Will Smith returns to music

2025-03-18 by DatsNotDaMetulz | 47 Comments
After releasing a series of singles in late 2024 and early 2025, Will Smith has made his return to music official with the announcement of his first album in 20 years.

The first full-length since 2005's Lost and Found, titled Based on a True Story, is set to be released on 28 March 2025 and will be followed by Smith's first international headline tour, starting in Morocco before setting off around Europe.

Based on a True Story track list:

1. Int. Barbershop - Day (ft DJ Jazzy Jeff and B. Simone)
2. You Lookin' For Me?
3. The Reverend (Rave Sermon)
4. Rave in the Wasteland
5. Bulletproof (ft Jac Ross)
6. Hard Times (Smile) (ft Teyana Taylor)
7. Beautiful Scars (ft Obanga)
8. Tantrum
9. First Love
10. Make It Look Easy
11. The Reverend (YCMI Sermon)
12. You Can Make It
13. Work of Art (ft Jaden)
14. The Reverend (WOA Sermon)

Tour dates:
06/25 — Rabat, MA @ Mawazine
06/28 — Le Barcarès, FR @ Les Déferlantes Festival *
07/03 — Gran Canaria, ES @ Granca Live Fest *
07/12 — Wolfsburg, DE @ Sommerfestival der Autostadt *
07/13 — Hamburg, DE @ Stadtpark Open Air *
07/15 — Hannover, DE @ Gilde Parkbühne
07/18 — Frankfurt, DE @ Festhalle
07/19 — Berne, CH @ Gurtenfestival *
07/23 — Nyon, CH @ Paléo Festival *
07/25 — Massa, IT @ BIG ART Festival *
07/26 — Marbella, ES @ Starlite Occident
07/31 — Orange, FR @ POSITIV Festival *
08/01 — Orange, FR @ POSITIV Festival *
08/02 — Monte Carlo @ Salle des Étoiles
08/05 — Braine -le-Comte, BE @ Ronquières Festival *
08/07 — Skanderborg, DK @ Smukfest *
08/09 — Almeria, ES @ Dreambeach Festival *
08/15 — St. Pölten, AT @ Frequency Festival *
08/17 — Charleville-Mézières, FR @ Cabaret Vert
08/22 — Drammen, NO @ Ypsilon Festival *
08/24 — Scarborough, UK @ Scarborough Open Air Theatre
08/25 — Cardiff, UK @ Bute Park
08/27 — Manchester, UK @ Victoria Warehouse
08/28 — London, UK @ Brixton Academy
08/30 — Wolverhampton, UK @ The Halls
09/02 — Paris, FR @ Zénith
* – festival appearance


Tagged: Will Smith

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ToSmokMuzyki
March 19th 2025
15160 Comments


i mean if it hits as hard as he does i say give it a chance

bellovddd
March 19th 2025
7746 Comments


wonder if this is gunna SLAP

MiloRuggles
Emeritus
March 19th 2025
3242 Comments


Thought we were talking Artificial Brain here

EoinCofa
March 19th 2025
1015 Comments


Parents Just Don’t Understand is better. Matrix is better without him.

ultradevilgod
March 19th 2025
295 Comments


This doesn't "slap" hard enough.

LeDemonLemon
March 19th 2025
60 Comments


[insert slapping joke here]

ThyCrossAwaits
March 19th 2025
4577 Comments


can't decide if I'm surprised or totally UNsurprised that this doesn't feature either of his kids

LouBreed
March 19th 2025
354 Comments


It does feature Jaden actually

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 19th 2025
119604 Comments


SO GOOD MAKE YOU WANNA SLAP CHRIS ROCK!!!

Demon of the Fall
March 19th 2025
39515 Comments


we all up in ere brainin m/

Flashmobba
March 19th 2025
3471 Comments


can’t believe this is the same will smith as the fresh prince

i refuse to believe it

Dedes
Contributing Reviewer
March 19th 2025
11995 Comments


Holy fuck
Will Smiths coming back to Artificial Brain?!

keaton_86
March 19th 2025
1456 Comments


lol. lmao even.

metalprofiteer
March 19th 2025
125 Comments


This doesn't "slap" hard enough. x2

PickleVai17
March 19th 2025
297 Comments


Gross.

DaveyMonsoon
March 19th 2025
1663 Comments


Fesh Pince > Fresh Prince

mkmusic1995
Contributing Reviewer
March 19th 2025
2613 Comments


"can't decide if I'm surprised or totally UNsurprised that this doesn't feature either of his kids"

The only way I would have listened to this is if Willow was featured on a song, that might actually go hard.

Dmax28
March 19th 2025
1475 Comments


This is gonna slap

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 19th 2025
119604 Comments


Anyone remember Jada's god awful nu-metal band Wicked Wisdom????

vult
March 19th 2025
3442 Comments


how many fucking festivals are in europe lmao he's at a different one every day in a different country

who the fuck asked for this btw

Thibs
March 19th 2025
3118 Comments


holy shit, hawks. I went to ozzfest in 2005 and saw someone who I thought was jada with an entourage while in line. it didn't make sense and always stuck with me but 20 years later, it does. I thank you

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
March 19th 2025
38595 Comments


I'm guessing he's been unable to secure acting roles after that little stunt he pulled and now he's pivoting back into music.

"The only way I would have listened to this is if Willow was featured on a song, that might actually go hard."

If trolling then nice lol

mkmusic1995
Contributing Reviewer
March 19th 2025
2613 Comments


Certainly would be better than if Jaden featured lol

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
March 19th 2025
12125 Comments


He was in two movies since that incident, and relative to his generally low movie output in the 2020s doesn't seem like there's especially any evidence that he can't get jobs anymore yet.

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
March 19th 2025
38595 Comments


"Certainly would be better than if Jaden featured lol"

Extremely low bar haha

"He was in two movies since that incident, and relative to his generally low movie output in the 2020s doesn't seem like there's especially any evidence that he can't get jobs anymore yet"

Nice, I just kind of assumed. I mean, I didn't hear or see any marketing for those. Then again, idt I really saw a ton of advertising for that movie he got an oscar for either.

IsisScript80
March 19th 2025
1756 Comments


Every song should be called, "Keep My Wife's Name Out of Your Fucking Mouth" and feature every guy Jada had an affair with.

Chris Rock should feature too, because why the fuck not?

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
March 19th 2025
38595 Comments


^ Now we're cookin'

vult
March 19th 2025
3442 Comments


Will Smiths public image has never been worse right now, weird to revive his music career NOW

0GuyMan0
March 19th 2025
5687 Comments


@Hawks - I had friends that swore up and down that band was good.

I just...I can't. To this day I can't fathom it. Just listen to her in "Something inside of me", a song I haven't heard since back then. I will never forget how awful she is. I had to witness it live too. Knew she was a trash person for sure back then, but I do remember seeing Will on the side of the stage all hyped and excited for her and thinking that was awesome.


botb
March 19th 2025
19938 Comments


I have a rosy red nostalgia soft spot for this dude but there’s no way this is gonna be good

WretchedCacophony
March 19th 2025
3659 Comments


Thought we were talking Artificial Brain here [2]

"who the fuck asked for this btw"

you think Will was waiting to be beckoned? as if any artist needs to be asked to do what they want lol

ConcubinaryCode
March 20th 2025
8162 Comments


I don't see this as a pivot for his career but him reflecting on what he was really missing in life and came up with how he really wishes he took that role for The Matrix.

OwMySnauze
March 20th 2025
2728 Comments


Where’s the Getting Giggy Wit It Pt II?

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 20th 2025
119604 Comments


"holy shit, hawks. I went to ozzfest in 2005 and saw someone who I thought was jada with an entourage while in line. it didn't make sense and always stuck with me but 20 years later, it does. I thank you"

Lmao thank you for sharing!!

Bloma
March 20th 2025
275 Comments


@IsisScript80
"Every song should be called, "Keep My Wife's Name Out of Your Fucking Mouth" and feature every guy Jada had an affair with.

Chris Rock should feature too, because why the fuck not?"

This is brilliant, and I really do think the best way forward is self-parody. It would make him likeable again. I may also be self-projecting here or giving myself advice.

pizzamachine
March 20th 2025
28292 Comments


Generic beat, good flow though

DatsNotDaMetulz
March 20th 2025
4527 Comments


"This is brilliant, and I really do think the best way forward is self-parody. It would make him likeable again. I may also be self-projecting here or giving myself advice."

Well the linked song starts with Big Sean saying "You've only made one major mistake in your career. Well... maybe two, but we're not gonna focus on that one". So he has made light reference to it. Wonder if Tantrum might address it.

Faraudo
March 20th 2025
5413 Comments


The comments lmao

DJD1ed
March 21st 2025
199 Comments


Still got it, but what he had wasn't that spectacular to begin with.

bludngorevidal
March 21st 2025
508 Comments


Fesh Pince > Fresh Prince [2]

JeetJeet
March 21st 2025
12901 Comments


Fuck listening to this, give his daughter's latest album a spin instead she's actually making cool shit

twlight
March 21st 2025
10679 Comments


I hope it slaps. And I hope he fucks off.

Catatonic
March 22nd 2025
164 Comments


Whatever I just listened to was not great.

omgbecky
March 22nd 2025
544 Comments


Damn, I was expecting a song not a whole album with a slew of tour dates!

MrxSelfxDestruct
March 22nd 2025
709 Comments


I wonder if Willow was approached and she declined due to her hard stance on not being a nepo-baby.

Either way, this will probably suck.

His first outings were incredibly mixed with only a few gimmicky singles rising to the top.

oisincoleman64
March 23rd 2025
2872 Comments


Chicken and winnegish

WretchedCacophony
March 24th 2025
3659 Comments


Still hating that this isn't the Artificial Brain guy



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