--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jaden Smith Carried His Own Gold Record Around the 2018 Met Gala Because Why Not  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 8, 2018 4:00 PM UTC  Jaden Smith attends 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & the Catholic Imagination,' the 2018 Costume Institute Benefit at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. Jaden Smith attends 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & the Catholic Imagination,' the 2018 Costume Institute Benefit at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City.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. He completed the look with some gold chains and his bleached blond buzzcut. > [](https://twitter.com/KlNGTAEYEON/status/993645795286044672) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5269460/jaden-smith-at-met-gala-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5269460/jaden-smith-at-met-gala-2018/"},"headline":"Jaden Smith Carried His Own Gold Record Around the 2018 Met Gala Because Why Not","datePublished":"2018-05-08T16:00:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:44.055Z","description":"He is just an icon living","url":"https://time.com/5269460/jaden-smith-at-met-gala-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Met Gala 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbec684e7697a44bb/69892fcc86f68e4bbd6e91a0/jaden-smith-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbec684e7697a44bb/69892fcc86f68e4bbd6e91a0/jaden-smith-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jaden-Smith-Met-Gala-2018","caption":"Jaden Smith at the 2018 Met Gala","creditText":"Taylor Hill/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5269460/jaden-smith-at-met-gala-2018/","name":"Jaden Smith Carried His Own Gold Record Around the 2018 Met Gala Because Why Not"}}]}] ```