Willow Smith reveals ‘insecurity’ about being a nepo baby

Willow Smith reveals ‘insecurity’ about being a nepo baby

Like her parents, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith has an artistic career, both in music and acting.

Daughter of Will Smith It is Jada Pinkett Smith, willow smith She pursued an artistic career like her parents and works as a singer and actress. Despite having some success, she revealed how “insecure” she is about being nepo babya term used for someone who had a career favored by their parents, uncles or godparents.

As an actress, she participated in productions such as I’m the Legend (2007), The Lorax: In Search of the Lost Truffula (2012) and Kit, a Special Girl (2008). However, her career as a singer is more prominent. In total, she released six studio albums: Ardipithecus (2015), The 1st (2017), willow (2019), Lately I Feel Everything (2021), Coping Mechanism (2022) and empathogen (2024). Additionally, she has the collaborative album The Anxiety (2020), made in partnership with Tyler Cole.

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Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, Will Smith, Jaden Smith and Trey Smith (Photo: Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic)

During an interview with Allure, willow talked about the pressure she feels being the daughter of two very famous parents, and how this made her work even harder to achieve her goals in the music industry.

“I definitely think a little bit of insecurity has made it harder for me because people think the only reason I’m successful is because of my parents,” he said. “It made me work really hard to try to prove them wrong. But these days I don’t need to prove anything to anyone.”

I truly believe that my spirit is strong and that even if my parents weren’t who they were, I would still be a weirdo and a crazy thinker.

Source: Rollingstone

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