We all remember Willow Smith as the ten-year-old who whipped her hair back and forth back back in 2010 – and whipped the world up into a frenzy in the process. Ever since, the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smithhas rarely been out of the spotlight.

Having recently hit the landmark age of 18, the youngest member of the Smith gang is now a empowering force to reckoned with, hence why she has just landed her first big fragrance campaign for Maison Margiela latest new perfume , Mutiny. Willow leads five other women who symbolise Mutiny’s celebration of nonconformity, individuality and diversity. This is a fragrance and accompanying campaign for the world we ACTUALLY live in and also features transgender model, Teddy Quinlivan and intersex model, Hanne Gaby Odiele.
Here, the singer discusses how despite growing up in a house of public role models, she didn’t feel that society thought she was beautiful, her relationship with conformity and how weightlifting has completely changed her relationship with her body. Prepare yourself, Willow Smith is so empowering she’ll leaving you feeling super inspired…

I love the campaign for Mutiny, it’s super empowering and impactful. What does being a ‘mutinist’ mean to you in 2018?
Being fearless in the creation of your art, whatever that may be, and not letting other people’s negative outlook make you question your intuition and question yourself.
You are a totally positive person, aren’t you?
Oh yeah. I feel like I’m like definitely a realist who is optimistic about the world. I’m a positive realist.
It’s definitely evolved. When I was younger, conformity was just doing the opposite of whatever the authority wanted me to do but now I think to myself that non-conformity is really trusting your intuition and that part of yourself that you’ve been taught to not listen to – over the years you’ve just put in the background. Every human has intuition and over the years, through all the standardised schooling and indoctrination, we forget that we have inner confidence and neglect our spiritual selves. That’s what I’ve grown to see it as.

The biggest thing they taught me is that you have to spend time learning yourself and over the years you’re always growing into who you are. It’s never set in stone. You’re always changing, and you must never be afraid of that. Always welcome it with love and compassion. Be kind to yourself when change is happening.
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In my house there were still many examples of strong black women that I never really looked to the media or outside of my group/tribe for those examples. Deep down, I felt like I wasn’t going to get them so when I looked out, I wasn’t surprised when I didn’t see myself represented. I definitely didn’t feel like I was what society thought was ‘beautiful.’
I feel like it’s a beautiful thing and any effort towards changing the idea of what beauty is and broadening it and making it all inclusive is amazing.