Will Smith surprises J Balvin’s Coachella crowd with Men in Black-inspired performance

Will Smith dusted off his black suit and Ray Bans for a surprise performance at Coachella.

The actor and musician made a cameo during J Balvin’s Sunday night (Monday in Australia) set at the music festival, singing his 1997 hit Men in Black from the film of the same name.

Smith, who starred in three Men in Black movies, showed up toward the end of Balvin’s extraterrestrial-themed set, sporting the iconic look that became synonymous with the alien-fighting agents in the film.

Watch the video above.

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With green aliens dancing in the background, Smith sang a portion of the catchy tune and resurrected dance moves from the music video.

Fittingly, Smith closed his performance with a reference to the movie, whipping out a memory-erasing neuralyzer and disappearing as quickly as he appeared.

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This was a performance, however, that attendees and live streamers alike are unlikely to forget.

Balvin’s performance and Smith’s cameo were shown on Coachella’s YouTube livestream.

In the Men in Black franchise, Smith starred as Agent J, a former NYPD detective who is recruited to serve in a secret organisation that deals with all extraterrestrial matters. Smith starred alongside Tommy Lee Jones.

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The song that accompanied the film was from Smith’s debut solo album Big Willie Style. It won Smith a Grammy Award in 1998.

What won Smith an Oscar in 2022 was his role in King Richard, but moments before he was announced as Best Actor, he stormed the stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock.

Smith has since apologised, but has been lying low in the time since. This is arguably his first high-profile moment since the slap heard around the world.

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