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If there is a carved path for success right now, it is definitely soul singers from England singing mournful and tear-jerking songs. Basically, the biggest star on the planet right now, Adele, is thriving with this formula, and it hasn’t worked out too bad for Sam Smith, either. The singer won four Grammys earlier this year and managed to land the iconic privilege to sing the theme to a James Bond film with “Writings on the Wall” from Spectre (even though it hurts his balls). Now, in time for a victory lap, Smith’s In the Lonely Hour is receiving a re-release later this year in a special Drowning Shadows Edition. Monday, on Beats 1, Smith premiered the title track from that re-release and had an interesting way of describing it:
'It's the saddest song I have ever written' – @samsmithworld. 'Drowning Shadows' World Premiere. 9:30amPST. 5:30pmGMT. @Beats1 @AppleMusic.
— Zane Lowe (@zanelowe) November 2, 2015
That’s the stuff! He went on to describe the track after it premiered, suggesting that he wrote it while being caught at a literal crossroads on his way home; one led to his house, and the other led to nightlife and clubs that he’d drown his sorrows in.
As sad as that may sound — and yeah, it’s pretty gloomy — Smith does sound fantastic on the track. In the Lonely Hour: Drowning Shadows Edition is set to come out on Friday, November 6.
(via Apple Music)
