I wrote Willow at a time when I felt like I was splitting in half—two voices in my head, both mine, both impossible to live with. I was haunting myself, stuck in a loop of confusion and loneliness that I couldn’t explain to anyone else.

When I finished the song, it felt like I’d made something that understood me. I played it alone, on repeat, like a lullaby.

At its core, Willow is about dysphoria, desire, isolation, and the quiet kind of grief that comes from not recognizing yourself—and missing someone who might not have ever existed.