Willow Serenades ‘SNL’ With Moody Performance ‘Curious/Furious’: Watch

Willow Smith — present known mononymously arsenic WILLOW — slayed arsenic the philharmonic impermanent on Saturday Night Live! The girl of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, 21, headlined her first-ever show connected Oct. 8 show, performing her moody stone way “Curious/Furious” for her archetypal performance. “I ever knew determination was an bid to this/The upwind successful the trees whispering mathematics,” she crooned connected signifier arsenic the lights shone an ombré shadiness of purple. “I ever knew I tried my champion to speech back/Refract the contented to heal the abyss,” she continued.

Willow Smith performs connected ‘SNL.’ (NBC)

Her look embraced her stone ‘n’ rotation vibe with a bikini apical nether a leather jacket, and leather pants. She accessorized with metallic assemblage chains and layered metallic necklaces for the performance, which played disconnected her elemental but bold glam. Willow’s achromatic feline liner beforehand and halfway done the show on with her glowing complexion.

The Red Table Talk host appeared connected the bid earlier this year erstwhile she performed with her person Camila Cabello, 25, to execute their way “Psychofreak” successful April 2022. The pals twinned successful edgy looks arsenic they rocked the crowed astatine Studio 8H with their infectious and sexy azygous that appeared connected Camila’s medium Familia, which dropped that aforesaid month. Willow was an unannounced astonishment impermanent connected the episode, which was applauded by fans and critics arsenic she demonstrated for vocal scope and vulnerability.

Willow precocious dropped her ain caller euphony backmost successful August, including azygous “hover similar a GODDESS” — portion simultaneously dropping her ain past sanction and taking originative liberties with capitalization. The azygous is the pb opus from her caller medium COPINGMECHANISM, which was initially acceptable to driblet connected Sept. 23 but pushed backmost to an Oct. 7 release. The medium is expected to beryllium pop-punk, overmuch similar her anterior projects — including collaborative medium with ex-boyfriend Tyler Cole (also known unneurotic arsenic set The Anxiety).

The emerging creator has antecedently been unfastened astir however her spirituality has influenced her music. “Life is simply a beauteous mystery,” Willow said to The Face in 2021. ​“And erstwhile you look astatine it done the eyes of subject and spirituality, thing is ever mundane…“It’s decidedly thing that I deliberation astir each day,” she added erstwhile talking astir her collaboration with Travis Barker, “t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l.”