On
May 1, Capitol Records will release Sam Smith’s third
album, To Die For. Smith shared the title
track and the accompanying video. Opening with a sample from
the 2001 cult film Donnie Darko, the new track pairs
soaring strings and evocative piano with Smith’s distinctive
vocals and the plaintive confession, “I just want somebody to
die for.” The global superstar recorded the song with Jimmy
Napes and Stargate, who also collaborated with Smith
on 2017’s “Too Good At Goodbyes,” now certified 4x Platinum
in the U.S. Listen to “To Die For” HERE.
For the official video, Smith teamed up with Grant Singer
(The Weeknd, Lorde), who also directed the video for 2019’s
“How Do You Sleep?” The new clip takes place outside
a wig shop in Los Angeles. Amidst the many mannequin heads with
perfectly coifed hair, there is a wigless one in Sam’s
likeness who sings “To Die For.” Couples and families
pass the shop over the course of several seasons. Engulfed in
their relationships, few even notice the bald singing mannequin.
The other mannequin heads vanish, leaving Sam alone –
until fate intervenes. View the video HERE.
Sam Smith explains, “I wrote the song with Jimmy Napes
and Stargate in L.A. during a time of self-discovery and heartbreak.
This is for all the lonely hearts out there on another Valentine’s
Day xx”
The
album pre-order launched at http://samsmith.world/TDFAlbumPR.
Fans who pre-order To Die For in digital format
will instantly receive the new single, “To Die For,”
plus “How Do You Sleep?” which has amassed over 600 million
streams worldwide, “I Feel Love,” a cover of Donna Summer’s
disco classic, “Fire on Fire” (from the Watership Down
soundtrack) and Smith’s collaboration with Normani,
“Dancing with a Stranger,” which has sold more than 10 million
units and racked up over two billion streams worldwide. A No.
1 airplay hit in the U.S. & U.K., “Dancing with a Stranger”
achieved Platinum status in 19 countries, including the U.S.,
where it is certified 2x Platinum.
Since the release of their 2014 debut album, In The Lonely
Hour, Sam Smith has sold over 25 million adjusted
albums worldwide. They have won four GRAMMY Awards®, an Oscar,
a Golden Globe and three BRIT Awards. Smith’s sophomore
album, The Thrill Of It All, debuted at No. 1
on the Billboard 200 in 2017 and also topped the charts
in the U.K, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands
and Belgium. Awarded four stars by Rolling Stone, the
album included the hit single “Too Good At Goodbyes,”
which recently became Smith’s second song to receive
over a billion streams on Spotify, after “Stay With Me.”
Pre-order Album HERE
Download/Stream “To Die For” HERE
View Video HERE
Photo Credit: Walter
Pfeiffer
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