- Umntu ongatshatanga wesithathu ukusuka Ngelixa Lodwa , oku kudlalwe okokuqala ngexesha likaMatshi 25, 2014 isiqendu somsakazo we-Zane Lowe we-BBC Radio 1 ngo-7: 30 ebusuku. Ingoma yakhutshwa kwi-iTunes ngoMeyi we-18 ecaleni kweengoma ezivela kwiDarkchild, iFX kunye noWilfred Giroux.
- Ngelixa Lodwa ufumanisa uSmith ejongana nobomi bakhe bothando obungaphumeleli. Lo mzila umfumanisa ecula ngomntu owawa ngobusuku obunye, kodwa engabuyisi mvakalelo inye. Uxelele Amatye agiqekayo : 'Ndijongana nayo yonke imiba eyahlukeneyo yesizungu.'
USmith wavuma kamva ukuba umntu acula ngaye kule ngoma kwaye uninzi lwazo Ngelixa Lodwa I-albhamu yindoda. Walinda ukuphuma njenge-gay kuba wayengafuni ukuba ifuthe kwindlela abaphulaphuli abawubona ngayo umculo wakhe. Ukuphumla kwakhe, kwakungekho mpendulo incinci ekwamkelweni kwakhe-ayibalulekanga kubantu abaninzi. - USmith ubhale oku noJames Napier noWilliam Phillips. 'Ingoma iphume nje kuthi ngokwendalo, utshilo uSmith I-NME , ukongeza ukuba kuthathe kuphela malunga nemizuzu engama-30 ukuya kwengama-40 ukubhala.
UNapier, okwabizwa ngokuba nguJimmy Napes, wabhala ingoma yeClean Bandit ' Endaweni yokuba ube kunye nomculo wenkwenkwe engaqhelekanga 'La La La,' ebonisa uSmith.
UPhillips waziwa ngcono ngokuba 'ngumkhenkethi,' u-DJ / umvelisi odumileyo waseBrighton. EP yakhe Iipateni yakhululwa ngo-2014. - USmith ubhale kwaye wabhala irekhodi yokuqala yale ngoma kunye nombhali-mbhali uJimmy Napes. Ekuqaleni, le ngoma yayinendinyana nje kunye nekwayari, kwaye yayingaphantsi kwemizuzu emibini ubude. Igosa elilawulayo kwilebula likaSmith elaziwa ngokuba yiCapitol Records egama linguNick Raphael lilungiselele uSmith noNapes ukuba basebenze negqala lomvelisi uSteve Fitzmaurice, ogama lakhe libonakala kwikhredithi yealbhamu zikaSeal, uRod Stewart noTina Turner.
Nge-20 kaJuni ka-2013, uFitzmaurice wajoyina esi sibini kwi studio sikaNapes, apho baqinisa ingoma ngengoma yomzimba kwaye benza utshintsho kwisakhiwo. Ngentsasa elandelayo, uFitzmaurice wenza umxube wedemo okhawulezayo wengoma kwaye washiya igig eIndiya.
Ngo-Novemba, i-Fitzmaurice yabizwa kwakhona kwiiseshoni zokurekhoda, ezazisenzeka ngoku kwi RAK Studios eLondon. Barekhode uhlobo olutsha lwe 'Hlala Nam' besebenzisa ibhendi ebukhoma, kodwa bazifumana 'beleqa idemo,' okuthetha ukuba abanakuyifumana ngcono kunaleyo babenayo ngoJuni. I-Fitzmaurice iphele ngokuxuba iinxalenye zerekhodi ye-RAK (kubandakanya neebhasi, ezazidlalwa nguJodi Milliner) ngeziqwenga zedemo. UFitzmaurice uqikelela ukuba malunga neepesenti ezingama-90 zengoma zivela kwidemo, nangona kunjalo. - USmith uxhaswe kwividiyo yi-Enchorus esekwe eLondon, kodwa le yayiyomboniso kuphela - ikwayala ayizange icule ngoma.
Izandi zikaSmith ezikhethiweyo zibonelela ngengoma yekwayala kwingoma. Ndililayishe ilizwi lam malunga namaxesha angama-20. Ndime kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ngeenxa zonke kwigumbi lonke kwaye ndiza kubeka ilizwi lam ngakumbi nangakumbi, ngokudibanisa, lonke olo hlobo lwezinto, 'ucacisile. I-NME .
Yonke into icofiwe xa esiva iziphumo, ezazisenziwa kusetyenziswa iintlobo ngeentlobo ze-panning kunye ne-echo yeziphumo zomvelisi wentsebenziswano uSteve Fitzmaurice. Ndiyakhumbula ndilila kuba yonke le ngoma ngequbuliso yavakala, 'utshilo uSmith. 'Kwakunjengokuchukumisa kanye ukuguqula ingoma ibe ... yavakala ngathi yingoma.' - USmith uxelele u-4Music ingoma 'yimizamo yam kwingoma yabantu abanesithukuthezi. Bendifuna ukubhala ingoma ngalo maxesha kusasa emva kobusuku obunye. '
- USmith uthathe ikhefu lokupapasha elipheleleyo kwimizuzu emithathu enesiqingatha kusasazo lwehlabathi kuqala, kwaye wahambisa umculo ophilayo wale ngoma kwisihlwele esithengisiweyo eRoundhouse yaseLondon. Ikhefu lokurhweba elibukhoma livezwe kwiChannel 4 malunga ne-22.45 ngexesha UAlan Carr: Umntu oNcokola .
- I-remix ebhalwe ngu-Darkchild ebonisa igalelo lika-Mary J. Blige yakhutshwa nge-2 kaJuni ka-2014. 'Ukusebenza noMary J. Ndiyakhumbula ndibambe ialbham yakhe ezandleni zam emotweni ndiseyinkwenkwana. Ukudibana nezithixo zakho yinto yobugqi, kodwa ukusebenza nazo ngokwenene liphupha elizalisekileyo. '
Ndonwabile kakhulu ukuba ndiye ndafumana ithuba lokusebenza noSam Smith, utshilo uBlige. Ilizwi lokwenene lomphefumlo kaSam… lelokuqala lolu hlobo ndiluvileyo ukusukela oko uLuther Vandross, uFreddie Jackson nawo onke amazwi amakhulu omphefumlo anamandla avela kwii-80s. Ndiphefumlelwe ngokupheleleyo yitalente yakhe, umphefumlo kunye nokunyaniseka. '
Eli yayingeloxesha lokuqala lokuba uSmith noBlige basebenze kunye. Aba babini yayingabakhenkethi abakhethekileyo ngexesha lokuDandalazisa umboniso kwiTheminali yesi-5 yaseNew York ngoJanuwari ka-2014. - Ngelixa Lodwa wathengisa iikopi ezingama-166,000 kwiveki yokuqala e-US. Oku bekungaphezulu kwayo nayiphi na enye i-albhamu yokuqala yegcisa eliyindoda lase-UK kwiintsuku ezisixhenxe zokuqala ukusukela oko i-Soundscan yaqala ukulandela umkhondo wentengiso ngo-1991.
- USmith wenze le ngoma kunye no 'Ndibeke phantsi' ngexesha lokuvela kwakhe okokuqala nge-29 ka-Matshi ka-2014 NgoMgqibelo ebusuku . Yayiyindlela yokusebenza kukaSmith, kodwa ayenzekanga. Ndizamile ukubongoza abaphathi bam kunye neqela lam ukuba lingenzi SNL kuba bendicinga ukuba kusekutsha kakhulu, utshilo Ukuzonwabisa ngeveki .
- Ingoma iqhuba nje ngo-2: 52, eyazisa indlela ye-albhamu yonke, eneengoma ezili-10 zizonke ezingama-32: 47.
Ngokugcina iingoma zimfutshane, uSmith kunye nabavelisi bakhe bakwazi ukuzigcina zilula kwaye nokwenza amazwi akhe abe yeyona nto kugxilwe kuyo. - Ukuthetha no Emoyeni noRyan Seacrest UTanya Rad, uSmith uxoxe ngobunyulu bengoma. 'Ndingumntu onemvakalelo kwaye ndicinga ngokungafaniyo namadoda amaninzi kolu shishino nakwezomculo, ndikulungele ukubonisa icala elinemvakalelo, utshilo. 'Andinayo i-bravado yokubeka phambili, kwaye ndibonisa nje into yam eluhlaza.'
- Imigqomo kule ngoma iyafana irekhodwe kwiseshoni yesiboniso sokuqala. Umvelisi-co-co-Jimmy Napes wazidlala wazibeka kwiluphu. Kwakuyirekhodi elingenamathambo elenziwe ngemakrofoni enye ngaphezulu, kodwa yaphela iyifanele ingoma ngokugqibeleleyo, enkosi ngokungafezeki kwayo.
'Umtya awulunganga, wawungabotshelelwanga kwigridi, kwaye ke ixesha lalicinyiwe,' utshilo omnye umlimi uSteve Fitzmaurice Isandi kwiNgxolo . 'Ezinye izixhobo zasabela kule nto, kwaye konke oku kwenza into yomlingo esingenakufumana ngayo nayiphi na enye indlela. Abantu abaninzi bazamile ukubeka imigqomo eyahlukeneyo emzileni, ndaye ndazama ukulungisa iluphu kwaye ndiyilinganise kwigridi, ndaza ndagqumelela amagubu kuloo nto. Kodwa ndathi xa ndiyimamele kwiintsuku ezimbalwa emva koko, ndaqonda kwangoko ukuba ayilunganga kwaye ndaphinda ndayikhupha. ' - Akukho gitare kule ngoma - izixhobo zomculo yipiyano nje, ibhasi, igubu lomculo, itamborini, ilungu lomculo kunye nemitya (eyayigqitywe kamva).
- Oku kuphumelele iNgoma eNgcono kwiiMbasa ze-MOBO zika-2014. USmith naye waphumelela kwi-Best R & B / Act Act, Best Male, iindidi zeAlbum ezigqibeleleyo kumsitho, obhiyozela uMculo woMvelaphi oMnyama.
- Oku kwakunjalo USA Namhlanje Ingoma yoNyaka ka-2014. Bathe: '' Hlalani Nami ngepiyano enam-vangeli kunye nesandi esimnandi sika-Smith, falsetto esitshabalalisayo. '' Kwamdumisa i-chorus yamazwi, eqhubela ekhaya isibongozo sakhe, ngokungathi ubukho babo bunokumenza azive elilolo yedwa.
- Ukulandela intelekelelo yokuba umculo wepiyano ufana noTom Petty ka-1989 ongatshatanga 'Andizukubuya,' uPetty kunye nombhali-mbhali uJeff Lynne bongezwa kupapasho lwengoma ngoJanuwari 2015. Ngokwengxelo, amagqwetha kaSmith avumile ukuhlawula izinto ezincinci kunye U-Lynne u-12.5% wekhredithi yasebukhosini kwingoma.
Bobabini uSmith noPetty bathi isivumelwano besinoxolo, kwaye akukho tyala lakhe lasongelwa. Yonke iminyaka yam yokubhala ingoma indibonisile ukuba ezi zinto zinokwenzeka, utshilo uPetty. Amaxesha amaninzi uyayibamba ngaphambi kokuba iphume kumnyango we studio kodwa kule meko idlulile. Abantu bakaSam babeqonda kakhulu. ' - Oku kuphumelele ngeNgoma yoNyaka kunye neRekhodi yoNyaka kwiiMbasa zeGrammy zika-2015. USmith wenze le ngoma kumsitho, apho waphumelela khona uMculi oMtsha oMtsha kunye neAlbhamu yeVocal yePop yaseVocal. UMary J. Blige wamjoyina kwinqanaba lesibini ivesi kwaye waphindaphinda kunye naye kuyo yonke intsebenzo.
Xa uSmith waqokelela indebe yakhe yeRekhodi yoNyaka, wathi, 'Ndifuna ukubulela indoda ethetha ngayo le rekhodi, ndathandana nayo kunyaka ophelileyo. Ndiyabulela kakhulu ngokwaphula intliziyo yam, kuba undifumene neGrammys ezine. ' - UWilliam Phillips wachaza Ibhilibhodi Imagazini indlela agqibe ngayo ukubhala le ngoma. 'Bendibhala umculo njengoKhenketho kangangeminyaka emithathu, utshilo. 'Umntu othile wayefuna ukundilawula, kwaye kwavela abantu abafuna ukundilawula nabo baphethe uSam. Babenjengoko, 'Ngaphambi kokuba silawule, kutheni singenzi iiseshoni ezithile? Sinaye lo mfana uSam Smith kunye nalo mfana uJimmy [Napes]. ''
Sahlala ke kwiseshoni, uqhubeke uPhillips. Ndabhala noJimmy amatyeli aliqela ngaphambi kokuba ndidibane noSam. UJimmy wandinceda ukuba ndibhale i-EP yam yesithathu yabakhenkethi, kwaye sasibambene ngaphezulu koko. Ndibekwe kwisitudiyo kunye noSam noJimmy- besingenakulindela nto. Besifuna nje ukudibana. Ngaba ['Hlala Nam'] malunga nesiqingatha seyure. ' - UPhillips wayecofa iindlovu xa abathathu babhala ingoma. Ndisoloko ndidlala ipiyano, uxelele iMTV News. 'Ndizifundisile ukudlala ipiyano kwaye ipiyano luhlobo lwento endiyenzayo. Yiloo nto endiyenzileyo kuloo seshoni; Ndinezixhobo ezintathu endicinga ukuba zilungile. Khange sihlale phantsi ukubhala uluvo oluthile. Sivele saziva ukuba yintoni elungileyo. '
- Ngelixa Lodwa waqhekeza irekhodi lokubaleka ixesha elide kwelicwecwe lokuqala e-UK Top 10. I-LP ikhangele ukuba yayiseti yokuqala ka-Emeli Sandé, Inguqulelo yethu yeziganeko , engena kwiiveki ezingama-66 ezilandelelanayo kumgangatho ophezulu.
- Oku kwabizwa ngokuba yiNgoma yoNyaka kwiiMbasa zeBMI zika-2015. Imbeko inikwa eyona ngoma idlalwe kakhulu ngunyaka ophelileyo ngababhali base UK okanye baseYurophu kwikhathalogu ye-BMI kwirediyo yase-US nakumabonwakude.
