

“And when you look at it through the eyes of science and spirituality, nothing is ever mundane.” Now 20-years old, Willow reckons she might try to fulfill her dream of studying physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology at 25. “Life is a beautiful mystery,” Willow says. But right now, she’s on a roll with her other passion, physics. Arriving on 16 th July, fans have been on tenterhooks waiting for the release date ever since she dropped single t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l in April, a Travis Barker collab that ignited a social media frenzy with its Black-girl-helmed guitar angst, unofficially confirming that pop-punk is back and here to stay.

She’s Zooming in from LA, the day after her new pop-punk album Lately I Feel EVERYTHING was announced. “Like, come on now? Are you kidding me?!” says Willow Smith in excited disbelief, after explaining this particular scientific phenomenon. Technically, your feet are always hovering just above the ground. Countless electrons in countless atoms are instead repelling each other, never coming into direct contact, giving the illusion of connection while maintaining a minuscule distance. The shirt on your back? The socks on your feet? You’re not touching those either. According to quantum physics, you’re not actually touching the iPhone, laptop or tablet you’re currently using to read this sentence.
