Sam Smith announces new single
“Pray feat. Logic”
Today, Sam Smith announces his latest single “Pray feat. Logic”, available to stream and buy worldwide. Smith’s sophomore album “The Thrill of It All” is out now.The new single sees legendary producer Timbaland work with Sam Smith for the first time alongside long-time friend and collaborator Jimmy Napes. The result is a sensational,soul-infused,slo
Speaking on the inspiration behind the song, Sam explains “We are all looking around at what’s happening in the world and it is just messed. You’ve got no choice
but to look up to the sky and put your hands together and pray for something to happen, because I feel helpless as a human right now.”
Smith performed the emotional and hard hitting original song on Saturday Night Live last year ahead his performance at The GRAMMY Awards earlier this year to a spellbound audience in Madison Square Gardens. Smith’s new album “The Thrill of It All” was released last November charting at #1 in the UK and US and has already sold 3.5million copies worldwide.
Starting in Sheffield on 20 th March, Smith kicked off his 92 date world tour which sees him tour extensively throughout Europe, North and South America, Australaia and Asia this year.
It’s been over three years since Sam Smith’s debut album was released, and since then he has become one of the biggest acts on the planet with over 17 million global album sales and an array of impressive awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, three Brit Awards and four Grammy’s, among others.
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