Overview

• A short promotional video on Smith's official YouTube channel shows cheering fans and signs, but viewers flagged distorted faces, extra fingers and garbled text such as “FR6SH CRINCE.”
• Commenters mocked the footage and some accused the team of using digitally generated fans to suggest closer audience contact.
• Reports referencing Rolling Stone raised the possibility of intentional AI crowd-fill, while citations to The Atlantic noted YouTube’s AI upscaling as a potential cause.
• Neither Will Smith nor YouTube had issued a public response to questions about the clip at the time of the latest reports.
• Despite the controversy, promoters list upcoming UK tour dates in Manchester, London and Wolverhampton as sold out.