smith's mother jada pinkett smith announced in an interview on "lopez tonight" that smith would be releasing an album. smith then released her first single, "whip my hair", which went platinum in the us and peaked at number eleven. in the uk the single peaked at number two. it sold 1,216,000 digital copies in the us. smith soon after announced her next single, "21st century girl". the video clip of the song shows willow on the set of the music video. 21st century girl is an upbeat dance song and was produced by swedish production team twin. she performed the song on "the oprah winfrey show", she released it the next day on february 3, 2011. the video was released march 9, 2011.