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Is self-preservation futile? Saya Gray seems to think so, weaving in and out of confidence, insecurity, grief, and the potency of being in love on her impressive debut, Saya. The Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist earned her chops as the bassist and musical director for Willow Smith and Daniel Caesar, with …

Willow stopped by NPR for a five-song Tiny Desk set that featured some old favorites, a couple of new tunes, and one world premiere performance. As the penultimate offering, Willow debuted “Run!” a previously unreleased track from her upcoming album, Empathogen, out this Friday, May 3. “Run!” begins with a …

Willow is looking for the symptoms of life in nature. On Tuesday, the musician released her new single, “Symptom of Life,” along with its nature-shot video, which she self-directed. “The song has a very beautiful whimsical nature but holds a lot of mystery,” Willow said in a press release. “There’s …

Grasping the difference between loneliness and solitude was a game-changer for Willow. Loneliness, she realized, was something that often sent her running in search of distraction from the overwhelming emotions that live in that silence. Solitude, on the other hand, was a teacher. “When we’re alone, when there’s nobody there …

R.I.P. to one of the best talk shows in the game. Red Table Talk will no longer air on Facebook Watch after parent company Meta shuttered all of its Facebook Watch shows for a pivot to VR programming. Hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris, the three …

Willow took the the SNL stage like a damn pro — glaring, belting, screaming in her platform Converse and feline black eyeliner. The 21-year-old guitarist and singer began with “Curious/Furious,” a rocker with a seductive build and an indelible intro where she rhymes “I always knew there was an order …

Willow put her own emotional spin on Yungblud’s pop-punky single “The Funeral” by strumming it on an acoustic guitar and tapping into the lyrics’ intention during a performance for BBC Radio 1. Where the original song is a straight-ahead, upbeat rocker, Willow slowed it down and drew out words like …

Nothing like a graffitied subway to express angst. On Thursday, Yungblud dropped the music video for his new song “Memories,” which features vocals from Willow. The accompanying Colin Tilley-directed video follows the two — playing each other’s toxic love interests — as they relive memories of a relationship while singing …

W elcome to Rolling Stone’s 2021 Musicians on Musicians package, the annual franchise where two great artists come together for a free, open conversation about life and music. Each story in this year’s series will appear in our November 2021 print issue, hitting newsstands on November 2nd. Willow Smith has …

Willow Smith pays tribute to pop-punk with her new single “Transparent Soul,” featuring Travis Barker on the drums. The song draws from the music of Paramore, Fall Out Boy, and Barker’s own band Blink-182, with hard-hitting percussion and pop-punk power chords on guitar. In the lyrics, Smith calls out the …