Say J Balvin's name, and the men in black will appear.
The "Mi Gente" singer surprised fans at Coachella 2024 by welcoming Will Smith on stage for an out-of-this-world performance that saw the actor recreate his rap and dance moves from his 1997 "Men in Black" music video from the soundtrack to his hit movie of the same name.
In footage from the pair's rehearsal of the alien-themed set, obtained exclusively by E! News, J Balvin praised the star. "We have the legend Will Smith here," he said in Spanish, later calling his experience working with him a "dream."
Men in Black stars Will and Tommy Lee Jones as agents investigating extraterrestrial life on Earth. And fans couldn't get enough of the movie's UFO conspiracy theories, as sequels were released in 2002, 2012 and 2019.
Although the alien movies blew up, Will recently revealed that he almost turned down the role.
"That was the next year after Independence Day," he told Variety in August. "So I didn't want to make two alien movies back to back."
But Steven Spielberg, who was an executive producer on the film, was able to persuade him after sending a helicopter to fetch Will from New York.
"It landed at his house," Will recalled. "And, like, he had me at hello. And it was the first time I ever had lemonade with carbonated water. You can't say no to that."
Noting that the Jurassic Park director said the "coldest s--t," to win him over, Will added, "He said, 'Tell me why you don't want to make my movie…' And he was the producer. And he put the ellipsis at the end, it was the dot, dot, dot. If he had continued, he would have said, ‘Joker, you know I made Jaws, right? You know I made E.T.'"
And almost 30 years later, the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum stepped back into the suit for Coachella 2024.
In addition to Balvin's intergalactic performance, the desert music festival saw spectacles put on by headliners Lana Del Rey, Tyler The Creator, Doja Cat and No Doubt in Indio, Calif.
Read on to see more stars lighting up Coachella 2024:
Teyana Taylor
At Neon Carnival
Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce
At Neon Carnival
Paris Hilton, Kyle Richards & Kesha
At Neon Carnival
Evan Ross & Ashlee Simpson
At ZOEasis, with Ashlee wearing a Linea Pelle belt
Becky G
At Desert Nights by TAO Group Hospitality
Gwen Stefani & Olivia Rodrigo
Performing during Weekend 1
Kendall Jenner
At the FWRD welcome reception wearing a TOVE dress, The Row bag and Harlow sandals
Lukas Gage
At Camp Poosh
Victoria Monét
At Heineken House
J Balvin & Will Smith
Performing during Weekend 1
Doja Cat
Performing during Weekend 1
Hailey Bieber
At the Revolve Festival
Justin Bieber
During Weekend 1
Megan Fox
At the Nylon House event wearing an 8 Other Reasons cowboy hat available on Revolve.com
Amber Rose
At Neon Carnival
Nina Dobrev
At Revolve Festival
Charli D'Amelio
At Revolve Festival
Gleb Savchenko
At the Sonic Desert event presented by Coca-Cola Spiced and Topo Chico in partnership with BPM Music
Shakira
Performing with Bizarrap during Weekend 1
Emma Roberts
At the Celsius Cosmic Desert event wearing Vogue Eyewear sunglasses
Alessandra Ambrosio
At the Celsius Cosmic Desert event wearing a Streets Ahead belt
Benny Blanco
At Ed Banger & Friends in the Desert event presented by House of the Dragon
Saweetie
At the Paper Playground party presented by True Religion and E11even
Campbell "Pookie" Puckett & Jett Puckett
At 818 Tequila's Outpost pop-up
Alabama Barker
At the Nylon House event
Landon Barker
At the Nylon House event
Bebe Rexha
Performing in a Garo Sparo catsuit during Weekend 1
Reneé Rapp
Performing during Weekend 1
21 Savage
Performing during Weekend 1
Tom Schwartz
At the Gallery Desert House presented by Patrón