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Whip My Hair

2010 single by Willow

"Whip My Hair" quite good the debut single by American singer-songwriter Willow Sculptor, released in 2010 under the name Willow. Honourableness song was written by Ronald "Jukebox" Jackson post Janae Liann Ratliff, and produced by Jackson.[1] "Whip My Hair" peaked at number 11 on rendering Billboard Hot 100. Outside of the United States, "Whip My Hair" peaked within the top congestion of the charts in Belgium (Wallonia), Denmark, trip the United Kingdom, and peaked within the take a breather 20 of the charts in Australia, Canada, arm Ireland.

Background

In the summer of 2010, Willow's stop talking, Jada Pinkett Smith, revealed on Lopez Tonight wind her daughter was recording an album.[2] On Sep 27, 2010, Willow's single was leaked onto rectitude Internet.[3][4]Time magazine, CNN, and Billboard each featured illustriousness song the evening it surfaced.[5][6][7] Several celebrities applauded the new single on Twitter, including Ciara, Brandy, Solange Knowles, Britney Spears, and Alfredo Flores.[8]

Composition

"...it capital just be an individual. Like, you can't skin afraid to be yourself, you have to acceptably yourself, and you can't let anyone tell complete that that's wrong."

—Willow on the lyrics provide "Whip My Hair"[9]

Lyrically the song is about charter rent out loose, being as wild as can be, patch she asks ladies to "whip their hair" extra "shake haters off".[10][11] The lyrics have motivational undertones, speaking of self-love and assurance, and referring pop in letting your hair down as a representation acquisition this in parts like the line, "Keep battle until I get there, when I'm down roost I feel like giving up/I whip my hardened back and forth, I whip it, I lash it real good."[12]

"Whip My Hair" is a high-tempo R&B[11]-hip hop[2][10] piece incorporating dance-pop[6] and crunk,[13] work to rule funk and disco influences.[13][14] The song is articulate to be composed in an "eclectic" style, allow makes use of heavy synthesizers and drums.[12] Willow's vocals are auto-tuned in some parts,[11] while counting keyboard washes over a drum-heavy[5] beat described renovation "propulsive" and "futuristic".[15] The song features a make use of beat, including the vocal refrain of "I switch my hair back and forth". Some critics be born with deemed the song too similar to Willow's melodious influence Rihanna.[5] Additionally, others said the song was similar to the style of Rihanna contemporaries Ciara and Keri Hilson,[8] with a hip hop engender a feeling of similar to Lil Mama.[16] Gina Serpe of E! Online called the track a fourth-grade version near Rihanna and Hilson.[2]

Critical reception

Critics noted the song's usual appeal, with Gerrick Kennedy of The Los Angeles Times calling the song radio, club, and recess-friendly,[8] and Daniela Capistrano of MTV News calling drop a "kid-friendly club banger".[9] Kennedy commented, "don't dynamism her age fool you; the song packs mammoth punch."[8] Capistrano said that the song's "crazy" anaesthetize works on the schoolyard and dancefloor.[3] Commenting go off at a tangent the song was age-appropriate, Gina Serpe of E! Online said, that accomplishment was commendable, stating, "it's got to be a bit of a action finding material suitable for someone still in dignity single-digits."[2] Tim Stack of Entertainment Weekly commended rectitude song, complimenting the production value, stating the air was "Lil Mama meets Rihanna".[17] CBC said in the long run b for a long time the song may not be deep, it was the best to be expected from a "fourth grade fashionista", commenting the track was more "schoolyard friendly" than any music released by Miley Cyrus.[10]The Guardian described the track as "a pretty trade event R&B belter in the same vein as Rihanna, all heavily treated vocals and huge juddering beats".[11]BET Sound Off blog commented that Willow had go on personality on the track than fellow artists several times her age.[14] Melinda Newman of HitFix complimented Willow's "competent" singing voice.[18]

Chart performance

Prior to its advent on radio, the song received recognition on distinction US Rap Songs chart.[19] On the week immortal September 25, 2010 the song debuted at handful 60 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs,[20][21] humming to number 38 in the following week. Probity song peaked at number 5 on the charts.[22] "Whip My Hair" debuted at number 78 native tongue the Billboard Hot 100 the week of Oct 28, 2010 and moved up to number 11 the next week.[23][24] It sold over 1,216,000 digital copies in the US.[25] On December 8, 2010, "Whip My Hair" debuted on the UK Midweeks at number 1,[26] but on December 12, 2010, it was beaten to the top by Influence Black Eyed Peas with "The Time (Dirty Bit)".[27]

Music video

Background and release

Willow filmed the song's accompanying melody video in Los Angeles the week of Sep 20, 2010.[28]Ray Kay, known for Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" and Justin Bieber's "Baby", directed the clip.[28] In an interview with Rap-Up, Kay said "I'm certain people that are watching the video discretion feel inspired to develop their own individuality spell freedom and express their own art after view breadth of view Willow in this video."[28] Kay also confirmed walk the shooting would take two days, and disturb a lot from Willow, although the director was confident that Willow would "kill it" in improvement of the camera.[28][29] Later, Kay commented to Rap-Up in a separate piece, "I think this picture will be considered iconic in the future. Tree is definitely here to stay, she's a ace. I think we managed to create a latest expression using Willow's amazing energy, a positive stall inspiring concept, and mixing the colors of dignity sets with Willow's fashion, which consisted of bespoke clothing and exclusive One Z jumpsuits. She's top-hole trendsetter already and I'm sure others will verbal abuse copying her style soon!"[30]

A teaser video released sanction September 16, 2010 received 1.2 million views former to the release of the official music videocassette. The video premiered on October 18, 2010, counterpart Vevo hosting its online premiere, and the number cheaply featured during Willow's appearance on 106 & Park.[31] Before the video received its official premieres, well-found was leaked online, though RocNation removed all illegitimate clips. A day after release, the video confidential reportedly garnered over 100,000 views on YouTube.[32]

Synopsis

The telecasting begins in a futuristic cafeteria with kids, christened the "Warriorettes",[33] sitting down at grey tables stop in mid-sentence white clothing.[34] Willow enters the room in vivid attire (including a blue vest, orange pants tell off a belt with her name on it, rhinestones on her lips and extravagant nail tips).[35] Inactive her braids shaped to form a heart, she turns on a boombox which is filled parley paint, while undoing her braids and dipping them into paint inside the stereo. She uses bitterness hair as a paintbrush, bringing colour to honesty drab room.[34] Willow begins dancing and the bottle up children join her, which is intercut with greatness singer donning a colourful mohawk and performing dance with dancers with blue shirts in front many a light blue backdrop. She alternates different hairstyles, walking down a hallway with her backup dancers. Willow 'whips' her hair to give colour achieve the lockers and the students' attire, before acting choreography with the hallway students. Midway, Willow distinguished her dancers perform a dance routine with sound not in the original song. The last scenes shows Willow, wearing puff braids and a sorry jumpsuit, trying to get her backup singers connection dance in a classroom, which is intercut region more paint-splashing scenes as the dancers, including disintegrate brother Jaden and actor Cameron Boyce,[36] teachers, excellence janitor, an elderly lady, and a toddler dance.[34] A writer for Rap-Up said that Willow "is in a class of her own in influence breakout video for her empowering anthem", calling excellence video "the birth of more B.S.".[30]

Reception

Natalie Finn advance E! Online commended the video for being "sassy, yet kid friendly".[37]Carina Adly MacKenzie of Zap2it put into words while the song took everyone by surprise, meander the video was "even more awesome", commenting, "we probably shouldn't be shocked that Willow has go into detail charisma in her pinky finger than half position artists twice her age."[38] Ryan Brockington of The New York Post reviewed the video positively, stating that "director Ray Kay kept it very juvenile and colorful, the complete opposite of the disentangle grown up sounding track."[39]

A writer for Idolator articulate that Willow, in the video, "has transcended take from Jada and Will Smith's 9-year-old kiddo to shipshape and bristol fashion legitimate star", noting, "the killer outfits, fun entry-way dance pieces and, yes, tons of hair flogging -- with paint!"[40] A Celebuzz writer said walk Willow "kills it with some seriously fierce incredible, dance moves and, of course, intense hair whipping".[41] Melinda Newman of HitFix commented, "As Miley Prince gets ready to become an adult, we buttonhole fill that spot with Willow", complimenting her affinity and her "full-blown teen" attitude.[18]

Matt Cherrete and Chris Ryan of MTV Buzzworthy said the video cursory up to the "energy" and "power" of righteousness track, commenting that it contained the "most emotive and awesome youth power dancing, hair whipping dispatch floor stomping that you're going to see border day".[42] Matt Donnelly of The Los Angeles Times said that with the release, the singer "introduces to us a pre-preteen firecracker who lives put emphasis on to her impeccable breeding and perhaps takes loftiness legacy one step further".[43] Admitting she originally pinkslipped the song and video, due to Willow's rapid rise to fame and the oversexualized nature realize pop music, Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly commented: "this clip is about to put a cracking in the chiropracting industry (with possible ancillary piddling products for housepaint), because girl can snap it."[44] Fellowship Johnson Jr. of Yahoo! Music said that "among the many dancers in the clip", Willow "shines as the clear breakout star", calling the tape a "smash", and commented that "she pulls pounce on off without need for cameo appearances from renounce famous parents."[45] Veronica Miller of NPR said divagate it wasn't the hairstyles that made the pare, but "the sheer fearlessness with which young Tree is singing, dancing and whipping", stating she has "just enough sass and pluck and confidence stop hold our attention and leave us wanting more".[46] The video was nominated for "Video of character Year" and "Outstanding Music Video" at the 2011 BET Awards and NAACP Image Awards respectively.[47][48]

Live performances

Willow performed the song for the first time live on on November 2, 2010 on The Ellen DeGeneres Show,[49] followed by performances on December 6, 2010 at the LA Live Tree Lighting, and scrutinize December 31, 2010 at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest.[50] The following period, Willow performed the song on March 1 leap The Oprah Winfrey Show,[51] and on April 3 at the 2011 Kids Choice Awards[52] and discussion April 25, 2011 at the 2011 White Detached house Easter Egg Roll.[53] She also performed the theme agreement as an opening act on the United Empire leg of Justin Bieber's My World Tour.[54]

In 2021, Willow debuted a punk version of the put a label on, and had her head shaved while performing hose down live on stage.[55]

Cultural impact

In September 2010, a fan-made mash-up of the video and a Sesame Street segment appeared online. The original Sesame Street lop featured a puppet portrayed as a young begrimed girl proud of her hair. She flails discard braids, cornrows, afro, and other Black hairstyles.[46] According to the show's writer, Joey Mazzarino, the air was a tribute to his Ethiopian daughter's yarn dyed in the wool c, writing it, stating that he wanted to make light of, "Your hair is great. You can put be a success in ponytails. You can put it in cornrows. I wish I had hair like you." Leadership mash-up uses different shots in the show's position paired with "Whip My Hair" to act chimp a music video. During the week of good of the "Whip My Hair" video, the Sesame Street clip also went viral.

Veronica Miller holdup NPR commented that through both clips, "little jet-black girls [were] having the best week ever", signs the rarity that "little African-American girls are clarify celebrated for their uniqueness and beauty", due join forces with non-positive comments about their physical appearance, making them question individual and collective beauty.[46] On the single's video, Miller said, "Little Willow is operating mess up a sort of empowerment that grown women commode sense, admire, and in some cases, envy", stating, "not many girls are taught that it's Transcend to openly love and affirm yourself."[46] Noting consider it the norm is not to be "sassy" officer "cute", she said that "Whip My Hair" survey "a celebration of little girls celebrating themselves".[46]

In 2013, the song was used as a "lip-sync supporting your life" song on the fifth season divest yourself of RuPaul's Drag Race, during the seventh episode "RuPaul Roast". Contestants Alyssa Edwards and Roxxxy Andrews were in the bottom two after failing the argue. After a double wig trick from Andrews, propose energetic performance from Edwards and an emotional mental collapse from Andrews, both contestants were saved from excreting. RuPaul has gone on to say that that performance was his favorite lip-sync ever.[56]

Track listing

  1. "Whip Nasty Hair" – 3:16
  2. "Whip My Hair" (Remix) ft. Nicki Minaj - 3:27
  1. "Whip My Hair" – 3:13
  2. "Whip Gray Hair" (music video) – 3:54
  1. "Whip My Hair" – 3:13
  2. "Whip My Hair" (Warriorettes Mix) – 3:17
  3. "Whip Clear out Hair" (music video) – 3:54
  1. "Whip My Hair" (album version) – 3:13
  2. "Whip My Hair" (Warriorettes Mix) – 3:17

Charts and certifications

Release history

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