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Willow Smith gets an assist from Travis Barker on new single 'Transparent Soul'

By Megan Armstrong | Last updated 4/28/21

Willow Smith did her best to energize you for the rest of this week by releasing "Transparent Soul."

‼️T R A N S P A R E N T S O U L‼️ IS OUT NOW ✨ pic.twitter.com/Y9Jzjr8WMn
— WILLOW (@OfficialWillow) April 28, 2021

The pop-punk track is co-signed by one of the genre's godfathers with Travis Barker on the drums. "Transparent soul," Smith sings in the above clip. "I can see right through, just so you know."

The 20-year-old is styled in a way her mom, Jada Pinkett Smith, might have been during her Wicked Wisdom days, and the song showcases her as a guitarist.

.@OfficialWillow dropped her single “Transparent Soul” today! Check it out ... she’s kill’n it as per usual! Shout out to @travisbarker for throw’n down on these drumzzzzzzzzzz!!!!! pic.twitter.com/EzF5rcQqDv
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) April 27, 2021

Reminder that Jada Pinkett Smith was in a nü-metal called Wicked Wisdom that toured with Ozzfest at a time when there were few BIPOC people in the genre pic.twitter.com/8yGmTiuOme
— meagan (@meaganrosae) April 27, 2021

Per American Songwriter, "Transparent Soul" is expected to be on Smith's forthcoming yet-to-be-titled fourth studio album via MSFTSMusic/Roc Nation. "I thought this was a really dope outlet for a new energy I wanted to bring to my music," she told the outlet. "It is said that a saintly person is so pure that he or she acts like a spotless mirror. When we come in the presence of such mirror-like soul, we can see both the beauty and ugliness of our inner life."

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The single was produced by Tyler Cole, with whom Smith produced her 2019 album WILLOW. Her other albums were ARDIPITHECUS (2015) and The 1st (2017).

Watch the full performance visual below.