![]() ![]() Sam speaks of the album feeling like a liberation, and it's peppered with party songs filled with sexy desire, like Gimme and the disco-inspired hook-up anthem I'm Not Here to Make Friends. "And so for me my challenge of this record … I wanted to write songs that had the felt joyful and felt strong, stronger in terms of the messaging and more confident." I'd go in the studio, and writing about that felt easy," Sam said. ![]() "I just think that my first three records were really about heartbreak and sadness, and heartache became a really safe place for me. Gloria is rich with themes and musical styles far beyond the heartache ballads Sam Smith made their name from. It will be something that is just normal." Uncharted territory "It bodes well for the future, that it is normalised. The millions of TikTokkers lip-syncing to Unholy may not all know their favourite artist is queer, but that can also be part of the point. "I've got to allow myself a little bit of a pat on the back, because it's an incredible thing, you know, to have made that many people dance," Sam said about the success of the song.Ĭhris says Sam Smith is helping to normalise gender diversity on a global scale. ![]() Kim Petras, who features on the song and is due to headline World Pride in Sydney next month, is the first trans performer to hold the title. Unholy - a tale about a man who leaves his wife and kids at home to get up to "something unholy" - is notable not only because it's a banger, but for making Sam Smith the first out non-binary artist to reach number one in markets across the world. "Its melody is magnificent, it's catchy, with slappy beats and touches of production ear candy."Īnd of course it has their magnificent, otherworldly voice - hitting high notes like honey - which Sam says they crafted by "just trying to be like Aretha." Doing something Unholy "'Unholy sounds like nothing else in popular music right now," Lars Brandle, Billboard's Australia correspondent, said of Gloria's second single. The Brit first had a global hit ten years ago with the ballad Stay With Me, and became known as the reigning sovereign of heartache.īut Unholy has heralded a new era for the singer, not just comfortable in their own skin, but proud of their sexuality and gender (they came out as non-binary in 2019) and ready to party. If you've been in a bar, or on a dance floor, or spent much time on social media over the last couple of months you will have heard or seen Sam Smith. ![]()
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