Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You Listen
Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox.
Sam Smith burst onto the music scene in 2014 with their début album, “In the Lonely Hour.” It was one of the best-selling albums of the decade and won Smith three Grammys, for Best Pop Vocal Album and both Record and Song of the Year, for “Stay With Me.” Smith’s early hits were ballads of heartbreak and unrequited love, so their new album marks something of a change: it’s an album of love songs, requited in this case. Many were written about Smith’s fiancé, the fashion designer Christian Cowan. Smith talked about the writing process that led to “Hazel Eyes,” which comes out August 21st, with the New Yorker Radio Hour producer Jeffrey Masters.
Further reading:
New episodes of The New Yorker Radio Hour drop every Tuesday and Friday. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts.
The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC and The New Yorker.
