RELEASED AN INCREDIBLE ALBUM, LOVE GOES, AND THEY'RE HERE

TONIGHT, PLEASE WELCOME THE INCREDIBLE SAM SMITH.

THERE THEY ARE.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> I'M GOOD.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> James: I'M VERY WELL, IT IS SO NICE TO SEE YOU.

WE TALK ON TEXT OCCASIONALLY AND I'M OVERJOYED TO SEE YOUR

BEAUTIFUL SMILING FACE.

NOW IN AMERICA IT'S BEEN A GREAT WEEKEND BECAUSE, WELL, NOT

ACROSS ALL OF AMERICA, WHERE WE IN THE AMERICA IT HAS BEEN A

GREAT WEEKEND.

I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW HAS THE NEWS OF THE ELECTION BEEN

RECEIVED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

>> OH MY GOD, I MEAN LOOK, FOR ME AND MY CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND

FAMILY, I'M JUST SO OVERJOYED AND IT IS SO NICE TO HEAR SOME

GOOD NEWS COMING OUT OF AMERICA.

AND JUST HONESTLY, JUST SEEING EVERYONE HAVING FUN AND DANCING

IN THE STREET, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.

>> James: YEAH, BUSINESS IS INCREDIBLE.

IT FEELS LIKE I DON'T KNOW SOME OF THE AIR HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF

THIS.

EVERYBODY IS KIND OF LIKE IS THIS WHAT GOOD NEWS FEELS LIKE,

IT HAS BEEN AWHILE.

NOW OBVIOUSLY IT HAS BEEN A TESTING YEAR FOR EVERYBODY.

AND YOU, MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT IT IS YOU LOVE A GOOD NIGHT OUT.

YOU ARE JUST A GREAT AM-- ON A GOOD NIGHT OUT.

HOW YOU HAVE FOUND THIS PERIOD OF LOCKDOWN?

HOW HAS IT BEEN FOR YOU?

>> OH, I MISS SWEATY BODY, JAMES, AGAINST MINE, I REALLY

DO.

I HAVE ONLY WREELIZED RECENTLY THAT CLUBBING TO ME IS LIKE A

GENUINE HOBBY OF MINE.

LIKE IT IS HOW I GET MY EXERCISE.

IT IS WHAT I LOVE TO DO.

IT'S BEEN GOOD, IT'S BEEN NICE TO HAVE A BREAK.

YEAH, I'M MISSING BEING AROUND PEOPLE FOR SURE.

IT HAS BEEN WEIRD TO BE AT HOME SO LONG.

>> James: YEAH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE IN A SWEATY CLUB.

>> WOULDN'T IT SWRZ WOULD YOU, THOUGH, SWEATY CLUB, A KEBAB.

>> OH, SOUTHERN KEBAB,S, FILET OF FISH, A KEBAB.

>> FILET OF FISH.

>> I THINK-- YEAH, THEY-- FILET OF FISH AND THEY KEPT THE NAME.

I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT AMERICA WOULD CALL IT A FISH BURGER BUT

IT'S NOT, THEY-- .

>> I AM A TRIPLE CHEESE.

>> James: YOU'RE A TREP EL CHEESE, I'M FILET O FISH AND

TOGETHER IT JUST WORKS.

NOW YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME MONUMENTAL CHANGES SINCE WERE

YOU LAST ON THE SHOW.

AND IN ONE SENSE IT FEELS LOOIC IT WAS LAST WEEK AND IN ANOTHER

SENSE IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A LIFETIME AGO.

AND LAST YEAR YOU CAME OUT AS NONBINARY WHICH WE SPOKE AT THE

TIME AND I TOLD YOU HOW INCREDIBLY IABLY BRAVE, I FELT

THAT THIS IS MORE THAN WHAT IT WAS MENTD TO, TO NOT TO SEE

PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING AT THAT POINT IN

THEIR LIVES TO SEE SUCH A PUBLIC FIGURE MAKE SUCH AN

ANNOUNCEMENT.

TELL ME THE IMPACT ON YOU BOTH PERSONALLY, CREATIVELY, THE

CREATIVE PROCESSES IN YOUR LIFE, EVERYTHING.

WHO HAS IT BEEN LIKE SINCE YOU CHOSE TO SORT OF JUMP UP AND SAY

THIS IS WHO I AM?

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY AM DO YOU KNOW WHAT, ALL IN ALL IT HAS

BEEN WONDERFUL, YOU KNOW, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THE WAY I FELT AND

BEING ABLE TO TELL EVERYONE THAT AND STILL SO MUCH MORE OPEN

ABOUT CERTAIN PARTS OF MY PERSONALITY AND MY LIFE, HAS

BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

I MEAN IT'S BEEN HARD.

Z IN A WORLD WHERE I WASN'T A WELL-KNOWN PERSON I WOULD HAVE

CHANGED MY PRONOUNS AND GOTTEN USED TO T YOU KNOW, IN A NORMAL

WAY.

BUT WHICH I ACTUALLY TRIED TO DO BUT MY, A MESSAGE THAT I SENT TO

MY FAMILY ABOUT CHANGING MY PRONOUNS GOT LEAKED.

SO I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION TO TELL EVERYONE AND GO THROUGH IT

AND IT HAS BEEN AMAZING BUT IT HAS ALSO BEEN REALLY, REALLY

HARD TO SEE ALL THE BACKLASH AND THE AM OF PEOPLE THAT

STILL-- ARE SO UNSUPPORTIVE OF GENDER NONFORMING PEOPLE AND

TRANSPEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD IT IS DEFINITELY MORE OF A

STRUGGLE THAN I WAS EXPECTING.

BUT I FEEL GOOD IN MY SKIN WHICH IS THE PRIZE.

AND THE WONDERFUL THING.

>> James: MUSICALLY HAVE YOU FELT A CHANGE IN WHAT YOU HAVE

WANTED TO SAY AS AN ARTIST?

>> OH YEAH, OH MY GOSH, I JUST HAVE PERMISSION NOW TO SHOW ALL

DIFFERENT SIDES OF MYSELF, NEEDILESSLY, WHETHER IT IS

DANCING OR WHO I AM SINGING ABOUT, OR WHAT I AM SINGING

ABOUT, I JUST FEEL LIKE I CAN SHOW ALL OF MYSELF NOW AND

WHEREAS BEFORE I DEFINITELY FELT SCARED TO SHOW MY FEMININITY.

I FOUND THAT REALLY SCARY.

BUT NOW, NOW SHE'S OUT.

>> James: HE'S OUT, SHE'S OUT, THEY'RE OUT.

>> ALL OUT.

>> James: NOW THE NEW ALBUM WHICH I LOVE, WHICH IS CALLED

LOVE GOES, IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT BACK IN MAY.

AND THEN YOU HELD IS BACK.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THE DECISION WHY YOU FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO

DO IT RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT HERE.

>> YEAH, I WAS, I MEAN LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS WRITING THIS RECORD I

WAS IN SUCH A DIFFERENT SPACE.

I WAS FAITH FAITH THREE IN WEST HOLLYWOOD DANCING MY LIFE

AWAYnd HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME.

BUT THEN WHEN LOCKDOWN HIT THERE WAS A MOTION WHERE I DIDN'T KNOW

WHETHER I WANTED TO RELEASE THE ALBUM.

BUT WHEN I SAT WITH THE RECORD DISEURG LOCKDOWN, I WAS SO PROUD

OF WHAT I HAD MADE.

AND I LOVED THE SONGS I HAD MADE SO MUCH THAT I JUST THOUGHT IT

WOULD BE A SHAME TO NOT SHARE IT.

I DON'T SEE A LOT OF THESE THINGS I'M SING BEING NOW BUT TO

ME BY LOOKING BACK AT PICTURES OF LOVELY MEMORIES, I WANTED TO

SHARE THAT.

BUT I MADE THE DECISION.

>> James: I'M SO PLEASED THAT YOU DID, THE ALBUM IS COMPLETE

PLEE FANTASTIC.

IT IS GOING TO HELP PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE DANCING ON THEIR OWN IN

THEIR LIVING ROOM OR WHEN THEY ARE OUT DANCING IN THOSE THERE

SWEATY CLUBS THAT WE TALK OF.

I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU T IS SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU HERE AND

SMILING.