Sam Smith appeared in good spirits as they surprised fans at a listening party for their new album Gloria at The Windmill on Tuesday night.
The non-binary singer, 30, who goes by the pronouns she/she, wore a cardigan and jeans for the fun night out as they celebrated their latest musical offering.
Sam wore platinum blonde hair for the evening as they gave a talk and hugged adoring fans who had no idea they would be in attendance.
Stay with me: Sam Smith surprised fans at a Spotify listening party for her album Gloria at London’s Windmill on Tuesday after he said “it’s a shame” there was no woman for BRITs Best Artist after a gender-neutral makeover Gong was nominated
Snazzy: Sam wore a cardigan and jeans as they cozy up for photos with fans at the event
The superstar wore nothing under his red and white patterned cardigan and jeans and completed his look with Timberland boots.
The outing comes after Sam said it was a “shame” there were no women nominated for Best Female Artist at the BRIT Awards.
The Unholy hitmaker was one of the first musicians to call for a “thoughtful” ceremony, leading to organizers making the event the first major UK awards to abolish gender categories.
But Sam still believes there is still a long way to go after being shortlisted for this year’s prestigious award, which features only male nominees.
Looking good: The superstar wore nothing under her red and white patterned cardigan and jeans and completed her look with Timberland boots
Making changes: The Unholy hitmaker was one of the first musicians to call on the BRITs to be “thoughtful”, leading to organizers making the event the first major British awards to abolish gender categories
Still more to say: Sam still believes there is still a long way to go after the shortlist for this year’s prestigious award features only male nominees
Couldn’t agree more: Sam said there are many female artists who should have been shortlisted instead of just Harry Styles, Stormzy, George Ezra, Central Cee and Fred Again having to compete for the award
Sam said there are many female artists who should have been shortlisted rather than just Harry Styles, Stormzy, George Ezra, Central Cee and Fred Again having to compete for the award.
When asked which women should have been shortlisted, they replied: “Cat Burns. Annemarie. Florence Welch. There is so much incredible female talent in the UK – they should be on this list.”
They said: “Things are moving forward, but it is obvious that things are not there yet. Of seeing that [best artist] List, there is still a long way to go’.
“It’s incredibly frustrating. “It feels like it should be easy.”
Missing out: The Unholy hitmaker was one of the first musicians to call for the ceremony to be ‘thoughtful’, leading to organizers making the event the first major UK awards to abolish gender categories (Dua Lipa pictured) .
Fashionable: Sam was spotted stepping out during Paris Fashion Week on Thursday
In 2021, the BRIT Awards announced it would scrap the male and female categories to honor artists “for their music alone”.
They continued: ‘[The BRITs] everyone just has to celebrate, because this isn’t just about artists getting awards.
“Awards are for kids who watch TV and think, ‘I can make music like this.’ When I was young, seeing more queer people at these awards would have lightened my heart. Awards should inspire.”
Stylish: Sam looked stylish in a black outfit, sporting a sweater, trousers, boots and a coat
Undeterred: Sam said there are plenty of female artists who should have made it onto the shortlist rather than just Harry Styles, Stormzy, George Ezra, Central Cee and Fred Again competing for the award
While Sam believes their new album Gloria is their most authentic album yet, they insisted they’ve never been “inauthentic,” just not as comfortable with themselves.
Sam said: “I’ve always been authentic. I just think that asking a 24-year-old to be 100 percent himself in front of 20,000 people would never happen.
“I’ve shown 70 percent of who I was then, and a lot of that has to do with being gay.”
Women: When asked which women should have been shortlisted, they said: “Cat Burns (left) . Annemarie. Florence Welch (right). There is so much incredible female talent in the UK – they should be on this list.
“However, as I got older, I realized that there is no shame. I wasn’t inauthentic – you just keep some things to yourself until you’re ready.
It comes after Geroge Ezra was called out on Twitter over his nomination for the BRITs’ Artist of the Year award last week, while female stars were snubbed.
The 29-year-old singer appeared on Lorraine and said the BRITs panel had “done a great job of recognizing talent” – despite only men being nominated for the top gong.
In light of the music: It comes after Geroge Ezra was called out on Twitter last week over his nomination for the BRITs’ Artist of the Year award, while female stars were snubbed
Viewers angrily took to Twitter to question the organizers’ decision not to feature a single female nude and many said, embarrassingly for George, that they felt the likes of Dua Lipa, Raye and Florence & The Machine were more worthy than him.
One wrote: “Are the BRITs really saying they don’t think there are better female artists in this country than George Ezra?” Another added: “You can’t tell me George Ezra is better than Raye or Dua or anyone else Artist”.
A third viewer chimed in: “BRIT stands for Boys Receive Industry Trophies,” while another wrote: “It’s an absolute disgrace that The Brits doesn’t have a woman nominated for Artist of the Year. It’s even more of a shame that George is Ezra.’
BRIT AWARDS 2023: THE NOMINATIONS
Mastercard Album of the Year
The 1975 – Being Funny in a Foreign Language
Wet Leg – Wet Leg
Harry Styles – Harry’s house
Stormzy – That’s what I mean
Fred Again – Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9, 2022)
artist of the year
Central Cee
Fred again
George Ezra
Harry Styles
Stormzy
group of the year
The 1975
Arctic Monkeys
Bad Boy Chiller crew
Nova twins
wet leg
Best New Artist
Kojey Radical
Mimi Webb
Rina Sawayama
Sam Ryder
wet leg
Song of the year with Mastercard
Aitch-Baby Fort Ashanti
Cat is on fire – Go
Dave – Starlight
Ed Sheeran and Elton John – Merry Christmas
Eliza Rose and interplanetary criminals – the worst of them all
George Ezra – Green green grass
Harry Styles – The Way It Was
Lewis Capaldi – Forget me
Lf system – to feel fear
Sam Smith and Kim Petras – Unholy
Best Alto Rock
The 1975
Arctic Monkeys
Nova twins
Tom Grennan
wet leg
RISING STAR
Flo
Hip hop/grime/rap
Oh
Central Cee
David
Loyle Carner
Stormzy
dance act
Becky Hill
bonobos
CalvinHarris
Eliza Rose
Fred again
Pop/ R’n’B
cat is on fire
Charlie Xcx
Dua Lipa
Harry Styles
SamSmith
International Artist of the Year
Beyonce
Burna boy
Kendrick Lamar
Lizzo
Taylor Swift
International Group of the Year
black pink
Drake and 21 Savage
First aid kit
Fontaines DC
Gabriels
International Song of the Year
Beyoncé – Break my soul
David Guetta and Bebe Rexa – I’m Good (Blue)
Fireboy Dml & Ed Sheeran – Peru
Mauro Castillo, Stephanie Beatriz, Carolina Gaitán, Rhenzy Feliz, Encanto – Cast, Adassa, Diane Guerrero – We’re not talking about Bruno
Gayle-Abcdefu
Jack Harlow – First Class
Lizzo – About the damn time
Calum Scott and Lost Frequencies – Where are you?
One Republic – I’m not worried
Taylor Swift – Antihero