Last Updated on 02/02/2023 by てんしょく飯
The music video for popular singer Sam Smith’s new song “I’m Not Here to Make Friends” is causing controversy among people including the LGBTQ community.
Sam Smith released a music video for the song “I’m Not Here to Make Friends” from his latest album “Gloria,” which was released on January 27.
In the music video, Sam wears a flamboyant pink robe and a variety of other outfits as she turns into a diva at a ball and dances. In the music video, Sam is seen wearing a flamboyant pink robe and various other outfits, becoming a diva at a ball, and dancing.
Video] Sam Smith “I’m Not Here to Make Friends”
In this music video, Sam also wears sexy outfits such as corsets and nipple pasties (nipple covers) along with dancers. It also shows the dancers in their underwear looking intimate in bed.
However, according to Just Jared, several groups, including members of the LGBTQ+ community, have voiced concerns about the music video.
Fatphobic comments in the LGBTQ+ community
Sam has received fatphobic criticism from members of the LGBTQ+ community for wearing a corset in this video. One tweeter wrote, “Fatphobic gays will continue to pick on Sam Smith, but if the muscular gay guy on the right (in the music video) wears the same corset, they will cackle,” and the buzz is on.
Some gay fans also said, “I have no problem with Sam wearing a corset, but it simply doesn’t look good on him. ‘Fat or skinny, it can still look bad on you. The styling in this music video is objectively bad,” he criticized.
Comparison with Harry Styles
Many have drawn comparisons to Harry Styles, who is often praised for his genderless fashion. One user on Twitter defended Sam, saying, “While (supposedly non-LGBTQ+) Harry Styles expresses femininity and is praised for wearing dresses in his music videos, Sam Smith is non-binary and is dissed for doing the same.”
harry styles, a straight man shows femininity and wears dresses in videos and gets praised for it, sam smith a non binary person does the same and is misgendered and shamed. social media makes me sick
— :/ (@keaaaaley) January 29, 2023
Others have also voiced their opinions, such as “Sam’s videos are inappropriate for children to watch; they shouldn’t be on YouTube.”
On the other hand, there are of course many who defend Sam.
One fan said, “Sam does the most creative and authentic work. People who are offended by it should think about whether they have been hurt in any way (by Sam). Sam is just being himself as an artist and a person,” and “Let’s be honest. Sam made a sexy video with transgressive art (art that offends basic morals and sensibilities and aims to go against them), but he’s being criticized because of homophobic, queer-hating, transgender-hating people. Even though cis (a person whose gender identity matches their birth sex) men are not criticized for being misogynistic (calling women bitches) or for cis women showing their sexy femininity to the fullest in their music videos. They have voiced comments such as “It’s hypocrisy.
Let’s be real, Sam Smith is criticised for producing a transgressive, sexualised music video due to homophobia, queerphobia & transphobia. Where’s the criticism of cis men’s misogyny (calling women bitches) or cis women performing sexualised femininity in music videos? Hypocrisy.
— Dr Charlotte Proudman (@DrProudman) January 30, 2023
Sam’s new song “I’m Not Here to Make Friends” has received a variety of opinions. It can be said that this is a phenomenon unique to the high-profile Sam Smith.
Sam is nominated for “Best Pop Performance (Group)” for “Unholy feat. Kim Petras” at the 65th Grammy Awards to be held on February 6 (Japan time), and is scheduled to perform there on the same day.
Sam Smith, Kim Petras – Unholy (Official Music Video)
Album Information
January 27, 2023 release
New album “Gloria” [SHM-CD]
Item number: UICW-10031
Price: ¥2,600 (excl. tax) / ¥2,860 (incl. tax)
Specification: SHM-CD
Including 2 bonus tracks for Japanese version
Includes commentary, lyrics and bilingual translation
＜Track List
Love Me More
No God
Hurting Interlude
Lose You
Perfect (feat. Jessie Reyez)
Unholy (feat. Kim Petras) How To Cry
Six Shots
Gimme (feat. Koffee & Jessie Reyez)
Dorothy’s Interlude
I’m Not Here To Make Friends
Gloria
Who We Love (feat. Ed Sheeran)
Heavenly Sent
Kissing You
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