Out singer/songwriter Sam Smith drops his latest, “Dancing With a Stranger,” an R&B-influenced pop duet with former Fifth Harmony member, Normani.
Speaking to Billboard, Smith shares the new song “Bottles everything I was feeling whilst juggling my personal life and touring.”
”It is also such a beautiful moment for me as I’m a huge, huge fan of Normani and everything she is,” said the 4-time Grammy Award winner. “I’m so excited to watch her light shine.”
Normani returned the mutual love telling Billboard, “I never thought in a trillion years that I would be able to state that I have a record with this extremely gifted being.”
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You have to imagine there are echoes from his breakup last summer with 13 Reasons Why star Brandon Flynn mixed into the recording as Smith sings: “I don’t want to be alone tonight, It’s pretty clear that I’m not over you, I’m still thinking ‘bout the things you do, So I don’t want to be alone tonight.”
In September, Smith shared with The Times, "I'm still trying to figure out what I took from that relationship and what it meant to me.”
He added, "It's still quite raw."
Listen to Sam Smith & Normani’s “Dancing With a Stranger” below.