Writing the new album, he said, led to him “looking deeper at the reality of who and what I am”.
“I let myself talk from places and write from places and create from places within me that I’ve been scared of… places that have been repressed and I call the energies, the despicable prisoners,” he said.
“You know, those parts of myself that are not necessarily for Instagram. Those spaces that aren’t necessarily for the BBC.”
Smith said he will be performing a mix of his new and old material in the UK.
In the Welsh capital, with his newly-discovered connections to the country, fans might even hear the Fresh Prince speak a little of the language.
Welsh Smith as he is calling himself, has been trying to learn a few phrases.