Welcome to Music Video Relapse, a series where we revisit a classic music video at lunchtime every day. You're welcome.
After Earth, a science fiction film starring Will Smith and his son, 14 year-old Jaden Smith, came out last Friday. People were not impressed (The Onion said it best).
How soon we forget, however, that before Will Smith was putting his children in films, he was putting them in music videos. So today please enjoy the 1998 classic "Just the Two of Us" by Will Smith, starring his son, Trey.
Directed by music video legend Bob Giraldi ("Beat It", "Say Say Say"), the video starts off with Smith and his son wandering around a studio lot, and then segues into four minutes and 30 seconds of patented, unmitigated Will Smith earnestness. We also get shots of other father and son duos, including Magic Johnson and Muhammad Ali. (By the way, if you're interested in music videos with basketball players in them, we have a playlist for you).
This music video is full of foreshadowing - in addition to the Will-Smith-hand-son-on-the-movie-lot image, the video also includes a shot of Jada Pinkett Smith pregnant with Jaden Smith, who you can now see at your local box office. We've come full circle.
Where is Will Smith's son Trey, the one who starred in the video? Let me introduce DJ AcE.
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