Singer-songwriter and past Out100 honoree Sam Smith is celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut album In the Lonely Hour with a new vinyl repress.
The Oscar- and Grammy-winning vocalist announced the reissuing to fans in an email, along with a change Smith was making to a lyric in their first solo hit, 2014's "Stay With Me."
The original song opens with the lyrics, "Guess it's true, I'm not good at a one-night stand/But I still need love 'cause I'm just a man."
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Smith, who came out as nonbinary in 2019, announced they changed the lyric to, "but I still need love, baby understand" in the updated version.
"This song is truly so special to me, so for the 10 year anniversary I re-recorded the track, which will be available on all platforms & physical," the release reads. "Including the updated lyric ‘but I still need love, baby understand’ which felt really important to me."
Smith went on to share a story about the song's creation.
"When me, Jimmy and Tourist wrote this song, none of us would’ve expected it to become what it has in the world. I will never forget Will (Tourist) playing those three chords on the piano. I stopped everything I was doing and said ‘what is that’. Those chords and this song still stir me in the same way to this day. I’ve never once got sick of singing it. The meaning of this song changes for me whenever I sing it. The words ‘Stay With Me’ can mean a million different things and follow me throughout my life like an old friend."
They concluded, "It's beautiful to know that sometimes, we can change the past."
The 10th anniversary edition of In the Lonely Hour is currently available for pre-order and is set for release on August 2.
