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Detailing how she hopes her journey into the scene helps others, she continues: "Just through the music that I’m putting out right now and the representation that I can bring to the mix, I just hope that the Black girls who are listening to my music and listening to this album see that there’s more of us out there. It’s a real thing, you’re not alone. You’re not the only Black girl who wishes she could flip her hair to the side, and wear black eyeliner, you know what I mean?"
And it won't just be Black pop-punk fans who can look to WILLOW for inspiration; she also reveals in the interview that she'll likely be tackling other genres in the future: namely, she also wants to make metal.
"I'm going to go wherever the music is, but I love pop-punk a lot," she says. "But, where my heart lies, is metal. At some point, that's definitely going to happen."