Sam Smith celebrates the release of his new album Gloria with a dinner
With the voice of an angel and a flair for daring fashion, they’ve never been one to hide in the crowd.
Sam Smith, 30, kept up his genre-defying style as they celebrated the release of his new album Gloria at London’s 34 Mayfair restaurant with a group of friends on Friday night.
The Unholy hitmaker donned a striking graphic print silk maxi dress, depicting a woman in glamorous red heels and a black velvet neckline.
Congrats Sam: Sam Smith, 30, kept up his genre-defying style as they celebrated the release of his new album Gloria at London’s 34 Mayfair restaurant on Friday night.
Sam donned an oversized knee-length black blazer with white stitching over the dress, giving the outfit an edgier look.
They paired the outfit with chunky black patent leather heeled boots with exposed sides that revealed their calves.
The Sky Fall singer completed the ensemble with a pair of sexy black stockings and black Ray Ban sunglasses.
They accessorized the outfit with a pearl necklace, silver dangling earrings, and matching rings.
Edgy: The singer donned an oversized knee-length black blazer with white stitching over a patterned dress and paired it with calf-exposing heeled boots
Sexy print: The Grammy winner’s dress featured a woman in glamorous red heels.
Gloria, the singer’s fourth studio album, was released on Friday and is the first LP they have released in three years.
It was dropped after almost a year of public preparations from Sam, who released his first single Love Me More in April 2022.
The Money on My Mind songwriter then took TikTok by storm with his viral hit single Unholy featuring German-born American singer Kim Petras.
The track reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the pair’s first song to reach the top spot for the pair.
The Wolf Pack: Sam celebrated the launch with a large group of friends
Making an entrance: Sam certainly wowed viewers with her killer heels and cool outfit.
Taking a back seat: Sam sat in the back of the car as they are driven out on their night of celebration.
The outing comes after Sam revealed on Friday that they were spat at on the street after coming out as non-binary.
The Grammy winner changed his gender pronouns to they/them in 2019 and said he wishes he had done it sooner, but he also opened up about the shocking reaction.
Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, the pop star revealed that while there have been no issues with his new gender identity in his personal life, they have been bullied on the streets of England ever since they came out.
‘It’s crazy and exhausting’: The pop star recently revealed they were spat at on the street after coming out as non-binary and changing their pronouns in 2019
They explained: ‘I think all the negative aspects of the struggle have been in my public life and my work. And just the amount of hate and sh*t that was thrown at me was just exhausting.
‘I was on the damn news. Someone spat on me in the street. It’s crazy. What’s hard for me is, if that’s happening to me and I’m famous, I’m a pop star, can you imagine what other kids feel like, like queer kids?
“And it’s so sad that we’re in 2023 and it’s still happening. It’s exhausting and especially in England.
Candid: Speaking with Zane Lowe (pictured) on Apple Music 1, the singer discussed changing his gender pronouns to they/them in 2019
Sam added: ‘So we have two sides, really. My personal life and then my public life. And in my personal life, there is nothing negative.
‘My family, they can communicate with me. They always did. But now they communicate with me in an even better way. My love life has improved because of it. I feel adorable. I feel comfortable in my skin, but I wear what I want to wear.
‘Since I changed my pronouns, it felt like coming home. I wish I knew what the words were when I was in school, because he would have identified me that way in school. Because it is what I am and it is what I have always been.’
Sam also recently said that it’s a ‘shame’ that there are no women nominated for Best Artist at the BRIT Awards.
The Too Good at Goodbyes singer was one of the first musicians to call for the ceremony to be “thoughtful”, which resulted in organizers making the event the first major UK awards to abolish gender categories.
But Sam still thinks there’s a ‘long way to go’ after the shortlist for this year’s prestigious award featured only male nominees.
Sam said there are plenty of female artists who should have made the shortlist, instead of only Harry Styles, Stormzy, George Ezra, Central Cee and Fred Again staying to compete for the award.
When asked which women should have been shortlisted, they said: ‘Cat Burns. Ana Maria. Florence Welch. There’s so much incredible female talent in the UK who should be on that list.”
They said, ‘Things are moving forward, but it’s obviously not there yet. to see that [best artist] Ready, there’s still a long way to go.’
‘It’s incredibly frustrating. It seems like it should be easy to do.’
Shame: Sam said it’s a ‘shame’ there are no women nominated for Best Artist at the BRIT Awards