Sam Smith Releases Third Studio Album ‘Love Goes’
British pop singer Sam Smith has released his third studio album titled Love Goes. The album comes six months later than planned, renamed from To Die For; as Smith did not want to be insensitive to the COVID-19 death rate in the UK.
Also owing to the coronavirus pandemic, Smith decided to make this album a bit less heavy than In The Lonely Hour and The Thrill of It All. As 2020 delivered enough heartbreak, the soulful crooner decided to deliver a lite version of his signature style.
“I am sorry it’s taken a while,” Smith said in a September statement explaining the delay. “But these unprecedented times gave me the room and space to fall in love with these songs all over again… After it all, I still believe love is the answer. And with love in our hearts and kindness in our words and actions, we sing on.”
The time and space gave the singer-songwriter the opportunity to rework their songs and add collaborations; such as the moody My Oasis with Burna Boy, and reintroduce the revamped version with Diamonds, a cathartic, groovy pop track about finding strength from the rejection of a failed relationship.
