In an Instagram post on August 30, Smith shared footage from a performance with the caption, “Crowd was poppin’ tonite!!”

The video cuts from Smith onstage to a view of the audience, where every person’s head has been replaced with an AI-generated cat face.

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The clip drew comments, with most users taking a lighthearted view. One joked, “Haters are gonna say this is AI”, while another said they enjoyed how Smith handled the criticism.

The post follows backlash around a different video shared on Smith’s YouTube channel. Titled My favorite part of tour is seeing you all up close. Thank you for seeing me too, the video showed scenes of enthusiastic fans, including people crying and holding signs.

However, some viewers noticed unusual visual features. A few audience members had faces with blurred or oddly shaped features, and certain hands appeared misshapen, in some cases with six fingers visible.

In one shot, the fingers of a man holding a sign appeared blurred along with the message itself, which read, “You Can Make It’ helped me survive cancer. THX Will”.

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The footage, which shows Smith performing his song You Can Make It, includes a crowd cheering, waving signs, and singing along.

However, according to an August 28 report by Fox News, many people who watched it claim the audience appears to be generated by AI.

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The short video was shared on YouTube Shorts and social media, with Smith writing:

My favorite part of the tour is seeing you all up close. Thank you for seeing me too.

Some scenes feature fans holding signs with personal messages, including one that said, “You Can Make It helped me survive cancer. Thx Will”.

However, according to the report, several viewers noted that the visuals appeared off. One person pointed to a sign reading “From West Philly to West Swiggy” and told others to pause the video there to see the faces behind it were melting or oddly shaped.

One viewer remarked, “Imagine being this rich and famous and having to use AI footage of crowds and bot comments on your video. Tragic, man. You used to be cool”.

Comments ranged from disappointment to amusement, with one person describing it as “equal parts embarrassing and hilarious”.

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