British soul crooner Sam Smith highlights unrequited love in the sparse video for his deeply satisfying new single, the gospel-inflected ballad "Stay With Me," the third single from his upcoming debut LP, "In the Lonely Hour," drops this May 26th on Capitol. British newcomer truly broke out in 2012 with his vocals on Disclosure's "Latch," and ever since, Smith has been spent the bulk of last year recording his debut album with Eg White and Fraser T, two songwriters whose résumés include Adele - one vocalist to whom Smith frequently draws comparisons.
Voice of an angel? Second coming of Adele? The best male voice to emerge out of England since Rick Astley? Well, regardless of which label best fits Smith, he's certainly making a splash stateside. With his pair-up with Naughty Boy, "La La La," steadily climbing the American charts, Smith struck out on his own with a bold showing on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. A darkly-clad Smith hit the stage and wowed the audience with two straightforward but powerful soul performances with "Stay With Me" and "Lay Me Down." Between the two songs and their emphasis on his powerful voice, Smith made the most of his high-profile opportunity to draw in a wider U.S. audience.
Have you ever fallen for someone who just didn’t feel the same way? "In the Lonely Hour" finds Smith tackling his unsuccessful love life, and "Stay With Me" that best encapsulates the soulful nature of Smith's music finds him singing about a person he fell for one night, but who doesn't return the same sentiment, as he describes the devastating unfulfillment that can linger the night after a one-night stand, blending his powerhouse vocals together with the London-based Enchorus gospel choir for a song so breathtaking, it deserves those Adele comparisons. He told Rolling Stone: "I deal with all the different aspects of loneliness."
In the new clip, the 21-year-old singer coming out of a house and strolling forlornly through London streets and mixing it up with the song's gospel choir after an evening of love-gone-wrong. "Guess it's true, I'm not good at a one-night stand," he belts on the track over gospel piano, miming the lyrics to the camera, "But I still need love 'cause I'm just a man." The song builds from that quiet melancholy to a resilient chorus, and the video gets equally cathartic as Smith stumbles upon a massive choir in a nondescript church beaming with light that add more feelings to the already emotional song.
Voice of an angel? Second coming of Adele? The best male voice to emerge out of England since Rick Astley? Well, regardless of which label best fits Smith, he's certainly making a splash stateside. With his pair-up with Naughty Boy, "La La La," steadily climbing the American charts, Smith struck out on his own with a bold showing on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. A darkly-clad Smith hit the stage and wowed the audience with two straightforward but powerful soul performances with "Stay With Me" and "Lay Me Down." Between the two songs and their emphasis on his powerful voice, Smith made the most of his high-profile opportunity to draw in a wider U.S. audience.
Have you ever fallen for someone who just didn’t feel the same way? "In the Lonely Hour" finds Smith tackling his unsuccessful love life, and "Stay With Me" that best encapsulates the soulful nature of Smith's music finds him singing about a person he fell for one night, but who doesn't return the same sentiment, as he describes the devastating unfulfillment that can linger the night after a one-night stand, blending his powerhouse vocals together with the London-based Enchorus gospel choir for a song so breathtaking, it deserves those Adele comparisons. He told Rolling Stone: "I deal with all the different aspects of loneliness."
In the new clip, the 21-year-old singer coming out of a house and strolling forlornly through London streets and mixing it up with the song's gospel choir after an evening of love-gone-wrong. "Guess it's true, I'm not good at a one-night stand," he belts on the track over gospel piano, miming the lyrics to the camera, "But I still need love 'cause I'm just a man." The song builds from that quiet melancholy to a resilient chorus, and the video gets equally cathartic as Smith stumbles upon a massive choir in a nondescript church beaming with light that add more feelings to the already emotional song.
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