“G R O W” featuring pop-punk icon, Avril Lavigne, is an upbeat, major key manifesto that opens with “I been putting work in / healing myself / still got room to grow” before humbling these lines with “honestly my heart is broke” and “I can’t help but feel like I’ve lost my way / cause no one ever truly knows just who they are.” The words are sung in a happy, poppy tone in a sound reminiscent of early 2000s stars such as Avril herself, and bands that heavily influenced the album like My Chemical Romance.
In “Gaslight, ” Willow belts, “I’ll just love me instead.” She repeats a similar sentiment when she sings “You’ll find that you’re your own best friend” in “G R O W.” This may seem like a reactionary surrender of “No one will love me so I guess I’ll just love myself,” but it speaks to a blend of self-awareness, independence, and confidence in one’s power that comes through in some of the later tracks.įirst, Willow gets most of it out of her system–the anger, the disillusionment, the betrayal and heartbreak–before venturing into more optimistic and vulnerable lyrics. Willow notes that ego and trauma “causes pain and the people close to pain.” Attempting to ‘clean’ the soul is a form of self-love that Willow expresses through her pop-punk tracks that scream for attention. “Transparent soul” has the dual meaning of referring to good judgement (ie, being able to see through people’s nefarious intentions) and referring to someone who has ‘cleaned’ their soul by eradicating their ego and clearing out their traumas. We are always quick to judge, but do we ever look inward? Willow challenges herself to do just that, not just with her music, but in her spirituality as well. The confusion and gaslighting isn’t just perpetrated by others, but is created within oneself–we fool ourselves, trick ourselves, rationalize, and overthink.
The lyrics of confusion show up again with “I think we live in a labyrinth created by my mind.” This line reveals a level of self-awareness that Willow has about, as she defines it, “turn that eye on ourselves.” In “Lipstick,” the lyrics “vision gets dimmer / the room is closing in on me” harkens back to the image of being gaslit with a starkly literal visual of feeling trapped, spoken with the angst of one who is deeply hurt. In “Transparent Soul,” Willow sings, “I knew a boy just like you / he’s a snake just like you / such a fake, just like you, but I can see the truth.” Willow reveals anger over deceptive and manipulative behaviour, firmly reminding whoever is listening that she can see right through the facade people may put on to get what they want from her.
It is the awakening to the reality that someone has been lying or taking advantage, and clapping back accordingly. Without attempting to psychoanalyze the meanings behind Willow’s lyrics as it relates to her personal life, the lyrics themselves, shouted over both minor and major sounds, display what it feels like to wake up. In the form of aggressive drumming, and vibrant guitar, the album is Willow’s way of processing heartbreak, frustration, and righteous anger–while revealing social truths as well. This is perhaps a raw form of compassion that is meant for herself, where she can make mistakes, let the wrong people in, and still keep her power intact. But upon closer examination of the lyrics, Willow screams lessons about putting her needs first, speaking her truth, perceiving deceptive behaviour, and the importance of individuality, freedom, and personal evolution.
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Willow explains how her spiritual journey has clued her in towards seeing through people’s nefarious intentions, and how examining oneself is important in discovering how she can be “more compassionate.”Īt first listen, it doesn’t appear that ‘compassion’ is at the heart of her new album, which is full of angry, heartbroken anthems.
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