Jaden Smith is receiving backlash after his recent interview.
Talking to Combination In an interview published on October 18, Smith confessed to being “very sad” at the moment, a feeling that helped inspire his new project, 2024: A Case Study of the Long-Term Effects of Young Love.
“Honestly, I just wanted to do it because I was sad. And it was sadness that connected me to my community and my fans,” he told the publication.
“I hope that I can leave behind enough information for future psychologists to look back and wonder, ‘Man, what really happened to this guy? Like, there was a Some serious problems happened to him. Like, what is it?
Smith then shared why he had to cry while making the album, noting that people would be full of water if they didn’t cry.
“I think people will fill up with water and drown from the inside. I think crying just to get the water out of the body is a mark,” he concluded.
Jaden Smith is sad.
So he dropped a new project called ‘2024: A Case Study of the Long-Term Effects of Young Love’
He hopes that one day psychologists will study it pic.twitter.com/x8LZB1Zc9o
– Complex Music (@ComplexMusic) October 18, 2024
To make matters worse, Smith shared how different he is from 12 years ago, saying he’s afraid to go out.
“The older I get, the more scared I am of even just going out. I don’t think I really was like that at the time. Now it takes me a lot of time to get out of the bedroom, out of the house. That’s actually not like that,” he shared.
Smith’s comments about his sadness and what he hopes psychologists will study about him in the future did not go down well with the public, with many seeing him as distant from others. Normal.
“Haha, I wish I was so rich that I could talk nonsense and play sad while driving home in my Ferrari and lying next to the girl of my dreams every night. Definitely awesome,” said one person. comment.
Lol I wish I was rich enough to say nonsense and play sad while driving my Ferrari home to lie next to the girl of my dreams every night. Must be nice.
— Wescott Crypto (@wescottcrypto) October 19, 2024
“It feels forced,” another said.
One user X joked: “Psychologists will study why his ego is so big.”
Psychologists will study why his ego is so big😭😭
— 🆂yna (@AverageSyna) October 19, 2024
Another commenter wrote: “When I see men like this, I just think that their father failed them.”
When I see men like this, I just think that their father set them up to fail.
– Kaysha Richardson🎙️ (@Kaysharic) October 19, 2024
“I find everything by Jaden Smith really interesting. He’s GREAT at creating moving art, something with depth, but his whole life he grew up sheltered in a silver spoon – so when he tries to express ‘deeper’ thoughts, it always comes off stilted,” another said.
I find Jaden Smith’s whole thing really interesting. He GREATLY creates moving art, something with depth, but all his life he grew up sheltered in a silver spoon – so when he tries to express ‘deep’ thoughts sharper’, that always becomes rigid.
— Conner Conway (@conway_conner) October 19, 2024
“We support these rich kids,” another joked.
We allow these rich kids
— ⚡️BillThaPill⚡️ (@ThaPillCosby) October 19, 2024
Elsewhere in the interview, Smith made strange comments about the move Twilight on two separate occasions. One such instance was when he asked what his studio environment was like, Smith shared that Twilight is an important part of it.
“I turned on Twilight, drank rose water, smoked weed and started recording,” he said.
Another strange quote came when Smith was asked what in the world he noticed that more people should know.
“That the ocean is the worst thing we have, and we should be going inside it, not damaging it. Honestly. The ocean is sick. It really is the worst thing, ” he replied.
However, he still acted “strange” during the interview.
2024: A case study of the lasting effects of young love is out now and includes four songs totaling 10 minutes in length for the entire project.
Smith has not responded to the backlash so far.
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