WHAT WENT DOWN
Animals As Leaders played a private Halloween set for Willow Smith's 26th birthday, and Will Smith spent it jumping into other guests *, ‡. Drummer Marco Cirigliano posted the clip *, ‡.
THE DETAILS
- The gathering happened on Halloween for Willow Smith's 26th birthday *, ‡.
- Footage shows Smith, 58, smiling, jumping and bumping into attendees while the instrumental trio played *, ‡.
- Willow has a connection to the band, posting an August Instagram slideshow of herself and Tosin Abasi with Khn de Poitrine's double-neck guitar/bass *, ‡.
- Animals As Leaders are off the road and working on the follow-up to 2022's Parrhesia *.
- Abasi told Guitar World, "We are about to begin pre-production on an album" *, ‡.
- Earlier in the year the band supported SatchVai Band in North America and played Louder Than Life in September *.
THE TAKE
A tech-metal trio as birthday entertainment is a flex most bookings cannot match. Smith's presence in the clip has not been officially confirmed ‡.
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