Summer Walker told host Terrell Grice that the late model and reality figure Anna Nicole Smith informed much of the aesthetic for her new record. The Billboard 200–topping R&B singer sat down on Nov. 17 to discuss the creative arc of Finally Over It and how visual storytelling factored into the project.

Walker described Smith as a key reference for the album’s imagery — praising her glamour, fearlessness and untethered persona. She said she wants to embody that same sense of freedom and theatricality as she develops the next stage of her sound and style.

The album’s streaming and digital artwork, released Nov. 14, reinforces that concept: Walker poses in an exaggerated bridal gown holding white roses while standing beside an elderly, wheelchair-bound white husband — a clear nod to Anna Nicole Smith’s highly publicized 1994 wedding to J. Howard Marshall, then 89, a Texas oil tycoon.

Walker has leaned into nostalgic ‘90s and early-2000s Playboy-era references across this era. At September’s MTV Video Music Awards, where “Heart of a Woman” vied for best R&B Moon Person, she referenced Pamela Anderson’s 1999 red-carpet moment for her own look — even teasing the single on Instagram with the caption, “F—k my type.”

Finally Over It completes the trilogy Walker began with her 2019 debut Over It and continued with 2021’s Still Over It. Over It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, while Still Over It became her first chart-topping project and was the highest-charting R&B album by a female artist since Beyoncé’s Lemonade in 2016. The new album features collaborators such as Anderson .Paak, Mariah the Scientist, Teddy Swims and Chris Brown, and includes the single “Heart of a Woman,” which received nominations in the R&B categories at the 2026 Grammy Awards.

Below, watch Walker explain how Anna Nicole Smith inspired the visual direction for Finally Over It.

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