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WILLOW is playing a special show with an orchestra later this year

WILLOW has announced that she’ll be teaming up with conductor Derrick Hodge and Color of Noize Orchestra for a unique performance at The Ford in Los Angeles.

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WILLOW announces sixth album empathogen, releases new single b i g f e e l i n g s

Following 2022 rock album <COPINGMECHANISM>, WILLOW is seemingly shifting genres once more with her upcoming sixth LP empathogen…

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Watch the video for WILLOW’s “whimsical” new single, symptom of life

WILLOW has released a brand-new single, along with a self-directed music video “for all the beautiful people who have ever gone into nature with their friends and been guided to a deeper understanding of life together by plant medicine…”

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WILLOW announces new single, symptom of life

A few months on from the release of 2023 track alone, WILLOW has announced the next single from her upcoming sixth album. Hear a sneak preview of symptom of life now…

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WILLOW shares first new single since last year’s <COPINGMECHANISM> album

Watch the video for WILLOW’s new single alone, which follows up her 2022 rock album <COPINGMECHANISM>.

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Coachella will be livestreamed for free on YouTube through to 2026

YouTube has renewed its deal with Coachella, meaning this April we’ll be able to watch sets from WILLOW, Knocked Loose, Scowl, YUNGBLUD and more…

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Knocked Loose, Scowl, The Linda Lindas and more for Coachella 2023

Joining the likes of Bad Bunny, Blackpink and Frank Ocean at this year’s Coachella are Knocked Loose, Scowl, The Linda Lindas, YUNGBLUD and more.

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The Kerrang! staff’s top albums of 2022

The K! staff present the albums that shaped their individual 2022s!

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The 50 best albums of 2022

The Kerrang! verdict on the 50 albums that shaped 2022.

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WILLOW shreds Deftones’ My Own Summer (Shove It) at recent show

WILLOW shares her love for Deftones onstage by shredding the riff to My Own Summer (Shove It).

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WILLOW thanks Billy Corgan for “setting this beautiful precedent for what rock star dudes can be”

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan interviews WILLOW for his latest Thirty-Three podcast, and hears how him wearing a dress onstage inspired the likes of Jaden Smith to do the same.

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WILLOW smashes it (literally) with heavy SNL performance

WILLOW celebrated the release of her new album <COPINGMECHANISM> with performances of curious/furious and a gloriously heavy ur a stranger on Saturday Night Live.

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Album review: WILLOW – <COPINGMECHANISM>

WILLOW ditches pop-punk and goes all-out rock on fiery new album, <COPINGMECHANISM>.

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WILLOW: “I would love to sing with Chino Moreno from Deftones. He’s so amazing”

WILLOW has collaborated with everyone from Avril Lavigne to Machine Gun Kelly – and she’s got plenty more artists she’d love to work with, including Deftones’ Chino Moreno.

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WILLOW covers YUNGBLUD’s The Funeral in the Live Lounge

Watch WILLOW’s stripped-back performance of YUNGBLUD’s The Funeral.

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WILLOW: “I feel like the biggest pressure is the pressure to just be authentic”

From her hair-whipping debut to excellent fifth album <COPINGMECHANISM>, 21-year-old Willow Smith has become quite the rock star. And in embracing her love of metal, finding new ways to work in the studio, and training “really hard” on her vocals, it’s clear that she’s still only just getting started…

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WILLOW unveils new single, curious/furious

Listen to curious/furious, the latest single from WILLOW’s upcoming album <COPINGMECHANISM>.

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Coachella will be livestreamed for free on YouTube through to 2026

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WILLOW shreds Deftones’ My Own Summer (Shove It) at recent show

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Album review: WILLOW – <COPINGMECHANISM>

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WILLOW unveils new single, curious/furious

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