Smith's debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, was released in May 2014 on Capitol Records UK. The album's lead single, "Lay Me Down", was released prior to "La La La". The album's second single, "Money on My Mind", became Smith's second number one single in the UK. The third single, "Stay with Me", was an international success, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, while their singles "I'm Not the Only One" and "Like I Can" reached the top ten in the UK. The album won four awards, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
For Smith's and Jimmy Napes's song "Writing's on the Wall", the theme for the James Bond film Spectre (2015), Smith won the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Smith's second studio album, The Thrill of It All, was released in November 2017 and debuted atop the UK and US album charts. The lead single, "Too Good at Goodbyes", reached number one in the UK and Australia and number four in the US. They released the single "Promises" with Calvin Harris, which peaked at number one in the UK. Smith released "Dancing with a Stranger" with Normani in 2019, which reached the top ten in the UK and the US and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards, and followed it by releasing a string of commercially successful singles "How Do You Sleep?", "To Die For" and "I'm Ready" with Demi Lovato; all of which feature on Smith's third album, Love Goes.
Smith has won four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, and an American Music Award, as well as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award through their career. Smith has been publicly gay since 2014, genderqueer since 2017, and has used they/them pronouns since 2019.
Hurting Interlude
Sam Smith Lyrics
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I'd feel that this is the saddest
And the ugliest part of being a homosexual
When you have your first bad love experience, for instance
And you can't go to your brother
Or your sister and say, "I'm hurting"
Sam Smith's song Hurting Interlude comes in as a raw depiction of the difficulties encountered by homosexuals when it comes to love. The lyrics talk about the saddest and ugliest part of being homosexual, which is having to lie. This line holds a lot of significance as many members of the LGBTQ+ community feel uncomfortable to come out to their families due to fear of rejection and not understanding. When queer people go through a bad love experience, they are left alone to deal with their pain because they cannot go to their siblings or families and express what they are going through. Thus, many members of the LGBTQ+ community tend to bottle their emotions up, leading to internalized and suppressed feelings that can have severe consequences over extended periods.
In the song, Sam Smith's voice is gentle and tender, giving weight to the pain and hardships that queer people go through. The subject matter is both sensitive and relatable, and Smith's melodious voice adds a sense of vulnerability to the lyrics. The Hurting Interlude is a representation of the psychological trauma that can be experienced by many of the LGBTQ+ community.
Line by Line Meaning
Having to lie
Being forced to conceal one's true self
I'd feel that this is the saddest
That state of affairs would be heartbreaking
And the ugliest part of being a homosexual
The most repulsive aspect of being gay
When you have your first bad love experience, for instance
Especially when one goes through their initial negative romantic ordeal
And you can't go to your brother
When one cannot confide in their male sibling
Or your sister and say, "I'm hurting"
Or to their female sibling the phrase, "I am in pain," is unspeakable
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Mikeel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Jimmy Napes, Sam Smith
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Lucía Monzon Rodriguez
Traducción: Tener que mentir... eso es lo más triste y la parte más fea de ser homosexual es cuando tienes tu primer mala experiencia en el amor, no puedes ir a tu hermano o hermana y decirle "estoy herido"
Mi corazón </3
Edit: @Just4Stuff gracias por tu corrección en un comentario
Tiaan du Preez
His music is the Anch⚓r. Always can count on Sam to save the day
Unite and Create for Life
Listen to someone who can help you build a family not destroy one.
Unite and Create for Life
He doesn't save you. He takes you away with him. Your following the wrong guy. This dude is going straight to hell.
Lindsay Stewart
Sam uses they/them pronouns
Rebeca Paixão
Sam, I'm in love with your new album! 🇧🇷♥️
José miguel
Maravilhose 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.
Oneje Davis
I wish this was more of a song then like a very short note 😩😩 Sam I love you so much
queen V
I wish this could be a little longer tho
Tereza Pelešková
Does anyone else recognise this specific voice at the end of some songs and always wonders who is the author?