Willow Smith rocks the Coachella 2023 stage with brother Jaden Smith in thrilling set

Willow performs on the Mojave stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, Sunday, April 16, 2023.
Willow performs on the Mojave stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, Sunday, April 16, 2023.
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Her famous father might be Hollywood's current persona-non grata, but it seems everyone still wants a piece of WILLOW.

By the time I arrived to Willow Smith's Sunday Coachella set — just as the performance was getting underway — a large and rapidly growing crowd had grown far beyond the bounds of a Mojave tent. It would quickly become apparent those in it had good reasons to be there at a time when the likes of Bjork and Dominic Fike were also playing elsewhere on the grounds — ones that were about much more than just seeing the no-longer-so-Fresh Prince’s daughter.

Because, it turns out, Will Smith’s daughter, who goes by just Willow on stage, can really sing. And play a mean guitar. And scream. Oh wow can she scream, as she demonstrated early and often during a set that showcased many of her moodier tunes, but never more electrically than during "Ur A Stranger."

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Willow picks up her guitar to start her set on the Mojave stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, Sunday, April 16, 2023.
Willow picks up her guitar to start her set on the Mojave stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, Sunday, April 16, 2023.

"I know we’ve already been emo for a long time, but we are going to get more emo right now," she said before launching into it.

But as much as everyone seemed to be enjoying the bummer party (and it was a good one), the crowd really lost its mind when Willow turned the show into a family affair and pretended to be talking to someone off stage. The cheers grew even louder when Jaden Smith, Willow’s brother and an acting and rapping star in his own right, joined her on stage to sing their collab "Summertime in Paris."

Afterwards, the siblings poignantly gushed about each other with Jaden saying how proud he was to watch Willow playing on such a big stage, while Willow called him her favorite person.

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WILLOW and Jaden Smith perform at the Mojave Tent during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 16, 2023 in Indio, California.
WILLOW and Jaden Smith perform at the Mojave Tent during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 16, 2023 in Indio, California.

Then came the song most of us surely came to see: "Meet Me At Our Spot." And while some were surely disappointed collaborator Tyler Cole did not join her stage, Willow proved more than capable of doing justice to the hit on her own.

"Wow that was splendiferous," she said after the crowd finish roaring a section of lyrics with her. 'I’m 80% sure that’s a word."

I, meanwhile, am now much more than 80% sure that, if Will Smith has been forced to abdicate the family crown, Willow is more than fit to wear it.

This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Willow brings Jaden Smith to Coachella 2023 stage in thrilling set