Will Smith and Jada Pinkett’s kids are featured in New York Times’ T Magazine, to promote their brand new albums

Nov 18, 2014 09:53 GMT  ·  By
Jaden and Willow Smith are Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s teenage kids
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   Jaden and Willow Smith are Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s teenage kids

Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith are proof that talent runs in the genes, because their 2 children, son Jaden (16) and daughter Willow (14), already have their own careers in showbiz. They’re about to expand on them with their respective new albums.

To promote them, the two sat down for a chat with New York Times’ T Magazine, offering what has been dubbed the most bizarre and unexpected celebrity interview ever.

We all knew that they like to act as if they’re more philosophical than your average teenager, but this interview brings that to a whole new level.

Time doesn’t exist for the Smiths, education is completely useless

This is one of the first things that the two young artists talk about with the publication: Willow says that she can manipulate time as she sees fit, making it go faster or slower, so she knows that it doesn’t exist.

Jaden chimes in to add that time is relative, so its passing can be altered according to moments or things that exist at any given moment.

That time is relative is not a new concept, but they seem to take the concept to the letter, by claiming in all seriousness that they have this ability to alter the passing of time by simple will power. By the way, Jaden and Willow also admit they do a lot of meditation because breathing is life.

Then Jaden gets very passionate about how useless a school education is. He’s spoken on the topic before to say that we’d all be smarter if we just quit school and took our learning onto ourselves, but he goes a bit into more detail this time: school isn’t “real” because it ends, whereas the process of learning is continuous, lifelong.

Willow says the year she went to school was her unhappiest ever because she was depressed – but at least it offered her an understanding of how depressed the other kids attending were.

Speaking of the other kids, Jaden and Willow place themselves apart from them, saying all other teenagers are too “teenagery” and “angsty,” and way too tired after school to be creative anymore. Oppositely, they are free to tap into their creativity and thus become better versions of themselves.

Music and goals

Jaden and Willow claim to have evolved a lot as artists, with Willow even disowning the song that brought her so much popularity, “Whip My Hair.” That’s too pop for her right now, not in synch with her “reputation” as an artist.

Today, their goal is to attain perfection, to work together, to “climb as many mountains as we can possibly climb,” to put out “cool” music (because there is none of that right now), to outdo everybody else.

That’s a bold goal for teenagers, but they’re determined to get there through hard work and meditation. Oh, and Jaden also wants this: “I have a goal to be just the most craziest person of all time. And when I say craziest, I mean, like, I want to do like Olympic-level things. I want to be the most durable person on the planet.”

Jaden and Willow talk the talk, but probably can’t walk the walk

We’ve all said some pretty weird stuff when we were teenagers and we still imagined we were so unique it was almost painful to think of it. That’s the age when angst and innocence meet to create the (strong but often unfounded) belief that you can change the world – and you probably don’t have to do anything for that because your mere existence should suffice.

The difference with Jaden and Willow is that they have a platform from which they’re speaking. While homeschooling was perfect for them (because, you know, being kids to millionaire parents helps), that doesn’t mean that it might be suitable for all the other kids who are listening to them and / or looking up to them.

The same goes for everything else. Before they put themselves up on a pedestal to proclaim they’re the best the world and music industry has to offer, they must first prove themselves, we can’t just take their word for it. That’s how this industry works. That’s how life works.

Until then, they will be just a couple of rich kids who make outrageous / silly claims. Speaking of, the full interview is available online, over at T Magazine.

Jaden & Willow Smith through the years (8 Images)

Jaden and Willow Smith are Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s teenage kids
Both Willow, 14, and Jaden, 16, have new albums coming outTime doesn’t exist for the two Smiths, so they can manipulate its passing as they choose to
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