Willow Smith Stuns in Daring Pink Search for ‘Attract’ Cowl: Pictures – Hollywood Life

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Willow Smith has been in Hollywood’s highlight since she was a baby — however she’s able to “show” the “nepo child” critics mistaken. As the one daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow, 23, sat down with Allure for a photograph shoot, for which she posed in a daring pink ensemble.

In a single picture from the duvet shoot — which got here out on Thursday, Might 2, alongside her interview — Willow modeled an outsized, pink cut-out look, which featured a crop prime and miniskirt paired with matching leggings. To finish the fiery picture, Willow’s face was brushed with vibrant pink make-up.

In one other picture, the “twenty first Century Woman” artist was given a daring leopard-themed makeover, shining with gold, blue and pink accents throughout her face. For the duvet shot, Willow’s hair was executed up in a dramatic, statuesque type.

Whereas chatting with the outlet, Willow opened up about her new album, empathogen, in addition to rising up below the limelight as a younger Black lady. Regardless of initially being recognized by her famous parents, Willow acknowledges that she has “privilege” however can nonetheless join with followers.

“Being Black in America, even with privilege — which I’m by no means going to disclaim that I’ve — you’re nonetheless Black,” Willow mentioned, earlier than including, “And I really like being Black. Individuals would take a look at me and [say], ‘Okay, effectively, her mother and father are this and this and that, however she nonetheless is like me. She nonetheless has brown pores and skin.’ And everyone knows that that doesn’t exempt you from something, and that’s a spot of connection.”

In relation to the naysayers who’ve dubbed Willow a “nepo child,” the “Whip My Hair” hitmaker acknowledged that that is an “insecurity” of hers however emphasised that she labored her means up the ladder with out her mother and father’ help.

“I really consider that my spirit is a powerful spirit and that, even when my mother and father weren’t who they have been, I might nonetheless be a weirdo and a loopy thinker,” Willow defined. “I undoubtedly suppose that just a little little bit of insecurity has pushed me more durable as a result of folks do suppose that the one cause I’m profitable is due to my mother and father. That has pushed me to work actually arduous to attempt to show them mistaken. However these days, I don’t have to show s**t to anyone.’”

Apart from her well-known household, Willow additionally famous one other worry: “being perceived as troublesome” in present enterprise.

“On this society, a lady who is aware of what she desires is at all times perceived as being ‘troublesome,’” she mentioned. “I’m not being troublesome, I simply know what I would like. And I’m prepared to sacrifice the chillness of the second for attempting to get to that objective.”