Sam Smith’s ‘In the Lonely Hour’ 26 More Must-Hear Albums Released This Spring The video for “Leave Your Lover,” a single off the album, was not clear about his sexuality. Disclosure's loping dance-pop single 'Latch,' a number 11 U.K. “It’s about a guy and that’s what I wanted people to know – I want to be clear that that’s what it’s about,” he said in the interview. hit in 2012, introduced Sam Smith, a London-born vocalist with a deeply emotive voice.

Smith grew up listening to R&B giants Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, and Whitney Houston, but their first impression was unique, not merely for the richness of their voice, but. He later added, “I want to make it a normality because this is a non-issue. People wouldn’t ask a straight person these questions. Singer Paulette McWilliams on Her Years With Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, and Steely Dan Meet the Creators and Activists Leading Social Media's Next Wave I’ve made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody – whether it’s a guy, a female or a goat – and everybody can relate to that.” I’ve tried to be clever with this album, because it’s also important to me that my music reaches everybody. Regarding his past relationships, the 22-year-old said that he had never been in a relationship before, only “unrequited relationships.” His experience with the man who inspired In the Lonely Hour left him in what he described as a lonely and “very dark” place. Smith eventually told the man that he had inspired the album, and he is glad he did. “It was good as a form of closure, to get it off my chest and tell him,” he said.

It’s all there now, and I can move on and hopefully find a guy who can love me the way I love him.” I feel almost like I signed off this part of my life where I keep giving myself to guys who are never going to love me back.

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