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All eyes were on our dude Jaden last night at the Rolling Loud festival in Southern California. The singer slash actor took to the stage for a performance of his hit tune “Icon,” but he successfully shocked all in attendance with a legitimately incredible moonwalk. Who would’ve thunk? TBH, not us!
I AM JUST AN ICON LIVING.@officialjaden
: @RevoltTV pic.twitter.com/QoPbjRx6t8
— Rolling Loud (@RollingLoud) December 17, 2017
Speaking with XXL Magazine, Smith attributed his fancy feet to mom Jada Pinkett-Smith and watching Michael Jackson. “I like to think that my mom taught me how to moonwalk, ’cause, she’s amazing at dancing,” he said. “And I would always watch Michael [Jackson], I would always watch Michael when I was young, and he would be moonwalking and—I don’t know. I just picked it up.” #HumbleNotHumble
Understandably, people freaked OUT. It wasn’t long before Twitter users were comparing him to the infamous Michael Jackson (we know)…
Jaden Smith hit the cleanest moonwalk I’ve ever seen since Michael Jackson pic.twitter.com/UypMEKVH6u
— NC (@NCommentarys) December 17, 2017
this shit looks like CGI — jaden is incredible https://t.co/o1M8cnug7v
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) December 17, 2017
Jesus.. Jaden Smith hit the smoothest moonwalk I’ve seen in a while fam.
— Chris Jay (@ChrisJayGatsby) December 17, 2017
…Including himself. LOL.
Gold Teeth Dance Like Micheal #ERYS https://t.co/XLrZB42ITl
— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) December 17, 2017
While we’re sure it won’t be long before Smith has another, even more extra moment in the spotlight, here are 12 other times he made us smile/roll our eyes.
When he rocked an all-white Batman outfit
On Wednesday, the 18-year-old son of actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith dropped a video for his song “Batman,” in which he sports an all-white Batman outfit as he overlooks the L.A. skyline and cruises around in an Batmobile-esque SUV. In one scene, Smith even fights another Batman—one who is wearing the traditional black get-up—until a man dressed as Superman comes in and drags him away.
If the white suit looks familiar, it’s because it’s the same costume Smith wore to Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s wedding in 2014 and a high school prom in 2015. Smith explained his style choices to GQ, saying, “I wore the Batman suit to heighten my experience at the wedding and prom which was fun, but also at the wedding I felt as though I needed to protect everyone there and needed to have the proper gear to do so.” Talk about a statement piece!
When he claimed the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto “spiked” his pancakes with cheese
After They Kicked Me Out Of My Room
— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) May 27, 2017
The Four Seasons In Toronto Spiked My Pancakes With Cheese, I’m Surprised I’m Still Alive.
— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) May 27, 2017
I Hope The Four Seasons In Toronto Puts Me On The No Stay List.
— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) May 27, 2017
The Four Seasons In Toronto Just Made Me Want to Throw Up On MySelf.
— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) May 27, 2017
When he brought his hair to the 2017 Met Gala as his date
somebody’s gotta say it maybe jaden smith is actually too woke for his own good pic.twitter.com/V36HagTyEH
— Four Pins (@Four_Pins) May 1, 2017
When he told the New York Times that school isn’t “real”
“Here’s the deal: School is not authentic because it ends,” he told the outlet in 2014. “It’s not true, it’s not real. Our learning will never end.” The wise-beyond-his-years actor added, “Kids who go to normal school are so teenagery, so angsty… You never learn anything in school.”
When he was really serious about staying hydrated
I’ve Bin Drinking Distilled Water For So Long That When I Drink Normal Water It Feels Like I’m Swallowing Huge Chunks Of Aluminum.
— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) November 2, 2014
When he showed up at Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s wedding in his Batman costume
When he lugged around a gallon of water everywhere he went
Jaden Smith keeping hydrated with a giant gallon of water ft. Moises and Mateo pic.twitter.com/SV5q0fhaBH
— Msfts Crew (@MSFTSCrew) June 4, 2014
Jaden Smith out at Le Pain Quotidien for lunch with Mateo Arias and a gallon of water pic.twitter.com/MtJ1HqlLjc
— Msfts Crew (@MSFTSCrew) September 13, 2014
Vogue even named his water bottle the accessory behind his “glowing skin.”
When he tweeted to Shia Labeouf that he had a “very important message” for him
I Waited In Line Today On Beverly Blvd To See @thecampaignbook I Never Got See Him But I Had A Very Important Message To Deliver.
— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) February 17, 2014
The message:
I’m Here If You Need A Fellow Insane Person To Talk To. But I’m Seriously Here Not Like One Of Those I’m Here For You’s That Everybody Says.
— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) February 17, 2014
When he compared himself to Galileo
In a 2015 interview with GQ, Smith said that he and his sister Willow “are scientists,” and that everything they do “is a scientific test upon humanity.”
Smith went onto explain: “It’s the best thing. People think you’re crazy—I feel like it’s an honor, actually, for people to think I’m crazy. Because they thought Galileo was crazy, too, you know what I’m saying? I don’t think I’m as revolutionary as Galileo, but I don’t think I’m not as revolutionary as Galileo.”
When he got real about Instagram
Instagram Is A BlackHole Of Time And Energy.
— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) April 12, 2015
When he talked #life goals
“I have a goal to be just the most craziest person of all time,” he told the New York Times. “And when I say craziest, I mean, like, I want to do like Olympic-level things. I want to be the most durable person on the planet.”
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