Smith and Ali starred in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the 90s
Doechii is breaking the internet by reuniting Fresh Prince of Bel-Air siblings Will Smith and Ashley Banks (Tatyana Ali) as they take part in the viral dance trend inspired by their show and her song, “Anxiety.” Doechii makes a surprise cameo in a new video posted by Smith as the actors recreate the widely imitated scene from a classic episode.
“Waited 35 years for this dance to trend,” Smith wrote along with the clip. Set to Doechii’s “Anxiety” — a song that she originally recorded in her bedroom for her 2019 self-released Coven Music Sessions mixtape — people have been remaking a beloved moment from Fresh Prince, where Will walks in on Ashley dancing to the music in her headphones, then matches her step for step. Smith recently shared the original clip, adding in Doechii’s music.
Doechii and Smith teased fans yesterday with a video leaning into a second trend associated with the song playing off of the lyric, “Somebody’s watching me, it’s my anxiety.” Her original version of “Anxiety” was never released to DSPs but due to fan demand, Doechii re-recorded her vocals and released a new version this month.
The reaction was extraordinary from the moment she teased the release of “Anxiety” on TikTok, since surging to an average of more than 200,000 creates per day — resulting in 11.2 billion views across 2.3 million creates. The older video has jumped from 200,000 to 6.1 million views in short order, and elicited thousands of comments from fans relating to the song’s subject matter. Meanwhile, “Anxiety” itself is getting streamed more than seven million times a day globally, quickly approaching 50 million this week.
On DSPs, “Anxiety” has been bundled with her single “Denial is a River,” which she gave a stunning performance of at the Grammys last month. The song hails from Alligator Bites Never Heal, which won Best Rap Album that night.
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