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This is a song about growing maturity, a yearning for a meaningful relationship, and weariness with nightlife. A constant theme in Sam Smith’s music is loneliness, and this emerges again in “the nightlife got too lonely”.
The jazz-influenced slow but emphatic rhythm has maturity and confidence. Sam asserts that “I’m not perfect, but I’m worth it”, clearly not prepared to compromise on anything less than the right person.
The collaboration with Jessie Reyez has proved positive and productive. The contrasting voices are absolutely right for this song.
"This is where sex starts to come into the record. I feel like I’ve been a bit desexualised during my career, and I was very young when I started. Being 20 years old and moving onstage in the way I would in a gay bar was petrifying. Jessie really taught me to be brave: I would say things to her in the studio and she wouldn’t laugh or feel uncomfortable. The whole concept of the song is saying, ‘I’m a hot mess,’ and feeling yourself in a really imperfect way. This song is the Rihanna moment—we worked with Stargate on it, who worked on one of my favourite Rihanna records. Stargate got hold of Nuno Bettencourt, who does guitar solos on and he just ripped all over the song—I love it so much." - via Apple Music
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