The New Yorker Radio Hour · 2026-08-11 · 28 min · 4,862 words

Sam Smith on Their New Album, “Hazel Eyes”

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The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC and the New Yorker. This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. Sam Smith burst very big onto the music scene in twenty fourteen with a debut album called In the lonely hour. It was one of the best selling albums of the decade.

And it won Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. For stay with me. Hon to Sam Smith's early hits were ballads of heartbreak and unrequited love. So their new album.

Marks something of a change. It's an album of love songs. In this case, very much required. The album is called Hazel Eyes. And Sam Smith sat down with our producer. Jeffrey Masters.

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