After winning ears the world over with his Disclosure collaboration “Latch,” Sam Smith is prepping a debut album, In the Lonely Hour, for a May 26 release. The 21-year-old British songbird now shares that set’s second single — following the suave “Safe With Me” — and the new track mixes shuffling dance-pop with yearning soul and R. Kelly-style R&B. Dubbed “Money on My Mind,” the song finds Smith singing about not getting caught up in his newfound success — he’s doing it “for the love,” not the dollars.
The video above plays off of that theme by placing our hero in one of the most cash-obsessed places on the planet, Las Vegas. While Smith’s travels take him to the gambling capital’s more humble locales, we see footage of slick dudes whooping it up at strip clubs and casinos.
Sam Smith tour dates:
March 18 – Atlanta, GA @ The Loft at Center Stage
March 20 – Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
March 21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
March 24 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
March 25 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
March 26 – Montreal, QUE @ Le Belmont
March 28 – Toronto, ONT @ Mod Club
March 29 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
April 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Belasco Theatre
April 17 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
May 30 – London, U.K. @ Roundhouse
