Jaden Smith addresses his past “strange” behavior. THE musician and actor recently shared a statement on X, in which he spoke about his strange behaviors and how, throughout his life, he tried his best to live up to people’s expectations.

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“Everything you saw me do weird was I thought I was totally normal, so now sometimes I try to act weird on purpose, so you all think it’s on purpose, but at the end of the day, I’ve been trying to adapt all this time and I guess it’s not going exactly as planned,” Smith told the website.

His comment was made shortly after a profile of him was published in Complextitled “I interviewed Jaden Smith and it was somehow even weirder than I expected.”

In the profile, Smith discusses his desire to “be weird,” something he wrote in a tweet a while ago. “I’m actively working on becoming weirder,” the post read.

When asked about the tweet, Smith revealed that he had struggled throughout his life trying to fit into society’s definition of “normal.” “For a long time, it was very serious for me that people thought I was normal. And it bothered me after a while,” he said. “I started to feel like people didn’t really understand me or really see me, and I didn’t really try to show that to anyone.”

He also said he found it “frustrating” that people did the same and put aside their individuality in order to be like everyone else. “Sometimes it’s so frustrating to see people trying to keep up with the ‘normal’ things when that’s not what they really want to do in their art and stuff,” he said.

More details on his new album

Throughout the interview, Smith references “Twilight” several times and appears to be playing a character, being careful about the information he shares. It seems the vibe he’s going for is in line with his new album, which he calls a “mini-project,” titled “2024: a case study in the long-term effects of young love.”

“2024: A Case Study in the Long-Term Effects of Young Love is truly a snapshot of my current mental state, when it comes to trying to be a human and relate to people. people in the digital age we live in,” he explained. “People’s mental landscapes change and people’s psychology changes. And this is a mental snapshot of me right now, where I am in my life.”

THE abandoned record on October 18 and is available to stream wherever you listen to music.

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