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“Unholy” hitmaker Sam Smith has added to the inkwork on their body. The genderqueer, non-binary singer took to Instagram to post an image of a new tattoo they had done on their stomach.
The ink is the word “Romance.” The lettering appears to be melting and dripping downward.
Smith tagged the New York-based tattoo artist, @babysfirstcig as the creator of the work. Babysfirstcig also posted images of the work, revealing they’d done two tattoos for Smith. The second was a small anchor motif at the base of Smith’s throat.
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Smith, 30, has recently started using an anchor in their name logo.
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The singer is still enjoying the worldwide success of their number one smash with Kim Petras, “Unholy,” off their new album, Gloria, out in January. The album release will be followed by a big European tour.
Related: Sam Smith slips into fishnets to tease seductive new follow-up track to “Unholy”
Last week, Smith dropped a new track. It’s a holiday single entitled, “Night Before Christmas.”
“This song was written by me and my beautiful and inspiring friend Simon Aldred,” Smith explained on Instagram. “We wanted to make a Christmas song that felt like LOVE on Christmas Eve. I hope you can feel the warmth we felt when making it & I hope it gets you excited for the holiday season x”
Listen below.
Neoprene
Did you know that Sam feels just as much a woman as he does a man? How special, eh?
lou lou de la falaise
oy vey, kids these days….
dbmcvey
Bitter and, as always with Neoprene, both homophobic and sexist.
inbama
The real non-binary Sam story today is Sam Brinton facing felony charges for luggage theft.
Tallskin5
You could use his blubber to make soap, and have enough left over to grease a gang of cross-channel swimmers
Kangol2
Do you feel better about yourself after fat-shaming them? Maybe you’re actually talking about yourself, which is extra sad!
Diplomat
He’s a great singer. Gotta give him that.
Phil H
I’d take more pleasure from listening to a dentist drill.
GameBoy
Good for you, I’m sure Sam isn’t losing sleep an Queerty member “Phil H” doesn’t like their music…
Phil H
Probably as much sleep as I’ll lose over implied criticism from a guy calling himself GameBoy.
Just.my.opinion
Sam Smith always looks dirty to me. I’ll bet he smells.
dbmcvey
And you are always really mean, so no matter how you smell we should all stay away.
storm45701
My friends and I play a game where we try to guess what a celebrity smells like.
For Sam: Gouda and Brut.
Pistolo
Not taking a dig at their looks like other commentators but I do think this edgier persona starkly contrasts Sam Smith’s schmaltzy, vanilla music. Beautiful pitch and all that but not much vision, just overly sentimental, gooey, and whiney lovestank- vocal facility doesn’t necessarily equal an alluring bravado or flair. Also, are we forgetting the Tom Petty plagiarism lawsuit? Now, Petty was pretty gracious but he’s also insufferable and cheesy.
Not everything that has the gloss of happening fabulousity goes beyond the superficial.
dbmcvey
The Tom Petty song is a pretty basic melody. But why would you bring it up? It was settled and Tom Petty gets a writing credit on it.
storm45701
You mean he WAS insufferable and cheesy. Dead as a door nail from an overdose of Fentanyl.
dbmcvey
I like Sam Smith’s music but I’m not really excited by tattoos.
Joshooeerr
In the good old days pop stars and movie stars had managers and agents to stop them doing stuff like this. Now they go straight to social media. Which explains why none of them have the kind of glamour or mystique that stars once had.
bachy
Exactly. Take a few social media self-promotion tips from bachy:
If your music is your forté, put the focus on your music.
If your haircut is your forté, put the focus on your haircut.
If your fashion is your forté, put the focus on your fashion.
If your body is your forté, put the focus on your body.
abfab
Exactly. They had Annie Leibovitz. They had Linda Eastman. They had Herb Ritz. Imagine the greats being seen taking self photos OF THEMSELVES!!!!!!!!! These people are cheap and sleezy, not to mention gross and over exposed.
abfab
Samantha…don’t you watch Randy Rainbow videos? CHEETO CHRIST STUPID-CZAR or DESPERATE CHEETO, you know gurl, about the POS with the orange skin? Be careful with those. You will balloon just like Chump did.
(full disclosure-I’ve never heard one of his songs and don’t plan to)
inbama
Randy Rainbow has more talent in his left pinky, and he’s sure not ashamed of being gay.
Glynn
Randy Rainbow is a great singer – his enunciation is perfect. Sam’s on the other hand needs some work. Very often I can’t make out the lyrics when he’s singing, like he has a mouth full of CHEETOS.
GameBoy
Don’t y’all ever get tired of constantly going on people based on their body types, like it’s EXHAUSTING even time an Sam Smith article drops, this site has the need to be absolutely nasty towards them..
LegionKeign
Queerty has become the dumping ground for all the closeted hate filled loser queens from breibart. So much hostility and hatred. This is what becomes of Gay blogs when their owners sell out to MSM corporations, who then hire trolls and use bots to create an aggressive and hostile environment within the comment sections.
This is why we have so much division amongst the various GLBTQ+ groups. It’s purposefully done and it’s been gaining traction for the past 5 or so years. Now that young folks are starting to see through the bullshit this tactic will no longer suffice, so new nastier practices will be implemented.
Beware my GLBTQ+ brothers and sisters the enemy is powerful and rich, but as long as we know their tactics, as long as we recognize their schemes, we can overcome them and stand strong as a community.
Goddess Bless and have a Joyous Holiday (or Not) Season!
thebaddestbabby
do you have any evidence that the people leaving negative comments here are trolls and bots? I have some choice words to say about the whole non-binary thing, and I am entitled to my opinions just like anyone else. Just because people are skeptical of non-binary — and let it be said that not all the criticisms of non-binary are hateful or queer-phobic; many come from queer people who are genuinely afraid of the cynical use of non-binary identities by celebrities — does not mean they are bots or trolls. Heck outa here with your MSM nonsense too
GameBoy
SPEAK YOUR TRUTH LEGEND!
Ignore that other comment thinking his nasty “opinion” has actual validation by many… certainly not by me
abfab
@ Legion For me, it’s a turn off to see the way he presents himself. If you’re so convinced of the britebart invasion here, go and play in some other sand box.
thebaddestbabby
if you are interested in reading a good-faith discussion of these issues, check out the article “We are all Non-Binary: A Brief History of Accidents” by Kadji Amin
MDWolf12
So, separating out that this is Sam Smith and opionins about his music or body or opinions on tatoos. The custom font, kerning etc is very intruiging and must have taken a love of skill and time to plan out. It woudl be great t osee this be used in signage etc in other places as well.
inbama
The important issue about this nonbinary fad is that while celebrities use it to keep in the spotlight, they aren’t fool enough to sign up for “gender nullification surgery” and have breasts or genitals removed like the growing number of troubled teens they inspire.
thebaddestbabby
do you know anyone who has medically transitioned? I’ve known a few people and, altho a tiny number of them regret it, the majority do not. Not only that, they seem IMMENSELY happier in their new bodies. Whether or not those bodies are truly female or male, who cares. I just want to see my friends happy
inbama
@thebaddestbabby
Those were adults, and yes, when there was gate-keeping by psychologists, there was very little regret.
There are plenty teens being sucked into this via TikTok who experience regret. And there are transitioners who were put on puberty blockers who are experiencing osteoporosis in their 20s and 30s. Transition is a big business now. Who do you think is funding all those “gender identity” programs in our elementary schools?
Eternal.Cowboy
It is impressive how you simply say things with no regard for the truth. Statistically one in four trans or non binary people have gender affirming surgery. It is pretty rare occurrence. Further, minors almost never have any sort of gender affirming surgery. It’s only done in cases of severe gender dysphoria. So your claim that there is some growing number of teens being inspired to get surgery is straight up bullshit.
The bigger question here is why do you have to lie to promote your personal agenda?