{"id":139976,"date":"2025-03-28T12:23:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=139976"},"modified":"2025-03-28T12:23:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:23:50","slug":"will-smith-drops-an-album-and-addresses-his-infamous-oscar-slap-in-the-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/will-smith-drops-an-album-and-addresses-his-infamous-oscar-slap-in-the-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith drops an album and addresses his infamous Oscar slap in the lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Will Smith<\/strong> returns to the spotlight with new music, dropping his album <strong>Based on a True Story<\/strong> on Friday, March 28. The Internet has been buzzing since his 2022 Oscars fiasco, where he slapped<strong> Chris Rock<\/strong> over a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith. Now, Smith opens his record with a track declaring: \u201cWill Smith is cancelled.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillSmith2real\/status\/1905483518664474849\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My new album \u2018Based On A True Story\u2019 is out now!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kdM0kShXhM\">pic.twitter.com\/kdM0kShXhM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Will Smith (@WillSmith2real) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillSmith2real\/status\/1905483518664474849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the first song, two distorted voices gossip about his reputation, doubting he can recover. The track references that shocking<strong> Oscars incident<\/strong>, where the actor hit Rock for mocking Jada\u2019s medical condition. The slap stunned viewers worldwide, leading the Academy to ban him from the ceremony for ten years. Still, he raps about forging ahead, even if he never gets nominated again.<\/p>\n<p><iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/intl-es\/album\/6Xmk0viXpOgutxl16nchTb?si=rTACrjCUQ963LrOX1BBTHQ\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Based on a True Story\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6Xmk0viXpOgutxl16nchTb?si=rTACrjCUQ963LrOX1BBTHQ&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On the second track, \u201cYou Lookin\u2019 for Me?\u201d, Smith jokes about being Hollywood\u2019s bad boy. He spits verses on surviving the fallout and staying true to his craft despite the backlash. He even references \u201cInt. Barbershop\u2014Day,\u201d joking that he may never see another Oscar nod. <strong>While he can\u2019t attend the Oscars anytime soon, Will Smith seems determined to control his own narrative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Smith returns to the spotlight with new music, dropping his album Based on a True Story on Friday, March 28. The Internet has been buzzing since his 2022 Oscars fiasco, where he slapped Chris Rock over a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith. 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