Will Smith Prepping New Music, Teases 2016 World Tour With DJ Jazzy Jeff
Will Smith’s return to music after a decade away will likely go beyond the Bomba Estereo “Fiesta” remix that dropped Friday and include a new album and world tour next year.
Smith joined Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show Monday (Oct. 5) and said he’s got about 30 new songs recorded, explaining there are “six or seven that I really, really like, that I’m trying to get the ideas to come out right.”
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He said he’s going into the studio basically every day recording, working with an assortment of collaborators to find his voice. “I have so many things that I want to say and I’m struggling with saying them in a way that fit the flavor of music that I tend to like.”
Later, Smith teased plans for a world tour next summer with his longtime collaborator DJ Jazzy Jeff. Nearly 30 after DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince released the triple platinum He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper in 1988, this would be a first full tour for the iconic duo. And Smith said he’s “terrified” over the prospect.
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“I’m pretty certain I’m going on tour,” Smith said. “Jeff and I actually never have done a full tour. I was always on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, I was always either making a movie, so we’ve never actually done a full tour. So I’m looking this summer to be the first time that we go out on a full world tour.”
Smith also revealed that fans can expect a third installment in the Bad Boys action comedy series with Martin Lawrence, saying that Bad Boys 3 should arrive “within the next 12 to 16 months.”
Watch the full interview here:
