The moment I knew this song was something was when I played it to my mum and she freaked out. This wasn’t even going to be on the album, but I just kept returning to it in quarantine. She’s just in this wedding dress in the middle of a huge mansion. “When I wrote ‘Diamonds’-in 2019 in London-I was in the studio and I was pretending to be a really rich woman whose husband had left her and taken all her things. I'm still the person who was writing those sad love songs.’” But it was also saying, ’This isn't going to be an album of only uptempo pop. I wanted to start the album with this song because it was a declaration. And I felt like I had that right taken away from me because when I do it, people are watching and judging me. All I wanted to do was smoke a joint, have a drink, go out, kiss loads of boys and have one-night stands-just be young. After In the Lonely Hour, there was this constant feeling of wanting to be normal and do normal things, and feeling like I can't because of the pressure on me. I wrote it with Steve Mac, and the lyrics were a commentary on fame and the position I’m in. I’m proud of myself for doing that.” Read on as Smith candidly walks us through Love Goes. The risks that I took and the stress that it caused for me to truly be myself and express myself in a queer way was really difficult. To this day, there’s a music industry of people that wants me to do a certain thing, to abide by the rules. “When I look back at this album, it reminds me of the courage it took. “I felt at one point that I was going to be trapped onstage wearing a suit and singing ballads for the rest of my life,” they say. And I wanted to share that with people.” The finished product, says Smith, is the record they are most proud of so far-and the album on which they feel the most free. But the last two years for me as a writer and a singer were so beautiful and freeing. There was talk of me not releasing anything at all and just going back to the drawing board. “And that the title felt really inappropriate. “When everything stopped, it made me realize the album wasn’t finished, in a weird way,” they say. Originally titled To Die For and slated for release in early 2020, it was delayed-then reworked-to become Love Goes, as Smith took stock during 2020’s global lockdown.
This is, too, an album that the singer made us wait for.
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This is an album full of life-affirming pop, as well as disco, acoustic guitars, and cinematic strings. But if you’re expecting Smith to only explore such subjects via balladry: don’t. There’s relatable post-split hedonism ("Dance "), the crushing low of hearing your ex has moved on (“Another One”), and the slow journey towards self-acceptance (“Love Goes”). “And it sums up what I went through so perfectly.” Perhaps unsurprising for an artist who has made songs about love and loss their trademark, the singer is referring to heartbreak, which they document in granular detail on their third album Love Goes. “This album is how I healed myself,” Sam Smith tells Apple Music.
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