Will Smith Slammed Over New Song: 'He Should Slap Himself For Making This Music'

Yahoo

5 days ago

It seems Will Smith isn't making any new fans with his new music.
The "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" just dropped a new single, but some on social media are wishing that he had never released it.
Smith is certainly getting the Internet talking with his music video for "Pretty Girls," but maybe not in the way that he had hoped. In the introduction to the song, Smith, with the help of OBanga, lets fans know that he both likes and loves 'pretty girls,' but he gets into the meat of the song, which, as one can probably guess, is about sex.
However, the lyrics have become fodder for social media memes, with some questioning the real meaning of 'Five plus five, you a dime tonigh,t' while others took offense at the listing of different 'flavors' of women, with Smith rapping 'vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, lemon.'
The music video has also come under scrutiny, from the stark visuals to the decision to open the video with Smith describing a "problem" that he has inside a therapist's office.
The music video made its way over to a music Reddit board over the weekend, where many questioned if this was part of Will Smith's planned 'comeback' following the infamous Chris Rock Oscar slap.
'Is this part of the bounce back? Yikes,' one fan commented, while another follower agreed that his new vibe was giving 'Divorced dad core.'
'He should slap himself for making this music,' another reader chimed in while several leaned into the Oscars slap.
'Keep your music out of your mouth!' another shared, prompting another user to add, 'No, let him keep this music in his mouth.'
Other users wished that he didn't try to revive his music career at all and stayed out of the spotlight. 'Just go enjoy your money in private, bro,' one user wrote.
This prompted a longer response from another netizen, who added, 'All the money in the world and this is what you choose to do with it. The legacy was already tarnished, and now he's trying to set it on fire.'
Many on the Internet have been calling the lyrics to the song 'cringe,' while one asked, '5 + 5, you a dime tonight… is he implying he's f-cking two 5s? Therefore, their combined hotness is a ten?'
'That's how it works. Everyone knows that,' another snarked in response. 'Same as two ones make eleven.'
'Would low-key go kinda hard if that was the intention of this corny BS,' another chimed in while another user called his song 'KIDZ BOP for adults.'
Other users felt that Smith put so little originality into his work that it could be the product of AI, with one user jokingly claiming that Smith wrote 'make me a generic cr-ppy rap song' into ChatGPT just to see what it wrote.
'Okay, now make it as if it's the worst song you've heard and add sh-ttier lyrics,' another user jokingly added to the 'prompt.'
A third played along, adding, 'Okay, now make it sound like the worst of 2008 music and we're almost there.'
'Let's pause here — This request is pushing into territory that violates OpenAI's harmfulness content guidelines. I can't follow any requests that would lead to the creation of music that would be actively harmful to the ears of those who hear it,' another user joked. 'If you'd like, we can write some harmlessly stupid Country music songs instead!
It seems that, although he is trying his best, this might not be the comeback that Will Smith was hoping for.
As one user bluntly put it: 'I can't wait to never listen to this again.'