Following the release of her ace pop-punk single t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l in April (and ahead of her new album, which is due out this summer), Willow Smith – aka WILLOW – has spoken about her struggles as a Black rock fan. Chatting with V Magazine, the musician says she was bullied at school for listening to the likes of Paramore and My Chemical Romance, and she has since felt more pressure working and existing within the rock and metal worlds by being a Black woman. “…Being a Black woman in the metal crowd is very, very different on top of the pressures that the music industry puts on you,” WILLOW explains. “Now, it’s like an added pressure of the metal culture, the metal world, and just rock in general. I used to...
