However, not every song is slow with a deep connection. Many fans, including Attkiss, made the connection that the “secret” was his sexuality and he did not want God to be angry with him for coming out. In the slow and dramatic song, Smith sings “Holy father we need to talk / I have a secret that I can’t keep Please don’t get angry / Have faith in me. “I think that the song HIM is about his coming out story and how he can still be accepted by God even thought a lot of people say that being gay is against many religions,” Sophie Attkiss ’19 said. After Smith came out as gay a few years back, certain songs can hint at a deeper message.
The album consists of 14 new songs, all with a different meaning and sound. I am glad to finally hear something new from him, ” Maisie Prince ’20 said. “Sam Smith is one of my favorite artists, but he had not released music in so long. The song, “Too Good At Goodbyes” was his first single released, and many Sam Smith fans immediately fell in love with his sophomore album.Īfter not putting out a new record since “In The Lonely Hour” in 2015, Sam Smith fans began to wonder when they would hear new music from the singer. Release date: Nov.British artist Sam Smith came out with his second studio album, “The Thrill of It All” on Nov 3 2017. But you have to admire his commitment to the image. “I feel you staring when he is with me,” he sings, his voice surging with intensity, “How can I make you understand?”Īs always with Smith, the depiction verges on melodrama. Yet the centerpiece of “The Thrill of It All” is “Him,” another gospel-steeped number in which Smith walks the streets of Mississippi (!) while holding his man’s hand.
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Some observers interpreted “universal” as code for “not gay.” And Smith’s perception as an imperfect LGBTQ icon only increased after last year’s Academy Awards, where the singer - whose James Bond theme “Writing’s on the Wall” was named best original song - attracted criticism for suggesting incorrectly that he was the first openly gay man to win an Oscar. Smith matches these vivid arrangements with lyrics that feel more pointed and specific than the words on his debut, which at the time he said he was aiming to keep more universal. His singing has gotten deeper and richer, as he shows off in “Burning,” which he starts without accompaniment, and especially “Him,” where you can hear not just romance but sex in the music. (We’ll see.)įor all its familiar emotion, though, “The Thrill of It All” demonstrates Smith’s impressive growth as a vocalist and a songwriter. “You made me sad till I loved the shade of blue,” he tells the guy, assuring him that after this Smith is done. In his new tunes Smith is still lamenting broken relationships and dreaming about the idealized love he hopes one day to find “One Last Song” again addresses the man Smith has said was the subject of his “In the Lonely Hour.”
True to Smith’s ultra-sensitive brand, the drama runs as deep on “The Thrill of It All,” due Friday, as it did on Smith’s smash 2014 debut, “In the Lonely Hour,” which sold millions of copies, spawned three top-10 singles and earned the singer an armload of Grammy Awards, including one for best new artist. “Every time you hurt me, the less that I cry,” he sings, vowing to guard his fragile heart, in “Too Good at Goodbyes,” the gospel-inspired opener from his new studio album, “The Thrill of It All.”īut if there’s anything this young British soul star has made clear since he emerged five years ago, it’s that he’ll never, ever run out of tears.