me back to my center. My mantra is: \u201cI accept everything that comes to me, good and bad, with equal love.\u201d I always try to say that to myself and be in that neutral, compassionate state.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>\u201cCurious\/Furious\u201d dropped this month. I\u2019m hearing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>s of duality and transmutation. What life experience birthed this track?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            I\u2019ve always been so curious about the underlying truth of life. Even in my older music, when I was super young, I was talking about just spirituality and wanting to know the source of all things. The furious part comes in when these painful experiences come into your life in order for you to learn \u2014 to fully realize that underlying truth of reality. I\u2019m super curious about those things, but when that pain comes in, I\u2019m like, \u201cDo I really want to learn this lesson?\u201d But obviously I do. It was that dichotomy of wanting to know these things but also feeling like the pain is so great to actually learn these lessons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>What lessons are you learning right now?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Detachment. We do so much work in our lives and our careers and our relationships, and there\u2019s a part of us that wants it to be permanent, but it isn\u2019t. And that\u2019s the beautiful part about it: We build these sandcastles, and we should have fun building them, but the ocean is always gonna come, and you\u2019re always going to have to make a new sandcastle. That\u2019s a painful realization, and it makes me furious. But I\u2019m curious how I can learn to adapt to and flow with that nature.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237900\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WILLOW - curious\/furious (Visual)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MGYa0VIDpm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('237900');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-237899,  #content_block-237899 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-237899 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ff60ef;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237899\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>What songs on the album were the most interesting to record?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            \u201cCoping Mechanism,\u201d the title track, came a bit later and was hard to sing. The chorus took a lot of vocal dexterity. All of the songs came super naturally, but this one, I really had to think: \u201cOkay, let me tap into that technique, because if I don\u2019t, this is not gonna go as well as I want it to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            The first lyrics of that song: \u201cFun fact, I\u2019m so sick of myself \/ My mind is a breeding ground for unhealth \/ The walls are talking and the voices in my head are screaming out loud.\u201d I wouldn\u2019t say that going into those deep dark parts of me is hard, but I haven\u2019t delved into them in the past. I wanted to look more into the light: \u201cWhat can we do to be better?\u201d And this is still what\u2019s at my core, but shadow work is really important sometimes. We can\u2019t be afraid of the shadows. We have to accept them and make them our friends in order to bring them into the light. <\/p>\n<p>            I want people to feel seen and heard and cradled when they listen to my music or consume any art that I make. I want them to feel seen and not alone.<\/p>\n<p>            I didn\u2019t want to start making an album so soon after <i>lately i feel EVERYTHING<\/i>. I just wanted to chill out. The first song we made was \u201cWHY?\u201d And I kept saying, \u201cI\u2019m really vibing this, but I think we should just keep it chill.\u201d And then we made \u201cmaybe it\u2019s my fault,\u201d and I was like, \u201cOh shit, I want to make a full album that\u2019s just little babies of this mother song.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            That\u2019s always how it goes for me: I always have to make one song that encapsulates the feeling of what I want to create. And \u201cmaybe it\u2019s my fault\u201d was definitely that song for me. There were a lot of feelings coming up in the studio, and that anxiety and uncomfortability went into the production: I was like, \u201cCan we go harder? Can we put more bass on that guitar? Can we get it to rip?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cmaybe it\u2019s my fault\u201d is really melodic, but it gets pretty metal. The dichotomy of that super soft melodic feeling [and] slam dunking the metal guitar just sparked inside of me, like, \u201c<i>This<\/i> is the sound.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237901\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WILLOW - maybe it&#039;s my fault\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oF3caRwbKq4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('237901');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-237902,  #content_block-237902 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-237902 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ff60ef;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237902\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>What\u2019s the process between a simple melody or a lyric and a full-on therapy session?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            When I was working just by myself, without a producer, it was very different. But working with Chris [Greatti] every day, it was a new thing. He would never send me tracks and be like, \u201cHey, do you like this? Are we gonna work on this in the new session?\u201d We came into the studio and created something from scratch every time. We\u2019d sit down, and he would pick up that guitar and we\u2019d just shoot the shit. It made me feel like I had much more control over the process. <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Most of the time, it wasn\u2019t in chronological order. He\u2019d play parts, and I\u2019d say \u201cThat sounds like a pre-chorus\u201d or \u201cThat sounds like a bridge or a breakdown.\u201d We would piece the guitar parts together like a puzzle. And then after they were all in their spots, I\u2019d start thinking \u201cOkay, what do I want this song to be about? What does this make me feel?\u201d I\u2019d start writing, and while I was writing, he\u2019d try out different drum parts and I\u2019d try out different rhythms. Me writing while he figured out the drums was amazing because the rhythm of the lyrics completely informed the rhythm of the drums, so it\u2019s important for those two to be symbiotic.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>What pop-punk or alt-rock music were you digesting before recording this project?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            I was listening to a lot of Radiohead and a lot of metal bands like Crowbar, Lamb of God \u2014 this really soft, melodic, spooky sound mixed with this hard, dark sound. That very complex melodic feeling to Radiohead and Deaftones\u2026 That\u2019s at the core of what I love about music. But this new, seven-string, dark sound was something I hadn\u2019t explored before. And I\u2019ve been listening to a lot of Primus, which has been informing a lot of the new ideas that I\u2019m having.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>I can see you \u2014 hoodie on, rocking out.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Rocking out but also crying. Radiohead really brings you into that emotional place.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>I feel like you have a sacred relationship with crying. Sometimes you post these selfies with tears \u2014 full-on crying sessions \u2014 and I\u2019m like, \u201cIt\u2019s giving performance art, but she\u2019s also being very vulnerable here. This is real life.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            I like to show people I\u2019m in pain too. I was talking to one of my cousins\u2026 and she expressed to me that she thought that I was happy all the time and that things always went well. I\u2019m like, \u201cYo, no, no, no, let\u2019s sit down. Let me tell you, this is not always easy. I\u2019m so grateful to be able to do this, and it\u2019s a beautiful thing, but sometimes it\u2019s really not great. Sometimes I get really, really sad.\u201d I had to express to her: \u201cBro, I\u2019m human and you can always talk to me. Don\u2019t ever think I\u2019m above it all.\u201d It was a great bonding moment for us.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>What\u2019s your coping mechanism when things do go wrong?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            While I was making the album, I was going through a lot of heartbreak, and my coping mechanisms at the time were not healthy: lots of weed, lots of alcohol. But also, being in the studio was my coping mechanism. Making the album was my coping mechanism. It\u2019s ironic: I had so many coping mechanisms, I couldn\u2019t really focus on one. But the music should always be the coping mechanism. After making the album, I\u2019ve been sober. I\u2019ve been vibing it out and trying to get my emotional self back together and find more healthy coping mechanisms. We\u2019re all on that journey, and I want to inspire people and let them know that they can find better coping mechanisms, and that it\u2019s okay to not be okay all the time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237903\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WILLOW - hover like a GODDESS (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yDOj9Tj-0Rg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('237903');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-237904,  #content_block-237904 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-237904 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ff60ef;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237904\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>Let\u2019s talk about the visual identity of <i>COPINGMECHANISM<\/i> \u2014 this textured neon pink and blue and this interstellar black.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            When I listen to the album and close my eyes, I see it existing in a dark void with pops of neon color. While I was recording, I kept seeing this vision. In the \u201cmaybe it\u2019s my fault\u201d video, where I\u2019m far away sitting in the window sill with the void all around me, and also in the \u201ccurious\/furious\u201d visualizer, where I\u2019m a bright flame in a dark area, that was my psyche at the time. There was so much darkness around me, and I had to work so hard to push these intense bursts of color in order to make everything make sense.<\/p>\n<p>            I know it sounds abstract and weird, but that\u2019s the best way I can describe it, and I like that. I\u2019m repeating a motif that\u2019s very indicative of my the emotional state, and I don\u2019t think my aesthetic has ever been this consistent. It\u2019s giving retro, but it\u2019s also giving futuristic. It\u2019s a very authentic expression of my emotional state.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>Can we expect to see the same motifs in more music videos?<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Yes. You\u2019re gonna see more darkness with bright neon flames of creativity, anger, sadness, and confusion in the void of just the unknown.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>I haven\u2019t seen you explicitly say this, but I\u2019m thinking you\u2019re in your villain era. In your own words, what era are you in right now?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Let\u2019s be real: I\u2019m in my villain era. I saw a meme that was like, \u201cNo more character development because my character is gonna develop into a villain,\u201d and I was like \u201cYo, yes.\u201d There\u2019s been heartbreak, and you can either take that as a signal to become better or to go into the darkness. I was struggling with that while making the album. I\u2019m experiencing so much pain, so much insecurity, so much confusion, and I\u2019m really, really reaching for the light \u2014 hence the void. I\u2019m in the darkness, but I\u2019m really, really reaching for the light.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Gyasi Williams-Kirtley<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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