Last week, Will Smith’s eldest son, Jaden, took to Twitter and confirmed that he’ll be “dropping a K-Pop single in the next 4 months.” This came moments after he confirmed that he, sister Willow and Odessa Adlon have formed a band together.
This might sound random for anyone but the young Smith is actually a big fan of K-Pop. In 2013, Will and Jaden even visited YG Entertainment, a popular media company that operates as a record label, talent agency, and music production company, when they were in South Korea to promote their film, After Earth. During their visit, Jaden met with K-pop stars G-Dragon and CL.
In December, Jaden Smith brought up G-Dragon on Twitter, saying the BIGBANG member is his “inspiration.” The Korean rapper responded positively and ended with the promising, “Let’s do something.”
Meanwhile, another K-pop group has emerged from the United States. But what’s interesting about the group is that they don’t even have any Korean member.
Called CoCo Avenue, the African-American singing duo has recently released a new track called “Eottae” on iTunes which also had a music video released on April 14. The Los Angeles-based group is composed of Jenny Lyric, who hails from St. Louis, and Jenna Rose, who was born in New Brunswick, N.J.
The duo that sings and raps in Korean is now being hailed as the “First Black K-Pop Group.”
