![]() However, he added, “I’ve written a few songs, which I absolutely love. His plan is to lead a normal life for a year to make himself more relatable. Still, Smith said he’s taking his time on a Lonely Hour follow-up. He’s since become “more obsessed with the voice” – and favorite childhood singers like Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. The singer also talked about his recovery from vocal cord surgery this summer – and how not being able to speak for three weeks led him to rediscover his passion for singing. ![]() The lyric is, ‘Do I go home for nothing or stay out for more?'” “I was in such a lonely, sad place when I was writing this album that sometimes, I’d literally have to choose. In the Lonely Hour deftly blends classic soul, gospel choruses, and sumptuously recorded acoustic instruments with 21st-century production flourishes, like the hip-hop beat of 'Life Support' and the subtle vocal processing of 'Money on My Mind.' An extended meditation on unrequited love, the album shows off Smith’s stunning emotive power, from their wounded wail on the mournful. “One road would lead to gay clubs I used to go out to, and the other road would go home,” he said. Sam Smith’s star turn on Disclosure’s Latch only hinted at the British belter’s potential. ![]() Smith said the track was inspired by taxi rides leaving the recording studio in which he’d arrive at a literal and thematic crossroads. I thought of it recently when we were thinking about the repackage, and we went in and just did it with piano.” “I always loved it, but something didn’t happen right with the production when we were going through different versions of it,” he said.
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