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Will Smith reunited with his The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star Tatyana Ali to take part in the Anxiety dance challenge.
The trend sees two people dance to Doechii's hit track, recreating a scene from the show where Ali’s Ashley is dancing in her room while listening to music in her headphones. Smith's Will enters the room, unbeknownst to her, and begins mimicking her dance moves. In the new video, uploaded on March 14, the duo can be seen recreating their dance steps, though this time, Doechii, 26, joins them.
Fans have since begun reacting to the video with divided sentiments, with some claiming Doechii is being pushed on them. Here's what the user in question said, to be precise:
"Why is Doechi being pushed so hard on us??? 🤔"
Scores echoed the sentiments, though a large number of users defended the artist, noting that it is her song, after all:
"I absolutely love when celebrities give the ppl what they want. It’s like a warm hug fr," someone penned.
“Why is she in it” HER SONG IS THE REASON THE SCENE IS TRENDING???????' another chimed in.
"Doechii is there b/c this is her song. I’m just happy to see Will & Ashley remake this classic scene," someone else noted.
Even more chimed in with varied sentiments:
"Doechii could’ve let them have that," one user opined.
"I love that Doechii is getting all of this love while being her authentic black girl self! 😍" another lauded the songstress.
"Will is STILL that dude," someone else penned.
A good number of users felt like the hate towards the singer was extremely unnecessary:
"comment section miserable 😩 yall find something wrong with literally everything.....has to be exhausting," one user penned.
"It’s so crazy that a bunch of LAZY PEOPLE who don’t even get up to be to work on time constantly talking about an “INDUSTRY PLANT”! No baby you just don’t work hard enough for anyone to want to “PLANT YOU” give my good sister her credit! She’s been grinding for years & it’s her time! WORK HARDER🗣," another echoed.
Sentiments online were visibly divided, though a large number of users jumped to the singer's defense.
Will Smith shares throwback video of the original dance, says he's been waiting over 30 years for it to go viral: Read more
In his video on Instagram, Smith, 56, wrote in the caption,
“Waited 35 years for this dance to trend.”
The dance trend began going viral towards the end of February, and, according to People Magazine, is dominating TikTok. Just this March 5, Will Smith took to the platform to upload the original clip, and wrote in the caption,
“I’ve been watching y’all and every video has been better than the last!! Love that track @Doechii. @Tatyana Ali remember this?”
Doechii and Ali both shared their own versions of the dance, with the latter doing it all by herself in an airport. As for the singer, she penned over her video:
“Who else is forcing everyone to do this dance with them?"
Doechii released the solo version of the track on March 5, and it samples Gotye‘s 2012 hit, Somebody That I Used to Know featuring Kimbra.
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