Sam Smith Addresses His Sexuality In Threesome-Themed “Leave Your Lover” Video: Watch

Mike Wass | May 22, 2014 2:37 pm

Sam Smith addresses the frankly boring online whispers about his sexual preference — it’s 2014, who really cares? — in the video for moody buzz single “Leave Your Lover”. The set-up finds the British crooner playing one third of a love triangle between two men and a woman. They all have a great time together, but he really only has eyes for the other dude.

The evocative visual handles the subject matter with subtlety but the narrative is still fairly obvious. And if there were any doubts, the gut-wrenching final scene puts it all into perspective. Sam currently has the world at his feet with In The Lonely Hour lead single “Stay With Me” shooting up the Billboard Hot 100 (as well as hit features on Naughty Boy‘s “La La La” and Disclosure‘s “Latch”), which makes this video very brave and very important. Watch up top.

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