Will Smith has made his return to the stage, following his highly publicised slapping incident with Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards. Smith performed his new song ‘You Can Make It’ at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. On stage, Smith was surrounded by fire, resembling an apocalyptic landscape, with a large sun rising on a screen behind him.
After opening his performance, Smith told the audience: “I don’t know who needs to hear this right now, but whatever’s going on in your life, I’m here to tell you, you can make it.” Lyrics to the song included: “The darker the hell you gotta endure, the brighter the heaven you get to enjoy…The harder the fall, the higher you soar, God opens a window when the devil closes the door. Believe me, they tried to bleed Will Smith, in the rearview, I see adversity was the gift.”
Smith was joined on stage by musician Fridayy and the gospel choir Sunday Service, who circled above him on a high platform. Smith’s collaborator on the song, Kirk Franklin, also appeared on stage and rapped during the song. At one point he told the audience no one “is on a bad chapter forever”.
Ahead of his song’s release on Friday, Smith posted a video of him playing piano on social media. Smith first teased his upcoming album, ‘Dance In Your Darkest Moments’, last month. Best know musically for ‘Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It’, Men In Black’ and ‘Wild Wild West’, Will Smith has yet to release an album since 2005. His most recent solo release was in 2017 with ‘Get Lit’, while his most recent output was the 2020 Joyner Lucas cut ‘Will (Remix)’
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