I love a heel,” Smith told Wise. “I’ve got loads of heels at home. … People don’t know this, but when I was 17, I remember becoming obsessed with Boy George and Marilyn, and all that. There was one moment in my life where I didn’t own a piece of male clothing, really. I would wear full make-up every day in school, eyelashes, leggings with Dr Martens and huge fur coats — for two and a half years.” “I don’t know what the title would be,” he continued, “but I feel just as much woman as I am man.” Smith revealed that he somewhat regrets his “dramatic” tattoos — on each bicep, “Alone” and “Honesty” — and said, “I don’t know why I got them. I look back on them now and I cringe. But I have to respect what I was feeling in the moment, you know?” Back in 2014, Smith arrived on an international stage with In the Lonely Hour, which won four Grammy Awards, but according to Wise, in 2017, Smith is either an entirely different person or a “strongly remodeled one.” When Wise first interviewed Smith at the time of his debut’s release, he encouraged him to come out publicly in her article, something Smith didn’t yet feel comfortable doing. “In the Lonely Hour was opaque,” Wise writes now. “The Thrill of It All is crystal clear.” Read More… http://ift.tt/2xZrY8W
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