Just recently, in an interview with Complex on October 18, 2024, Jaden Smith spoke about one funny concern shared by fellow artist Young Thug about his love life. During the interview, Jaden shared how, in 2018, Young Thug had become worried since he was not seeing him around girls, which became a humorous moment between the two friends.
Jaden Smith has been celebrated everywhere because of his individuality with gender fluidity, and he is never afraid to break societal norms. This gave him the ability to be different in not only fashion but also in his personal life as well. He and Young Thug collaborated on the track “Sin“, which was off Thug’s mixtape Jeffery. These two coined them their friendship, considering that they both have creative and very uncommon personas.
That happened in 2018 when both Jaden and Young Thug were opening acts for the KOD Tour by J. Cole. According to Jaden, informed that he was not being seen with girls at all, Young Thug jokingly began to worry about his dating life.
“He was like, ‘Bro, where are the girls at?'”
he laughed, remembering. It was comical, but it revealed how close these two are.
Not many celebrities are as open about their love life as Jaden is about his fluid approach. Over the years, he has been in the midst of men and women alike, including that very public identification of Tyler, the Creator as his “boyfriend.” More recently, he has been linked to French model Khleopatre after breaking up with longtime partner Sab Zada– a fact that keeps the public’s fascination right there with him and his ever-changing relationships.
Still, all this fame isn’t without controversy-from the resurfaced comments by Zoe Kravitz talking about him, finding his name in the middle of the viral Diddy-Cassie controversy because of rumors surrounding his father, Will Smith, Jaden continues to be in the midst of media attention. His use of psychedelics to handle personal trauma has also fired up debates over the Smith family’s really unconventional parenting style and added even more to the public discourse around him.
In 2024, Jaden’s artistic endeavors go through the roof. His latest EP, 2024: A Case Study of the Long Term Effects of Young Love, has just been released, debating concepts of heartbreak and the psychological impacts that befall young romance. Songs like “Roses” and “The Coolest Part 2” record in graphic detail the emotional roller coaster of love- a theme to which Jaden has drawn similarities through his work and personal life.
More than music, Jaden has continued to be vocal about mental health awareness, which means a lot to him because he has been through it. His openness with psychedelics against trauma invokes support and debate alike. Both intertwine his personal growth and public persona.
While Jaden is still honing his craft with fresh releases and otherwise always evolving in his professional and personal life, his connections- whispers of a recent breakup with Sab Zada and newfound connections with Khleopatre– keep fans guessing. That is what makes him so different and unapologetically himself in a sea of celebrity self-invention.
