Sam Smith Is Already Working on the Electro Follow-Up to ‘Hazel Eyes’ Album and It Sounds Wild: ‘I’m Really Hungry to Shake My T–ties’

The singer said the full-on dance album is inspired by his love of dance and "intense, hyper-pop" sounds.

Christian Cowan and Sam Smith at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2026 in New York, New York.

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With just a week to go before the Aug. 21 release of Sam Smith‘s fifth studio album, Hazel Eyes, the singer told The New Yorker Radio Hour podcast this week that they’ve already begun work on LP6, and it sounds like a rager.

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