Willow has at all times refused to make herself small, so why begin now? On Friday, April 12, Willow dropped “Huge Emotions” (stylized as “b i g f e e l i n g s”) and confirmed that her subsequent album, Empathogen, which was beforehand billed as “a brand new musical compilation,” can be launched on Could 3.
“Huge Emotions” arrived with a visualizer that finds Willow cackling and uninhibited whereas singing, “I’ve such massive emotions / Can’t shut ’em down or let ’em out / I do know I’m not positive / However sure, I say I’m positive.”
Questlove commemorated the discharge by posting a tribute to Willow on Instagram. To say his caption is prolonged can be promoting it brief. Partially, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning icon wrote, “Shout out to @willowsmith for permitting herself to evolve into this artist. Doing all of the issues artists over time have instructed me they wished to do however have been too afraid to as a result of we been instructed odd time signatures don’t work or @gentlegiantband degree prog rock music construction (blink and also you missed it codas & bridges coming outta nowhere) could be an excessive amount of for the ‘common listener’ to devour or to lyrically go to this susceptible place that we would assume will get us ridiculed.”
Willow reposted to her Instagram, and Questlove commented that he “rocked that jawn 30 minutes in a row this morn,” so all people ought to be excited for the complete Empathogen undertaking to drop.
Watch Willow’s “Huge Emotions” visualizer above, and take a look at Willow’s Empathogen tracklist beneath.
1. “House” Feat. Jon Batiste
2. “Historic Lady”
3. “Symptom Of Life”
4. “The Worry Is Not Actual”
5. “False Self”
6. “Ache For Enjoyable” Feat. St. Vincent
7. “No Phrases 1 & 2”
8. “Down”
9. “Run!”
10. “Between I And She”
11. “‘I Know That Face.’”
12. “b i g f e e l i n g s”
Empathogen is out 5/3 by way of WILLOW/Three Six Zero/Gamma. Discover extra data right here.
