Willa Amai

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Willa Amai (born in April 2004) is an American folk musician from Los Angeles, California. Amai has been releasing music since she was a pre-teen. She started writing songs at age 9, [1] and signed with Linda Perry at age 12. [2] [3] [4] Amai released her debut album in 2021 titled I Can Go To Bed Whenever. [5] Amai has been profiled in Rolling Stone, [6] People, [7] and American Songwriter. [8]

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