Will Smith is introducing you back to the "simulation."

The beloved actor and musician dropped the music video to his new single "Beautiful Scars," featuring Big Sean and producer, O. Banga.

"Mr. Anderson & Mr. Smith welcome you back to the simulation [pill emoji] Beautiful Scars music video out now!!" the 56-year-old announced to his Instagram following of over 69 million Thursday, January 30.

In the teaser clip of the video, Smith and Sean, 36, appear in a hazy spin on the classic film, The Matrix, as both are dressed in long, black trench coats and dark shades, featuring highlights of clips including slow-mo moments and dramatic poses.

At the beginning, Big Sean tells Smith how he's "made some awesome career choices," but "there's only one you truly regret... well, maybe two. But we're not going to focus on that one."

The second "regret" seemingly refers to Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars in March 2022.

"That's messed up," Smith answered.

The other "regret" was the father of three turning down the role of Neo in the 1999 flick.

"I'm not proud of it," Smith said in a YouTube story time video he shared in 2020. Smith finally took the "red pill" in the music video three decades later.

"It's the truth, all right, I did turn down Neo in The Matrix," Smith added. "After we made Men in Black, the Wachowskis [Hollywood sister directors] came in and they'd only done one movie. They did a movie called Bound. And then they made a pitch for The Matrix. And as it turns out, they're geniuses, but there's a fine line in a pitch meeting between genius and what I experienced in the meeting."

Smith went on to share how he "made Wild Wild West [instead]," but praised Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne as flawless picks for their respective characters.

"Keanu was perfect. Laurence Fishburne was perfect. If I had done it, because I'm Black, [Fishburne's character] Morpheus wouldn't have been Black because they were looking at Val Kilmer [for] Morpheus," he argued. "So I probably would have messed The Matrix up. I would have ruined it. I did y'all a favor."

Although the long-time entertainer opted to limit the comments on the music video announcement, fans were still able to share their thoughts on the new single and nostalgic reference on other platforms. "Man he out here trying to rap, where is I am legend 2?" one fan poked regarding a follow-up to his ground-breaking film, I am Legend (2007).

"Anderson and smith.... I get it [laugh emoji] well played," a second said, drawing a connection. "Surpassed being my favorite actor, musician, and motivators to now just being one of my favorite humans," a third praised. "This is actually dope af," a fourth said. "The collab no one wanted," a fifth added while another fan darted, "Jeeeez... hiphop really is dead!"

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While many fans are excited and others are torn, Smith himself appears to be having an exciting time playing with various tricks in production. The Academy Award winning actor wrote, "My big head has something to say," in an Instagram caption Wednesday, January 29 accompanying a video of himself holding his own head spitting rap lyrics.

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Smith started his hip hop career back in the 1980s.

Despite various sources attributing his success to hit tracks including "Men in Black" (1997) and "Just The Two of Us" (1998), his track featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff, "Parents Just Don't Understand" gained widespread popularity in 1988.

Meanwhile, the cutting-edge and beloved Matrix franchise went on to receive a plethora of prestigious awards since popping onto the film scene back in 1999.

The Keanu Reeves-led films received top-tier awards including Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects, and Best Sound Effects Editing, in addition to British Academy Film Awards Best Sound and Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects.

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Will Smith, Big sean, Keanu reeves, The Matrix