Raised in the spotlight but clearly following her own internal compass, Willow has spent the better part of a decade dismantling expectations, moving from pop-punk to R&B to acoustic introspection without ever losing the thread of genuine artistic restlessness. The folk lean here feels less like a pivot than a natural exhale, the kind of record that tends to emerge when an artist stops performing and starts confessing. An eclectic musical trailblazer for her generation, WILLOW delivers her new album The Thread. Her eighth studio album and second release of 2026, following petal rock black, the 10-track album was written & produced by WILLOW and collaborator Chris Greatti, who previously worked together on CopingMechanism (2022) and Grammy-nominated Empathogen (2024). UPC: 8718521132859Label: Three Six ZeroRelease Date: 7.24.26Format: CD
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