Will Smith is marking his return to music with a brand-new single and album.
The Grammy winner released a fresh track with Big Sean on Thursday, January 30, titled “Beautiful Scars.”
Produced by OmArr and LeXoskeleton, the track explores the pains of fame and learning from one’s mistakes. Both Smith, 56, and Big Sean, 36, trade raps echoing off one another as they recall becoming stronger through their mistakes or “beautiful scars.”
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“It’s the beautiful scars, yeah / It’s the beautiful flaws, yeah,” Big Sean raps in the chorus. “I done fell about a million times / Now I rise up again closer to God / It’s the beautiful scars, yeah / It’s the beautiful flaws, yeah.”
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“Beautiful Scars” is expected to be featured on Smith’s forthcoming album, Based on a True Story, which is slated to be released in March.
The body of work will mark Smith’s first album in more than 20 years and will feature previously released singles including “You Can Make It,” “Work of Art” and “Tantrum.”
When celebrating the release of “Beautiful Scars” earlier this week, Smith explained how the track came to be.
“The idea of ‘Beautiful Scars’ is just one of the things that really popped through for me as such a value to recognize that a difficulty, an adversity, a challenge, an obstacle is hard and painful in the moment but what you’re going through can turn out to be the greatest thing that has ever happened,” Smith told radio host Enrique Santos during an iHeartRadio Live event on Wednesday, January 29. “What starts out as an adversity can turn into a beautiful stepping stone.”
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Smith also revealed he met Big Sean during a promo event for the Peacock series Bel Air. The pair quickly bonded after listening to “Work of Art.”
Previously, Smith offered a glimpse into his music journey. While some fans may speculate that the new songs came quickly, the actor explained that inspiration came over a long period of time.
“In the last couple of years, I’ve been really deep-dive soul searching more than almost any point in my life. I’ve found a new well,” he shared in October 2024 during “An Evening With Will Smith” event at the Grammy Museum. “There’s like a well of authenticity that I’m trying to tap into the most honest and authentic space within me and things are coming out that are very different than anything I would’ve done in the past.”
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