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Sam Smith – How Do You Sleep? (Official Video)

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Sam Smith just traded heartbreak ballads for a dance floor.

On July 19, 2019, Sam Smith released the official music video for “How Do You Sleep?” via Vevo and YouTube, and it’s nothing like the piano-driven vulnerability fans have come to expect. Directed by Grant Singer and choreographed by Parris Goebel, the clip finds Smith leading a full ensemble of shirtless male dancers through sharp, uptempo pop routines. It’s a deliberate pivot, and Smith made sure everyone knew it was coming.

• The video, directed by Grant Singer with choreography by Parris Goebel, premiered July 19, 2019, and shows Smith performing stylized dance routines with an ensemble of male dancers.
• The track was co-written and produced by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, and ILYA, with lyrics centered on confronting a dishonest partner: “Baby, how do you sleep when you lie to me?”
• “How Do You Sleep?” follows Smith’s platinum hit with Normani, “Dancing with a Stranger,” and pushes further into the dance-pop lane after 2017’s The Thrill of It All.

A Choreographed Coming-Out Party

Before the video dropped, Smith teased fans on social media that their “inner dancing queen” was about to make an appearance, and the finished product delivers exactly that. Parris Goebel’s choreography leans hip-hop and club-ready, a sharp departure from the stripped-down ballad staging Smith used for earlier singles. It’s the kind of visual statement that belongs alongside other big pop rollouts covered in Trending Music.

Once the clip went live, Smith posted a message thanking the people who helped push them toward this new sound and look.

My heart is beating so fast. I’m so proud of this one. Thank you to all the beautiful humans who’ve helped me really come out my shell over the past year. I hope you all enjoy this & please learn the moves so we can dance together soon.

The Song Behind the Choreography

Underneath the new visual direction, “How Do You Sleep?” is still built on the kind of raw lyric Smith has made a career of. Co-written and produced with Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, and ILYA — three of pop’s most reliable hitmakers — the song works through the aftermath of betrayal in a relationship gone toxic. Lines like “I’m done hatin’ myself for feelin’ / I’m done cryin’ myself awake” set up the accusatory hook that gives the track its title and its edge.

Following “Dancing with a Stranger”

The release lands as a direct follow-up to “Dancing with a Stranger,” Smith’s multi-platinum duet with Normani, and it confirms that collaboration wasn’t a one-off detour. Since 2017’s The Thrill of It All, Smith has been steadily easing away from the strictly ballad-heavy sound of the debut era, and “How Do You Sleep?” — dancers, choreography, uptempo production and all — is the clearest sign yet of where that shift is headed. It’s the kind of career turn worth tracking alongside other stories in Trending Celebrities.

Smith closed out the announcement with a direct challenge to fans: learn the moves. Given how quickly Goebel’s routines tend to spread once a video like this hits Vevo, don’t be surprised if the choreography shows up on dance floors — and in a few thousand TikToks — well before Smith’s next single arrives.