Sam Smith debuted his scandalous, fiery and heartbreaking music video for his latest track, "I'm Not The Only One," the fourth single off his soulful debut album, "In the Lonely Hour," which tackles Smith's lack of a love life, debuted at No.1 on the UK charts and has sold over 1.3 million copies. The 22-year-old British crooner's new video features two TV stars depicting a unhappy married couple's tortured relationship and portrays the effects of a husband's affair on his devastated wife.
We've featured Smith's angelic falsetto many a time, but his latest single employs it to devilish effect, "I'm Not The Only One" is a smooth, slow-burn revenge ballad and further proof that Smith is primed to make a big splash with his debut album. He wrote this song with Jimmy Napes, who explained: "I wanted to make a Norah Jones-esque record with a heavier beat. This is the same chord pattern again and again. It's complex in its simplicity." Infidelity is an ugly, wretched subject, but at least Smith has given it a beautiful soundtrack. "I'm Not The Only One," makes revenge sound very, very sweet.
The Luke Monaghan-directed steamy and emotional clip features "Glee's" Dianna Agron as a scorned bride and "The Mindy Project's" Chris Messina as the cause of and cure for her heartache. While the gorgeous couple's life seems perfect on the outside, Agron's character knows she's "not the only one" in her husband's life. Agron delivers a powerful performance as a stepford wife onto his adulterous schemes and trying to keep it together after realizing her husband is cheating on her. "You say I'm crazy," Smith's lyrics echo the anger and frustration Agron's character feels about her husband's cheating ways and pieces together her husband's indiscretions.
"'Cause you don't think I know what you've done/ But when you call me baby/ I know I'm not the only one." Messina's clandestine encounter is intercut with Agron's furious reaction, as she weeps at their home, proceeds to uncork a bottle of white wine in a liquor store, drink away her problems, and then eventually set fire to Messina's possessions. Not the most original imagery, but Smith's soulful vocal lends it some feel-good power. For reasons never explained, she welcomes him back into her home at the end of the video. Maybe her soul has been assuaged by Smith's sweet crooning?
We've featured Smith's angelic falsetto many a time, but his latest single employs it to devilish effect, "I'm Not The Only One" is a smooth, slow-burn revenge ballad and further proof that Smith is primed to make a big splash with his debut album. He wrote this song with Jimmy Napes, who explained: "I wanted to make a Norah Jones-esque record with a heavier beat. This is the same chord pattern again and again. It's complex in its simplicity." Infidelity is an ugly, wretched subject, but at least Smith has given it a beautiful soundtrack. "I'm Not The Only One," makes revenge sound very, very sweet.
The Luke Monaghan-directed steamy and emotional clip features "Glee's" Dianna Agron as a scorned bride and "The Mindy Project's" Chris Messina as the cause of and cure for her heartache. While the gorgeous couple's life seems perfect on the outside, Agron's character knows she's "not the only one" in her husband's life. Agron delivers a powerful performance as a stepford wife onto his adulterous schemes and trying to keep it together after realizing her husband is cheating on her. "You say I'm crazy," Smith's lyrics echo the anger and frustration Agron's character feels about her husband's cheating ways and pieces together her husband's indiscretions.
"'Cause you don't think I know what you've done/ But when you call me baby/ I know I'm not the only one." Messina's clandestine encounter is intercut with Agron's furious reaction, as she weeps at their home, proceeds to uncork a bottle of white wine in a liquor store, drink away her problems, and then eventually set fire to Messina's possessions. Not the most original imagery, but Smith's soulful vocal lends it some feel-good power. For reasons never explained, she welcomes him back into her home at the end of the video. Maybe her soul has been assuaged by Smith's sweet crooning?
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