--- title: Jaden Smith Brings 'Icon' Gold Record to Met Gala 2018 description: After rocking the fashion world by carrying his own dreadlocks at the 2017 Met Gala, Jaden Smith has once again brought his accessory A-game. canonical: https://time.com/5269460/jaden-smith-at-met-gala-2018/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-08T16:00:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:44.055Z og:title: Jaden Smith Brought His Own Gold Record to the 2018 Met Gala og:description: Because why not og:url: https://time.com/5269460/jaden-smith-at-met-gala-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbec684e7697a44bb/69892fcc86f68e4bbd6e91a0/jaden-smith-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Jaden-Smith-Met-Gala-2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jaden Smith Brought His Own Gold Record to the 2018 Met Gala twitter:description: Because why not twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbec684e7697a44bb/69892fcc86f68e4bbd6e91a0/jaden-smith-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jaden Smith Carried His Own Gold Record Around the 2018 Met Gala Because Why Not > Sponsored content. 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Taylor Hill/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 8, 2018 4:00 PM UTC After rocking the fashion world by carrying around [his own dreadlocks](http://time.com/4762681/jaden-smith-dreadlocks-met-gala-2017/) at the 2017 Met Gala, [Jaden Smith](http://time.com/4894305/jaden-smith-bieber/) once again brought his accessory A-game to the [2018 ball](http://time.com/5269367/ariana-grande-met-gala-2018/). The “Icon” singer showed up to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual charity bash on Monday night with the gold record for his hit single in hand. He then proceeded to pose for photos with the certification plaque throughout the evening, perhaps suggesting that he considers himself enough of a celestial being to fit the night’s theme: _Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination_. After all, Jaden states multiple times in the song that he is “just an icon living.” As for his outfit, Smith rocked a Louis Vuitton trench coat over a t-shirt from his own label, MSFTS, along with white jeans and sneakers. 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