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Willow Reflects on ‘Whip My Hair’ Legacy: ‘My Message Hasn’t Really Changed’


Willow reflects on the legacy of "Whip My Hair" ahead of her forthcoming album 'Empathogen.' Watch her Billboard News interview.

While audience expansion is always welcome, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter first made her Hot 100 debut nearly 15 years ago with “Whip My Hair,” and now, she’s reminiscing on that time with Billboard News ahead of her forthcoming Empathogen album. Co-written by Ronald Jackson and Janae Ratliff and co-produced by Tim Carter and Jukebox & Obanga, “Whip My Hair” played on 2010s party rap, with Willow employing a rap-sung cadence over a mixture of heavy synths and drums. 46), buoyed, in large part, by the success of its Travis Barker-assisted lead single, “Transparent Soul.” Later that year, The Anxiety became the second Billboard 200 entry of Willow’s career, climbing all the way to No.

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