Sam Smith - To Be Free

[Tisch]

Demi is looking femme, Sam Smith is looking masc (comparatively). Woke is dead.

They're back with a new single way down the list on Spotify NMF. Could they finally be having an Emeli Sande style downturn in fortunes? I guess they appeared around the same time but Sam's flame didn't burn QUITE as insanely intense as Sande's did so the slower downfall makes sense.

Anyway I don't hate this the Radio 2 mums are going to LOVE it (if they even playlist it?)

 

[FetchFugly]

I think Sam sounds good on this. I would rather they left it as a stripped back thing though, the gospel choir feels like they are overcooking it.

 

[VoR]

Did we notice the new album went in at #21 this week?

 

[FannyFaudrey]

Did we notice the new album went in at #21 this week?

And failed to chart in the Top 200 in the US...

 

[POP!]

It feels like he just had a #1 single with Unholy but that was already four years ago apparently. And even that did fuck all for its parent album.

 

[straightorbroken]

The ads for them were enough to make me pay for Spotify premium again. Enough was enough