Will Smith says ‘Work Of Art’ made him “find his voice”

He was also inspired by the infamous moment where he hit comedian Chris Rock on stage at the 2022 Oscars Will Smith has said that ‘Work Of Art’ – his latest single with Russ and son Jaden – is “the song where [he] found his voice”. Smith recently dropped the second song from his highly-anticipated fifth album ‘Dance In Your Darkest Moments’. In the accompanying video, Smith and Russ can be seen performing around a museum and – at times – posing as art.

In a video where Russ and Smith discuss how the track was made, the latter said: “‘Work of Art’ was the song where I found my voice. “That’s how I wanna sound, that’s what I wanna talk about. I had recorded probably 20 tracks before that and there was the old constellation of ideas of who I thought I needed to be that was coming through in the music.

” Smith also alluded to the infamous 2022 Oscars moment where he slapped Chris Rock for making a distasteful joke about his estranged wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith . “It was really the first time in my life since childhood that I got the shit kicked out of me,” Smith said in regards to the media backlash he received. “You know, I had a run of the gods.

It’s like, it was really the first time experiencing what it’s like to get stomped.” ‘Work Of Art’ will feature on Smith’s first album in 19 years, ‘Dance In Your Darkest Moments’ (per Billboard ). The record will serve as the follow-up to 2005’s ‘Lost & Found’ and include the l.