Sam Smith and Alicia Keys posed collectively to announce the information (Instagram: Sam Smith)
Pop icon Sam Smith and R&B singer Alicia Keys are set to report a duet model of Smith’s 2014 hit ‘I’m Not The Solely One’.
In a submit to their social media earlier this week, Smith stated they’d be releasing a brand new model of ‘I’m Not the Solely One’ with Alicia Keys.
They wrote: “I’m Not The Solely One feat. the really incomparable @aliciakeys… I’m so honoured to have such an unbelievable expertise and a gorgeous soul be a part of me on this monitor to have fun a decade of ‘In The Lonely Hour.’”
The brand new model of ‘I’m Not The Solely One’ is being launched alongside Smith’s tenth anniversary version of ‘In The Lonely Hour’, which options new recordings of a number of of the album’s unique tracks.
‘Keep With Me’, the music that catapulted them to stardom, has been re-recorded with up to date lyrics that higher mirror Smith’s gender identification – as they now determine as non-binary and use they/them pronouns after popping out in 2019.
In an announcement, Smith stated of the change: “This music is really so particular to me, so for the ten 12 months anniversary I re-recorded the monitor … together with the up to date lyric ‘however I nonetheless want love, child perceive’ which felt actually vital to me. It’s lovely to know that generally, we are able to change the previous.”
When will Sam Smith’s anniversary album be out?
The tenth anniversary version of ‘In The Lonely Hour’ is out immediately, Friday August 2, on all streaming platforms and accessible to buy as a CD or a vinyl report if you wish to go a bit old-school.
When is Sam Smith performing on the Proms?
Smith was introduced as a headliner for the BBC Proms earlier this 12 months and is scheduled to carry out on August 2 to coincide with the discharge of their anniversary album.
Their Proms efficiency would be the solely alternative to see Smith dwell within the UK this 12 months, the place they are going to be performing ‘In The Lonely Hour’ in its entirety whereas accompanied by an orchestral association.
BBC Radio 3 director Sam Jackson beforehand reassured Proms viewers that Smith’s efficiency could be “totally applicable” for the setting after the singer confronted backlash for raunchy on-stage moments previously.
“I feel what you’ll see is a efficiency that’s totally applicable for the Proms and completely applicable for the viewers in attendance. That is very a lot a Promenade – it’s not Sam Smith on the Royal Albert Corridor,” Jackson stated.
Smith additionally joked with Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac in regards to the “tabloid hysteria” that accompanied the announcement of their Proms efficiency, promising they’d not put on a thong or bondage gear to the gig.
Additionally they teased a “shock” for viewers.
“Within the first half, I’m going to have fun [10 years of] In The Lonely Hour… and the second half is just a little shock. I’m so excited. I really like the Proms, it’s nice,” they stated.
“It’s a chance for me to remind folks of my love of music, particularly British music, and the place I’ve come from. I wish to present folks just a little little bit of the place I come from musically.”
Is there actually a portrait of Sam Smith on the Nationwide Portrait Gallery?
The quick reply is sure. A scantily-clad portrait of Smith is presently hanging within the London-based gallery as a part of its new “Historical past Makers” show.
The art work was created by Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard in 2023 and is titled “Gloria” after Smith’s fourth studio album.
The portray was loaned to the Nationwide Portrait Gallery by Smith themself and has not been seen in public earlier than.
Smith stated that it was a “dream come true” to sit down for the portrait with Commoy and Blanchard and was “so completely happy” when the gallery requested to borrow it.
“It’s crucial to me to help the humanities. Being of their new history-makers part is an honour,” Smith stated.