Songwriter/s: Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes, Mikkel S. Since it’s upload in January, the music video has over 251 million views and almost 1.5 million likes. Normani mainly dances in the music video, the two rarely coming together, but seem to be in the same house. It follows both Smith and Normani in a large modern and fairly cold house, with Smith using futuristic technology to go on dating apps to find someone new. The music video was directed by Vaughan Arnell and was released on the 29th January 2019. The chorus also emphasizes that dancing with a stranger is a mistake, with Smith and Normani blaming their ex-lovers: “Look what you made me do, I’m with somebody new”. I’m in a very different place now.” The track focuses on a individual trying to get over their past lover by “dancing with a stranger”, and “still thinking ‘bout the things you do”. It’s simple, but what I was feeling at the time was as deep as I’ve ever felt. ““I want to share my feelings with you … this song, of all my songs, when I wrote it … was a healing moment. She’s special she just jumped on the song there with me and she sang it and it was perfect.” Smith also took to his Instagram to post a video about the song.
I said to her ‘Do you want to hear the song?’. “I was with StarGate when she came in that day. In an interview with Zane Lowe, Smith told the radio host about how the collaboration came together. “Dancing with a Stranger” is the first duet between pop sensation Sam Smith and Normani, who was a former member of female pop group “Fifth Harmony”.
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