‘s inner emotions spill over on her latest single, “Big Feelings,” stylized as “b i g f e e l i n g s” on the tracklist for the musician’s upcoming studio albumLately I Feel Everything, out May 3, the sonic space around her is lighter, but its lyrical content is decidedly complicated.
“The piano part of this song is so dense and dissonant but also darkly beautiful,” Willow shared in a statement. “I wrote ‘b i g f e e l i n g s’ during a week where I was coming to terms with my own emotional patterns that I hadn’t known were there. Musically, it has a darkness and complexity that reflects what we all experience in our own minds. The song is about accepting those intense feelings that you have no idea what to do with.
Both songs capture Willow on her own, through two collaborations will appear on the album. Jon Batiste joins her on‘s opening track “Home,” while St. Vincent appears on “Pain for Fun.” The track list for the record suggests more mystery and emotional exploration with titles like “The Fear Is Not Real” and “Run!”O.J. Simpson, Football Hall of Famer Accused of Double Murder, Dead at 76Fred Goldman on O.J.
“During that time, emotionally, I was going through so much. There was so much anger. There was so much resentment. There was so much need to just express myself,” Willow toldI was almost never sober in the studio. And for this new album, I was sober for every single recording session … I feel like my mind state was extremely different. There was so much more gratitude, so much more resonance with myself, and so much more coming back to my roots with these new songs that are coming out.