Willow Smith Wants To Do “Parents Just Don’t Understand”

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By Nads | Wednesday, December 29, 2010 | 12:00 pm | 16 Comments
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Willow Smith sat down with Yahoo! Music to talk about music, style, being herself, working with Jay-Z, and what makes her nervous. She told them that she wants to remake her daddy’s old hit (the one that made him famous), Parents Just Don’t Understand. That song was my anthem growing up. My friends and I would go home from school, memorize the lyrics, then go back to school and recite them over and over–then fight about the lyrics–”No, no, it goes like this, ‘You go to school to learn, not for a fashion show!’ Geesh! Hey, what’s a butterfly collar?” Ah memories…

I hope she does remake the song, because it’s a song worth being remade for old time sake.

Willow is like a person, only smaller. I forget that she’s 9-years-old with the way she sings, but then you watch her, and you’re like, “oh, she’s nine going on 26…got it.”

Here’s her interview:

About

Although comedy is her profession, Nadine has accomplished a lot in her young age. She is a national champion black belt, a world-class soccer player, and an avid snowboarder. She started playing soccer at the age of 4, and continued playing through college where she majored in Biology, but quickly realized her destiny was to tell jokes, not to wear a lab coat. So she decided to be funny while finishing her Bachelors Degree in biology and continued on to get her M.B.A. Nadine’s comedy style is much like her athleticism, fearless. She’s made her way up the comedy ladder very quickly, and has become a club favorite at many of the country’s top comedy clubs, including the Improv chain. Performing in the Boston Comedy Festival and being noted as the “one of the youngest and brightest up and comers” and traveling to the Middle East to entertain the troops are just a few of her notable accomplishments. These days Nadine splits time between the stage, a radio studio, her computer blogging, and a television studio. Nadine’s TV, Radio, Writing credits include: national commercials, talking head roles on E! Entertainment, Showtime’s Hot Tamales Live, The Skinny: Fat Free News, The Sunny Side of The Truth: Real World Hollywood, TVgasm, Zazreport, Daddy’s Girls, Jerseylicious, celebrity interviews on Mania TV, a weekly half-hour television show that syndicates to colleges across the country for National Lampoon and a nightly radio show on XM Satellite Radio.

16 Comments

  1. 1
    kittkatt
    Posted December 29, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    It amazes me how both of Will and Jada’s kids look exactly like the two of them. Theres no way either one of them could deny Willow & Jayden.

  2. 2
    dazzyfresh
    Posted December 29, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    I agree with kittkatt-the likeness is uncanny. Plus he has both of them working young, THATS how you parent!!!!

  3. 3
    thiajok
    Posted December 29, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    Well, that has to be one of the definitions of irony, doesn’t it?

  4. 4
    Sam The Intern
    Posted December 29, 2010 at 3:29 pm

    I’m shocked that Yahoo! can’t control the audio levels in a CONTROLLED INTERVIEW ENVIRONMENT! Get with it people.

  5. 5
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted December 29, 2010 at 4:21 pm

    WOw! She’s so smart and articulate, and bright-eyed. You can tell she is well nurtured at home. The confidence, the unwavering eye contact to the interviewer, she does have a lot of poise for someone her age, making her seem much more mature. I’ve seen adult women give worst (and more awkward) interviews. Then again, she’s too young to have low self esteem. Wait until puberty hits, and all her friends fill out their bras first.. then we’ll see if she can handle all of the attention. In the meantime, go Willow!

    I loved Parents Just Don’t Understand. Especially the line, “I asked her for Adidas and she bought me Zips!” My mom tried to set me up for failure so many times in elementary school, if I didn’t have such a stellar personality, I’d have gotten my ass kicked six ways to Sunday. My brother, who had no personality, was outfitted in Nikes and Guess jeans, “so he isn’t the odd man out. Boys need to fit in more. But, you Sarcas, are popular, and don’t need name brand clothes to fit in.” This is how my parents justified buying me sneakers from the same store they picked up detergent and toothpaste. Sneakers sold on a tabletop with the laces tied together so one didn’t have to rummage too long trying to find a matching pair. Sneakers stripped of not only their dignity but of a shoebox, as well! Sneakers with not one, but two swooshes, like someone at the Nike factory got a little overzealous that day.

    This is all to say that the Fresh Prince is right..parents just don’t understand. Who cares about inner beauty and personality when one can be best dressed and be just as popular? Takes a lot more energy to be funny and witty than it does to coordinate your belt with your shoelaces. If there’s one thing I took away from elementary school, it was that bitter lesson.

  6. 6
    kittkatt
    Posted December 29, 2010 at 4:45 pm

    Lol sarcas!

  7. 7
    Melissa Wray
    Posted December 31, 2010 at 8:29 am

    I feel your pain, Sarcas. If I had a dollar for every time my parents said I didn’t need flashy things to be popular, I’d srsly make the Donald my man-bitch.

  8. 8
    leboe
    Posted January 1, 2011 at 12:41 pm

    She’s beautiful, articulate, seems very friendly and balanced. And she BUGS THE CRAP OUT OF ME!! I know I’m a terrible person and will probably go to hell but whatev…Also, her song bugs the crap out of me so badly that I turn the radio station to lite rock when it comes on.

  9. 9
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted January 1, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    Famous little kids who talk and act like adults freak me out because almost invariably they will start acting like they’re 9, and it’s better to do that when you’re 9 instead if 25.

  10. 10
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted January 1, 2011 at 11:22 pm

    Willow….on ice? Sure she has crazy hair and impressive neck control, but here’s another 9-yo who can do all that and more..on ice skates! In other news, Johnny Weir just bitch-slapped his choreographer.

    http://jezebel.com/5719660/video-9+year+olds-whip-my-hair-skating-routine-is-impressive

  11. 11
    thiajok
    Posted January 2, 2011 at 4:46 pm

    I’m with Vallegirl on this one.

    I do remember hearing that she’s been jealous of her brother since he was in the movie with their Daddy. Just hope Tom Cruise hasn’t converted this whole family to Scientology by now–it seemed they were well on their way to it about a year ago, wasn’t it?

  12. 12
    Angela Parisi LaRoe
    Posted January 2, 2011 at 5:05 pm

    I kind of like the song although it gets annoying hearing WHIP MY HAIR 50xs. As for the new one, anything has to be better than Will Smith rapping/singing. Sorry, I am not on his bandwagon.

    Most people don’t know but Jada was in a metal band called Wicked Wisdom and it was a really good band. Her daughter sounds just like her, when Jada isn’t doing the low growl voice. When I first heard Willow sing, I said, “Holy crap, she sounds just like her mother.” I have a link to a video on youtube for those of you who didn’t know. It is kind of freaky to see a 5 foot nothing chick who dresses up in Oscar dresses going to a death metal look. Now, if Willow did one of those songs, I would be impressed.

  13. 13
    thiajok
    Posted January 2, 2011 at 5:22 pm

    OMFG, the comments on that YouTube video for Jada’s song are just ridiculous. Most YT comments are silly anyway.

    I love metal, so to me this sounds more like pop/rock, but it’s not bad at all.

  14. 14
    Angela Parisi LaRoe
    Posted January 2, 2011 at 6:46 pm

    I like metal too but that was the song where I could tell Willow sounded the most like her. I want to see Willow do THAT

  15. 15
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted January 3, 2011 at 2:29 am

    Willow Smith is a robot built by Scientologists. There. I said it.

  16. 16
    thiajok
    Posted January 3, 2011 at 11:39 am

    Well, hell, Hyno, if I’d known we didn’t have to be polite, I would have said this earlier:

    I’m fairly sick of Will Smith. I used to love his mindlessly entertaining movies, but when the second Men In Black came out, I just abruptly got sick of him. Then when he did the movie with his kid I thought, “I wouldn’t put my kids in show business that young!” Then when I found out about the impending Scientology I thought, “I had supposed he was too smart to buy into this crap, but maybe not–he and Jada must be packing some money in for Scientology to be recruiting them.”

    So there.

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