(CNN) โ Will Smith is returning to his first love.
The actor who rose to fame as a rapper announced he has a new album coming.
โItโs OFFICIAL!! My new album Based On A True Story drops March 28,โ Smith wrote in a post on social media. โTWO WEEKS!! Hit that presave. Been working on this project for a minute and Iโm itchinโ to get it out to yโall.โ
His last album, โLost and Found,โ was released in March 2005.
Smith also shared a track list for his new project, which includes collaborations with Teyana Taylor, Jac Ross and Obanga. DJ Jazzy Jeff, Smithโs longtime friend and collaborator with whom he had the 1991 hit โSummertime,โ is also listed on the opening track.
Smith released the single โBeautiful Scarsโ in January. Shortly after, he spoke about how the new music is a departure from some of his previous work in an interview with โBig Boyโs Neighborhood.โ
โThereโs a thing, thereโs a brand that is Will Smith, you know, and the brand is slightly different from the man,โ he said. โThe brand is just a really narrow slice of what the man is, and the man has expanded in a way that the brand can almost feel like a prison.โ
The album release date news came the same weekend he and his โFresh Prince of Bel Airโ costar Tatyana Ali recreated an iconic scene from their series, accompanied with an assist from Grammy-winning female rapper, Doechii.
Their TikTok performance was done to Doechiiโs viral hit โAnxiety.โ
In April 2024, Smith made a surprise appearance during J. Balvinโs Coachella set.
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