Will Smith announces first album in 20 years, drops ‘Matrix’-themed music video

Will Smith is returning to his rap roots but with a motion to the future, announcing his archetypal medium since 2005.

Along with the reveal, the Oscar and Grammy winner connected Thursday released a euphony video for his latest azygous “Beautiful Scars,” successful which helium and rapper Big Sean transmission “The Matrix.”

The “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” star, who shockingly turned down the pb role successful the 1999 sci-fi classic, attempts to close that mistake by taking connected the quality of Neo (played successful the movie franchise by Keanu Reeves) portion his Detroit-born collaborator plays Morpheus.

“Look, you’ve made immoderate awesome vocation choices your full life,” Big Sean says successful the video, earlier making a notation to the infamous slap astatine the 2022 Oscars. “There’s lone 1 you genuinely regret. Well, possibly two. But we’re not gonna absorption connected that one.”

Smith, 56, announced that he’ll beryllium releasing a caller solo medium successful March titled, “Based connected a True Story” — marking his archetypal full-length workplace task since 2005’s “Lost and Found.”

On the comeback way aft assaulting Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Academy Awards, Smith has released respective tracks implicit the past twelvemonth — including “Work of Art” and “Tantrum” — getting backmost into the groove of his vocation beginnings arsenic fractional of the ’80s hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.

Last month, helium deed No. 1 connected Billboard’s Gospel Airplay Chart with the way “You Can Make It,” his archetypal clip holding a No. 1 spot since 1997’s “Gettin’ Jiggy With It.”

Smith besides performed the song, featuring Fridayy and the Sunday Service Choir, astatine the 2024 BET Awards.