Sam Smith and Christian Cowan packed on PDA while attending the Pride March in New York City!
09.06.2023 - 04:31 / variety.com
Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Although it was rumored and teased for weeks before it was officially confirmed, it’s really not a surprise to see Madonna collaborating with Sam Smith: “Unholy,” the British singer’s hit with Kim Petras, was not only the most provocative song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP,” it was exactly the kind of song that Madonna has released more than once in her career: intentionally controversial and boundary-pushing, both musically and thematically (“Unholy” is essentially about a family man having unsafe sex). Thus, she was a perfect person to introduce Smith and Petras before they performed the song at the Grammys: “Are you ready for some controversy?” she began, before continuing, “If they call you shocking, scandalous, troublesome, problematic, provocative or dangerous, you are definitely onto something.”
The following day, the pair recorded “Vulgar” with much of the same team that made “Unholy”: producers by Ilya, Cirkut, Omer Fedi, Ryan Tedder, Jimmy Napes, Smith and Lauren D’elia, Madonna’s vocal producer and engineer. While the song essentially continues the theme of her speech — one of Smith’s lyrics says, “You know you’re beautiful when they call you vulgar” — and has a Middle Eastern melody reminiscent of “Unholy,” otherwise it’s new terrain for both: They’re rapping the verses over a lurching rhythm reminiscent of Beyonce’s “Cozy,” and Madonna’s self-referential lines are hilarious: “Boy, get down on your knees because I am MadonnaIf you fuck with Sam tonight, you’re fucking with meSo watch what you say or I’ll split your banana.” The song is Smith’s first since the release earlier this year of “Gloria,” their third album, which
Sam Smith and Christian Cowan packed on PDA while attending the Pride March in New York City!
Sam Smith is finding themself at the center of online misinformation.
The idea of going viral for the wrong reason is something that all celebs in the public eye dread, and no one knows that more than British singer Sam Smith, who this weekend found themselves trending across the Internet.The Unholy performer, 31, was the talk of Twitter after one social media user shared a post accusing them of performing an elaborate stage dive into the crowd at a concert by captioning a video, "Sam Smith doing a stage dive at his Seattle show...".The hilarious clip - which has since been shared across various other platforms, including all over TikTok and Instagram - sees an individual wearing a bright green catsuit, diving off stage in the hope of being caught by phone holding spectators. It's only then that the crowd part ways, allowing for the individual - believed initially to be singer Sam, 31, after much speculation - hits the floor with a comical thud.
nearly 8 million views on TikTok as critics ripped the British singing sensation online.In the cringe-worthy clip, captioned “Sam Smith stage diving in Seattle,” a person purported to be the star can be seen attempting to leap into the crowd at a concert. The stunt backfires tremendously after concert-goers fail to catch the crowd surfer, causing them to hit the ground hard.
Sam Smith has covered Christina Aguilera’s ‘Beautiful’ as part of the 2023 Pride celebrations.The rendition, which you can listen to below, is an orchestral update to the Aguilera classic. Smith covered the song as part of Amazon Music’s 2023 Pride.“I’ve been such a massive fan of Christina’s for as long as I can remember and will never forget the first time I heard ‘Beautiful’ and how personally it spoke to me,” Smith shared in a statement about the cover.“The song is a true acceptance anthem and continues to inspire me with its important message to never stop celebrating who you are.
Every Thursday, we here at Official Charts round up the biggest New Releases coming your way across music and home entertainment.
Every Thursday, we here at Official Charts round up the biggest New Releases coming your way across music and home entertainment.
And Just Like That returns for its second season this month.Created by Michael Patrick King, the series reunites Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes and Kristin Davis as Charlotte York-Goldenblatt for a sequel series to the original Sex And The City.The show’s first season debuted in 2021. It was renewed for a second season on Max in March last year, which will feature the brief return of Kim Cattrall’s Samantha.The second season spans 11 episodes in total, one more than the first.
Kim Petras has announced plans to tour her debut album ‘Feed The Beast’.The dance–pop star, who is set to release her debut album of the same name this Friday (June 23), will kick off her huge 34 date global jaunt with a series of North American dates in September this year before she starts a UK/European tour in Birmingham in February 2024. Further dates will also take in Glagow, Manchester and London.Fans who purchase her new album will be given access to a pre-sale from 10am BST on Friday.
Sam Smith is baring their body while enjoying time with friends.
Becky Hill has become the latest artist to receive one of those BRIT Billion awards from the BPI, marking one billion UK streams of her music. The record label trade body announced this morning that it handed her one of its BRIT Billion trophies backstage before her performance at Manchester’s Parklife Festival on Sunday.“One billion streams of my music in the UK – wild”, she says.
J Hus and Drake have debuted atop the Official Trending Chart today with their new collaboration, Who Told You.
Madonna and Sam Smith just dropped their new single.
Warner Music’s label services division ADA Worldwide is now handling global distribution for Rostrum Records. “Rostrum Records was founded on a commitment to bring innovative, artist-first approaches to the music industry”, says the label’s President Erika Montes.
Sam Smith has joined forces with Madonna for new single ‘Vulgar’. Check it out below.The song was released today (June 9) and comes following both artists teasing the collaboration on social media, under the joint alias ‘SXM’.Released via Capitol, the star-studded single comes produced by Smith themself, alongside Ilya, Cirkut, Omer Fedi, Ryan Tedder and Jimmy Napes.
Love Island has made its much-anticipated return for its 10th season, promising another summer filled with love and drama. However, fans have been left puzzled over one aspect of contestant Ruchee Gurung ’s story. The 24-year-old beautician from Sutton entered the villa as one of the initial girls, and is coupled up with Mehdi Edno.
Every Thursday, we here at Official Charts round up the biggest New Releases coming your way across music and home entertainment.
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are laying down the law on the set of The pair were spotted filming one of the movie's high-octane action scenes, and were decked out in full tactical police gear, complete with body armor and prop assault rifles.The pair were all business as they shot the scene that was reportedly set at the Gatorland amusement park in Orlando, Florida.Smith and Lawrence first revealed was in the works in January in a video Smith posted to Instagram.While the plans had been in motion for some time to get the fourth installment off the ground, the project, it seemed, experienced a bit of a speed bump after Smith's now-infamous Oscars slap.But back in July, Lawrence put fans at ease when he told that «we got one more at least,» in reference to at least one more sequel.Then in April, Lawrence was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and after the ceremony he spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier about the hotly anticipated project.«It has the chance to be the best one of them all and everybody's doing their thing,» Lawrence shared with ET. «We got a lot of the team back from the last one.
Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are back on the road with Men In Kilts season two set to return later this year.
Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Astrud Gilberto, the smooth-voiced Brazilian singer whose version of “The Girl From Ipanema” introduced bossa nova to much of the world and is likely one of the most recognized popular hits of all time, has died, according to the Guardian. No cause of death has been reported; she was 83. The daughter of a German father and a Brazilian mother, the singer was born Astrud Evangelina Weinert in Bahia in 1940 and mostly raised in Rio de Janeiro. She married bossa nova pioneer/ singer-guitarist João Gilberto in 1959, and although the marriage lasted only a few years, but she kept his name. In 1963, she joined him on a trip to New York to record the “Getz/Gilberto” album with jazz saxophonist Stan Getz. She ended up singing “Girl From Ipanema” inadvertently: Producer Creed Taylor had wanted to record an English version of the Brazilian song “Garota De Ipanema” and Astrud, whose father taught languages, was the only Brazilian at the session who spoke English. It was the first song she’d ever recorded, but her un-studied, lighthearted take on the song’s unforgettable melody turned it into a monumental international hit, which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy for Song Of the Year.