24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Surprise! Watch the crowd go wild as Will Smith sings classic hit ‘Miami' — in Miami
Talk about bringing down the house.
Will Smith pulled off an unforgettable performance on Thursday night at the Premio Lo Nuestro awards at the Kaseya Center downtown.
To say the 'Bad Boys' star did justice to his classic 1997 hit 'Miami' would be the understatement of the millennium.
After a sizzling duet of his latest track 'First Love' with Spanish singer India Martínez, a breathless Smith began to take off his tuxedo.
'Where we at?' he asks DJ Khaled, who is off to the side of the stage.
'You know you can't come in the 305 and just give us one?' the local rap star shouts into the mic, adding his signature phrase, 'You gotta give us another one!'
As the audience cheers, two dancers help put a guayabera festooned with palm trees on Smith.
'South Beach bringing the heat!' the 56 year old begins. 'Y'all feel that? Y'all feel that!?'
Smith then starts strutting through the crowd, belting out the lyrics of the beloved track off his first solo album, 'Big Willie Style,' which samples Whisper's 'And the Beat Goes On.'
Suddenly Thalia, in a sparkly silver dress, appears to bring an assist for the chorus, and Khaled tells everyone to 'put their hands up!'
The unlikely trio shake their stuff as backup dancers in yellow gyrate and smoke machines blast to the rafters.
The song closes out with a snippet of another unforgettable tune, Miami Sound Machine's 'Conga,' which turns 40 this year.
'C'mon, shake your body, baby do the conga,' a now hoarse Smith sings as fans go wild. 'I know you can't control yourself any longer.'
Thalia posted a few pictures of the performance on her Instagram to rave reviews. Apparently, this triple threat ensemble was a collaboration no one know they needed.
'Spectacular.'
'Loved this.'
'So hot.'
