NEXT GUEST IS AN OSCAR AND GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SINGER WHO
RELEASED AN INCREDIBLE ALBUM, LOVE GOES, AND THEY'RE HERE
TONIGHT, PLEASE WELCOME THE INCREDIBLE SAM SMITH.
THERE THEY ARE.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> James: I'M VERY WELL, IT IS SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
WE TALK ON TEXT OCCASIONALLY AND I'M OVERJOYED TO SEE YOUR
BEAUTIFUL SMILING FACE.
NOW IN AMERICA IT'S BEEN A GREAT WEEKEND BECAUSE, WELL, NOT
ACROSS ALL OF AMERICA, WHERE WE IN THE AMERICA IT HAS BEEN A
GREAT WEEKEND.
I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW HAS THE NEWS OF THE ELECTION BEEN
RECEIVED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
>> OH MY GOD, I MEAN LOOK, FOR ME AND MY CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND
FAMILY, I'M JUST SO OVERJOYED AND IT IS SO NICE TO HEAR SOME
GOOD NEWS COMING OUT OF AMERICA.
AND JUST HONESTLY, JUST SEEING EVERYONE HAVING FUN AND DANCING
IN THE STREET, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.
>> James: YEAH, BUSINESS IS INCREDIBLE.
IT FEELS LIKE I DON'T KNOW SOME OF THE AIR HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF
THIS.
EVERYBODY IS KIND OF LIKE IS THIS WHAT GOOD NEWS FEELS LIKE,
IT HAS BEEN AWHILE.
NOW OBVIOUSLY IT HAS BEEN A TESTING YEAR FOR EVERYBODY.
AND YOU, MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT IT IS YOU LOVE A GOOD NIGHT OUT.
YOU ARE JUST A GREAT AM-- ON A GOOD NIGHT OUT.
HOW YOU HAVE FOUND THIS PERIOD OF LOCKDOWN?
HOW HAS IT BEEN FOR YOU?
>> OH, I MISS SWEATY BODY, JAMES, AGAINST MINE, I REALLY
DO.
I HAVE ONLY WREELIZED RECENTLY THAT CLUBBING TO ME IS LIKE A
GENUINE HOBBY OF MINE.
LIKE IT IS HOW I GET MY EXERCISE.
IT IS WHAT I LOVE TO DO.
IT'S BEEN GOOD, IT'S BEEN NICE TO HAVE A BREAK.
YEAH, I'M MISSING BEING AROUND PEOPLE FOR SURE.
IT HAS BEEN WEIRD TO BE AT HOME SO LONG.
>> James: YEAH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE IN A SWEATY CLUB.
>> WOULDN'T IT SWRZ WOULD YOU, THOUGH, SWEATY CLUB, A KEBAB.
>> OH, SOUTHERN KEBAB,S, FILET OF FISH, A KEBAB.
>> FILET OF FISH.
>> I THINK-- YEAH, THEY-- FILET OF FISH AND THEY KEPT THE NAME.
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT AMERICA WOULD CALL IT A FISH BURGER BUT
IT'S NOT, THEY-- .
>> I AM A TRIPLE CHEESE.
>> James: YOU'RE A TREP EL CHEESE, I'M FILET O FISH AND
TOGETHER IT JUST WORKS.
NOW YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME MONUMENTAL CHANGES SINCE WERE
YOU LAST ON THE SHOW.
AND IN ONE SENSE IT FEELS LOOIC IT WAS LAST WEEK AND IN ANOTHER
SENSE IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A LIFETIME AGO.
AND LAST YEAR YOU CAME OUT AS NONBINARY WHICH WE SPOKE AT THE
TIME AND I TOLD YOU HOW INCREDIBLY IABLY BRAVE, I FELT
THAT THIS IS MORE THAN WHAT IT WAS MENTD TO, TO NOT TO SEE
PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING AT THAT POINT IN
THEIR LIVES TO SEE SUCH A PUBLIC FIGURE MAKE SUCH AN
ANNOUNCEMENT.
TELL ME THE IMPACT ON YOU BOTH PERSONALLY, CREATIVELY, THE
CREATIVE PROCESSES IN YOUR LIFE, EVERYTHING.
WHO HAS IT BEEN LIKE SINCE YOU CHOSE TO SORT OF JUMP UP AND SAY
THIS IS WHO I AM?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY AM DO YOU KNOW WHAT, ALL IN ALL IT HAS
BEEN WONDERFUL, YOU KNOW, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THE WAY I FELT AND
BEING ABLE TO TELL EVERYONE THAT AND STILL SO MUCH MORE OPEN
ABOUT CERTAIN PARTS OF MY PERSONALITY AND MY LIFE, HAS
BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
I MEAN IT'S BEEN HARD.
Z IN A WORLD WHERE I WASN'T A WELL-KNOWN PERSON I WOULD HAVE
CHANGED MY PRONOUNS AND GOTTEN USED TO T YOU KNOW, IN A NORMAL
WAY.
BUT WHICH I ACTUALLY TRIED TO DO BUT MY, A MESSAGE THAT I SENT TO
MY FAMILY ABOUT CHANGING MY PRONOUNS GOT LEAKED.
SO I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION TO TELL EVERYONE AND GO THROUGH IT
AND IT HAS BEEN AMAZING BUT IT HAS ALSO BEEN REALLY, REALLY
HARD TO SEE ALL THE BACKLASH AND THE AM OF PEOPLE THAT
STILL-- ARE SO UNSUPPORTIVE OF GENDER NONFORMING PEOPLE AND
TRANSPEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD IT IS DEFINITELY MORE OF A
STRUGGLE THAN I WAS EXPECTING.
BUT I FEEL GOOD IN MY SKIN WHICH IS THE PRIZE.
AND THE WONDERFUL THING.
>> James: MUSICALLY HAVE YOU FELT A CHANGE IN WHAT YOU HAVE
WANTED TO SAY AS AN ARTIST?
>> OH YEAH, OH MY GOSH, I JUST HAVE PERMISSION NOW TO SHOW ALL
DIFFERENT SIDES OF MYSELF, NEEDILESSLY, WHETHER IT IS
DANCING OR WHO I AM SINGING ABOUT, OR WHAT I AM SINGING
ABOUT, I JUST FEEL LIKE I CAN SHOW ALL OF MYSELF NOW AND
WHEREAS BEFORE I DEFINITELY FELT SCARED TO SHOW MY FEMININITY.
I FOUND THAT REALLY SCARY.
BUT NOW, NOW SHE'S OUT.
>> James: HE'S OUT, SHE'S OUT, THEY'RE OUT.
>> ALL OUT.
>> James: NOW THE NEW ALBUM WHICH I LOVE, WHICH IS CALLED
LOVE GOES, IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT BACK IN MAY.
AND THEN YOU HELD IS BACK.
TALK TO ME ABOUT THE DECISION WHY YOU FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
DO IT RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT HERE.
>> YEAH, I WAS, I MEAN LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS WRITING THIS RECORD I
WAS IN SUCH A DIFFERENT SPACE.
I WAS FAITH FAITH THREE IN WEST HOLLYWOOD DANCING MY LIFE
AWAYnd HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME.
BUT THEN WHEN LOCKDOWN HIT THERE WAS A MOTION WHERE I DIDN'T KNOW
WHETHER I WANTED TO RELEASE THE ALBUM.
BUT WHEN I SAT WITH THE RECORD DISEURG LOCKDOWN, I WAS SO PROUD
OF WHAT I HAD MADE.
AND I LOVED THE SONGS I HAD MADE SO MUCH THAT I JUST THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE A SHAME TO NOT SHARE IT.
I DON'T SEE A LOT OF THESE THINGS I'M SING BEING NOW BUT TO
ME BY LOOKING BACK AT PICTURES OF LOVELY MEMORIES, I WANTED TO
SHARE THAT.
BUT I MADE THE DECISION.
>> James: I'M SO PLEASED THAT YOU DID, THE ALBUM IS COMPLETE
PLEE FANTASTIC.
IT IS GOING TO HELP PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE DANCING ON THEIR OWN IN
THEIR LIVING ROOM OR WHEN THEY ARE OUT DANCING IN THOSE THERE
SWEATY CLUBS THAT WE TALK OF.
I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU T IS SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU HERE AND
SMILING.