Followers of Sam Smith have been left scrambling on Wednesday (Oct. 11) when the singer shared a snippet of a brand new music that appears to be a collaboration with fellow pop singer Charli XCX.
In a put up to their Instagram, Smith teased a brand new music with a street-side lip-synch video. Wearing a structured black-and-white sweater and a white skirt, Smith strutted down an alleyway in Osaka, Japan, singing over a glittering dance-pop observe. “I knew the evening that I met you/ Beneath the New York Metropolis lights,” he sang. “Child, don’t matter what I do/ There’s an angel standing by my aspect.”
Listeners shortly observed the placing similarity between Smith’s verse and a observe that Charli XCX teased on Oct. 6, which Smith responded to with a side-eye and skyline emojis. Titled “Within the Metropolis,” Charli’s upcoming music bears a near-identical tempo and melody as Smith’s verse shared by way of Instagram. Furthermore, Smith’s caption for the clip was merely three emojis of a metropolis skyline, apparently pointing to the title of Charli’s upcoming single.
Billboard has reached out to reps for each Smith and Charli for affirmation.
Followers of the pair additionally pointed to a latest cameo Smith made in Charli XCX’s video for “Velocity Drive” off the Barbie soundtrack as a possible teaser for his or her work collectively. Within the video, Smith interrupts Charli mid-verse with a video name, asking if she’d had an opportunity to “hearken to the combination.” When Charli responds that she’s on set for a music video, Smith apologizes, however reminds her to take a hear when she will get an opportunity. “It’s simply, we’ve bought to submit it so we are able to get it out,” they are saying.
Take a look at Smith’s new teaser beneath:
