Sam Smith returns with 'Hazel Eyes' in August

Capitol Records

Multiple award-winning pop/R&B singer and songwriter Sam Smith - of "Stay with Me" and "I'm Not the Only One" fame - has detailed fifth studio album Hazel Eyes, set for release on August 21. 

New single “My Guy” is out now via Capitol Records and accompanied by an official music video. Go HERE to pre-order Hazel Eyes, listen to “My Guy” HERE, and watch the video HERE.

“This album is an incredibly special record to me,” says Sam. “I have been writing it for over three years with a very small group of beautiful, dear friends of mine. This album is very personal, and I feel I have deepened myself as an artist through the making of it, through being a producer on the record, to walking alongside this record from the start to the finish and pushing myself at every single turn. This record and this music is incredibly romantic. I’ve learned so many life lessons through making this album, and I’ve documented it all through the music.”

Hazel Eyes was co-produced by the UK artist. Most of it took shape in New York, where Sam was joined by guest Feist, and draws from baroque pop, British folk, outlaw country, and R&B. 

“My Guy” (co-written by Sam, Feist, and Shahzad Ismaily), is a portrait of fully requited love as Sam proclaims their all-out affection for the one they adore. Feist and Moses Sumney join in on girl-group-esque harmonies. Earlier this week Sam performed “My Guy” on Later…with Jools Holland, watch HERE.

Said Sam of “My Guy”:

 ”This is a song that I feel I have been waiting a lifetime to write and sing. Written with beautiful friends on a summer’s day in New York, this one fell out of the sky. In this sometimes cold and distant world, I hope you can feel the love and the closeness of this recording. I tried to capture the glow and the warmth of love in this one, it makes me cry, maybe it will make you feel a little love too.”

In a kickoff to NYC Pride Weekend, Sam is performing tonight at The Booking.com Theater at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center (SNMVC). The first LGBTQ+ visitor center within the National Park Service, the SNMVC honors the legacy of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising and serves as a vital physical sanctuary dedicated to protecting and preserving LGBTQ+ history. 

The follow-up to Gloria (a 2023 LP featuring their global smash single “Unholy” with Kim Petras), Hazel Eyes also includes the previously released “Love Is A Stillness” and “To Be Free.” 

Track listing: 

1. Everlasting Love
2. Hazel Eyes
3. Moondance (feat. Feist)
4. My Guy
5. When He’s Gone
6. Thief
7. Love Is A Stillness
8. Sugar Rush
9. Oh Mother (feat. The TwoCity Chorus)
10. Constant Companion
11. Hold On
12. To Be Free