Renown director Ray Kay latest video, Willow Smith‘s ‘Whip My Hair’, has been a hot topic since debuting earlier this week. With everyone and their mother having an opinion on the 9 year old’s foray into music, Kay (as seen above) has spoken up on what it was like working with the youngest of the Smith clan, and his views on her future.
His comments after the jump…
“I’m so excited to see all the buzz about this video on the web. Willow really deserves this, she’s a superstar already. The video will surely be considered a classic a few years from now.
I think we managed to create a fresh expression using Willow’s amazing energy, a positive and inspiring concept, and mixing the colors of the sets with Willow’s fashion, which consisted of custom-made clothing and exclusive One Z jumpsuits from California Christiania Republic. She’s a trendsetter already and I’m sure others will be copying her style soon!”
Randomness: Our ‘Whip My Hair’ video post is officially the most viewed post in That Grape Juice history!
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CONGRATS WILLOW!!!
BUT AFTER THE VIDEO WAS RELEASED THE RADIO SPINS HAVE BEEN DECREASING!!!!! AND STILL HAS NOT MADE AN IMPACT ON THE CHARTS
THAT SUCKS!!!!! MAYBE A PERFORMANCE WILL HELP? BUT I HEAR SHE’S NOT READY…SMH…
SHE SHOULD TRY OUT DISNEY….
classic…idk
but i do enjoy the vid 🙂
Ray Kay need to shup the f*** after what I did for the “FREAKUM DRESS VIDEO”.
Congrats to willow,I think she just broke her first record 😀 on the net.
*rolls eyes*
If you say so, buddy!
IDK I LOVE LIL WILLOW BT I THINK PEOPKE ARE HYPING HER A LIL TOO MUCH …I MEAN SHE ONLY HAS DONE ONE SONG *SIGH* I GUESS WE’LL SEE WAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR LIL WILLOW
Congrats, Willow! WMY is one of the most original videos to date!
Classic tho ? yeah ok, its cute and all but the video isn’t much. Its only getting much hype becuz of her age. Congrats to her tho. But CLASSIC hell no.
much success to her, but i still believe that at 9/10 she is too vunerable to be
put into the spotlight. regardless of the advice and help her parents can give, she is not emotionally ready. cameras, blogs and magazines are no place for a child to grow up in front of, just ask michael and gary.
The song is a monster hit its already standing at 18 at billboards ever comparative hiphop rnb chart.based on radio play alone, in 2 weeks it will be top 10 and obviously from there is gonna over take the billboard hot 100. i must say congrats to her, shez defnetly lil rihanna as the critics have dubbed her.
quick question what will Willow do for a second single and what will she do 1 year from now after she loses all this media hype? sorry but this isnt a “classic” and so far the song is flopping on the mainstream charts i guess we will wait until october 25th to see if she can actually get ppl to buy her single (RIhanna, and Kesha are both releasing new singles on the same day and Taylor Swift will have a new promo single (all her promo singles so far have reached number one on the itunes top 100) out around that time and Taylor is releasing her album on the same day) and i have heard willow sing live and lets just say rihanna could out sing her
Can’t front. It is a hot video. And a hot song. Im happy for her. 🙂
@BEYSUS idk what performance this is that you saw but from the live performance I saw her give she has natural talent, that’s a lot more than I can say for rihanna.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaQ4rHzRI6Q that girl sounds a hot mess even rihanna could have done better (and dont come with that she’s only 9 b.s. if she is in the industry at 9 she should be able to sing at 9 no excuses)
her and rihanna sound just alike live. we have the Bajan billygoat and now the Baby billygoat (yall can say what yall want about me hating on a 9yr old etc… but im not gonna be delusional and say she can sing. she is in the industry and if we can critisize Miley cyrus, Justin bieber, etc… then she is no exception)
Come talk to me when willow is No1 on BB hot 100, she nees to suck Jay more …
Ummmm..doesn’t Willow’s song hit iTunes in a few days? We shall see where she lands on the Hot 100. She also has more promo coming up.
The thing that I find funny is that a lot of people had said that Willow was inspired by a certain model with a mic from the islands, but I just read in an interview that she was inspired by Lady Gaga, Billy Idol, Beyonce and Jay-Z. And her parents too, but that’s it.
And she sounded pretty intelligent for a 9-year old in the interview too. I need to hear her live though. Hopefully she has talent. 🙂
I meant talent LIVE.
This girl is a vicious wig snatcher!
Love it.
She is becoming more relevant than your fav..
Salty much?
@Beysus
speechless at the things your saying. 😉 what chart are you reading?? Lol. ITUNES?? Lol. $1.29 a song my ass. That word “flopping” is an interesting one. Because so many people say it but is that really true? Maybe you want her to flop
but that song cones on the Radio all the time. Give it time to chart. Ke$ha’s Tik-Tok was out for two months before it went number one. Smh at all this judgement without knowledge
@JayBeeLine
“did u really just say she needs to Suck Jay-Z more??
She’s nine years old & your viewing her sexually??, dude your sick .
@BEYSUS
I Dont Hear Rihanna, She Sounds like Cassie to me (no shade at all) *Shrugs*
@KEESHA
Its pretty damn obvious who’s shes inspired by…She doesnt have to say it. and quiet frankly i think its smart that she doesnt so she can build a look sound and image on her own instead of being dubbed a lil Rihanna like soooo many critcs are doing….Like its ridiculous. No critic or person can comment on this girl w/o mentioning a Rihanna comparison in some way…Let the girl Grow and Expand into her own artist.
And Yea im pretty sure she got her inspiration from her parents being her mom is inspired by Billy. and the others are smart choices as well being Jay and Bee are apart of her career now and Lady Gaga is in no way comparable to Willow.
Willow video aired at B.E.T. Monday It was number 10 yesterday , now as of today she is #8. WOW this little girl is moving up the B.E.T video chart.
God I hope WMH doesn’t play on the radio too much. It’s a massive ear worm that gets annoying real quick.
Well she did snatch wigs when her video premiered so who knows. But I do love the video 🙂
i dnt understand how ppl can talk s*** about a 9year old.! ppl are so heartless nowadays it makes no sense.! Anyway, i like willow and i do believe tht she is very talented, cute and she has alot of success in her future.! Congratz Willow, yu deserve all the recognitiion you’ve been given.!