Jaden Smith Wearing Castle On Head

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Jaden Smith Wearing Castle On Head refers to a viral exploitable photo of Jaden Smith wearing the Vampire Castle Headpiece by artist ABODI at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on February 2nd, 2025. The photo of Smith wearing the castle went viral on the night of the Grammy's, inspiring discourse, with many making fun of the piece. The image also inspired many memes, including photoshops that replace the castle with something else while Smith's cut-out face sticks through the object.

Origin

On February 2nd, 2025, the 67th Annual Grammy Awards took place. Jaden Smith, son of Will Smith, wore a piece of wearable art by artist and designer ABODI^[1] known as the "Vampire Castle Headpiece," a hat that resembles an all-black castle. The hat goes for about €4.500 or $4,600. According to the ABODI website, the piece is "not merely a fashion accessory, but a symbol of eternity, sensuality, and resilience."

That night, several photos of Jaden Smith wearing the castle on the red carpet were uploaded to Getty Images.^[2]

Spread

The photo became the subject of memes and discourse over the following days. On the night of February 2nd, 2025, X^[3] page @LyricVault posted the photo, writing, "🚨| Jaden Smith looks dumb as fuck at the #GRAMMYs," garnering over 188,000 likes in a day. Minutes later, X^[4] user @kirawontmiss posted the photo, writing, "Jaden Smith you’re not a vibe bro," garnering over 64,000 likes in a day.

That night the photo was posted to the subreddit /r/popculturechat,^[5] garnering over 3,300 upvotes in a day. That same night, X^[6] user @TheRicanMemes posted a photoshop of the Barry Wood meme replacing the castle, garnering over 11,000 likes in a day.

Later that night, X^[7] user @vvsrak posted, "Some how Jaden Smith’s outfit is worse then Bianca Censori’s 😭😭," garnering over 11,000 likes in a day. X^[8] user @VegasRebs posted, "POV: You're sitting behind Jaden Smith," along with a photo meant to look like you're sitting behind Jaden wearing the castle, garnering over 1,700 likes in a day.

On February 3rd, X^[9] user @F0RMATIVEAGE posted an edit of Jaden Smith wearing the American Football house on his head, garnering over 6,800 likes in under a day.