Willow Smith is primordial dust that has been swirling around the universe for all time that is currently taking the shape of a 15-year-old girl with celebrity lineage. And now she's sharing the wisdom she's acquired over the past few thousand years with her first full-length album.
Smith dropped Ardipithecus Friday morning, and it's the feminist rage album with lyrics about crystals at every turn that the universe has been waiting for.
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"I am just a teenager, but I feel angrier than a swarm of hornets," Smith sings on the opening track. "They call us whores but, it's just because we do just what we want and don't look back once."
Smith is credited as the sole writer and producer on most of the album's 15 tracks, but also collaborated with her older brother Trey, who records under the name AcE, and JABS.
"Ardipithecus Ramidus is the scientific name of the first hominid bones found on earth," Smith told The Fader in an email. "I wanted to name my musical compilation after it because while I was making these songs I was in such a transitional state. Digging deep in the soil of my heart and finding bits and pieces of my ancient self that tell stories, which end up being the lyrics to the songs."