Sam Smith just released a new single, “I’m Ready”, from their forthcoming album. American pop star Demi Lovato joins the force in adding the fun to this new upbeat track, and an Olympic-inspired music video is also premiered alongside the single. Take a look and listen below.
After much speculation about the possible collaboration between these two vocal powerhouses, they finally dropped a song together. “I’m Ready” is the latest cut from Smith’s upcoming untitled third studio album expected to be release later this year. The song is the two singers’ yearning to find someone to love them, as they both croon “I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready for someone to love me.”
Swedish pop producer ILYA helps craft this seriously catchy song. He also co-writes it with both Smith and Lovato. Smith and ILYA already worked together once for the previous dancey track, “How Do You Sleep?”.
In support of the track, the “Stay with Me” hitmaker also debuts a music video with the theme of Olympic events. It is directed by Jora Frantzis, who has worked with numerous artists with the likes of Cardi B and Rosalía, and it features the guest appearances from LGBTQ performers and drag queens, including RuPaul’s Drag Race royalty Valentina and current competitor of Season 12 Gigi Goode.
Smith originally planned to drop their third record titled ‘To Die For‘ on May 1. Unfortunately, due to the global pandemic of COVID-19, they decided to push back the release indefinitely until they deemed a more appropriate time to drop it. The Grammy-winning singer also determined to rename the album, as they believed the title, as well as the release date, did “not feel right”. Read the full story here.
“I’m Ready” will join initial singles, namely “Dancing with a Stranger“, “How Do You Sleep?“, “To Die For“, “I Feel Love“, and “Fire on Fire“, in compiling the full-length.
Elsewhere, Lovato recently made a return to the music scene with two comeback singles: “Anyone” and “I Love Me”. She awed the audience at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards with the immensely emotional performance of the first track, and she subsequently shared the latter track as the lead single of her upcoming seventh album.
The “Cool for the Summer” singer took a break from music since 2017’s ‘Tell Me You Love Me‘ and got a recovery from a borderline-fatal overdose. This year, apart from releasing new music, she also landed in an acting role for Netflix’s original comedy film Eurovision set to be released soon.
Despite a difficult and weird time of ours right now, it is delightful to see two big pop stars working together in bringing joy to fans around the world. Smith promised to drop their new album this year, similar to Lovato. Let’s hope that the coronavirus crisis will not get into their ways of releasing again.
