Sam Smith and Hikaru Utada release a video of a remote discussion about "Stay With Me"

■ “I’d love to sing this song with you someday!” (Sam Smith)
“How wonderful!” (Utada Hikaru)

Sam Smith released “Stay With Me ~I Want You to Be By My Side feat. Utada Hikaru” featuring Utada Hikaru on August 23rd. In conjunction with this, a video with Japanese subtitles of a remote conversation between Sam Smith and Utada Hikaru was released.

This collaboration was made possible to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Sam Smith’s debut album “In the Lonely Hour,” which was released in 2014 and became the best-selling debut album of the 2010s, with 6 million sales in the US, and won four awards at the 57th Grammy Awards. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the release of this album, a 10th anniversary edition containing new songs and rare recordings was released on August 2nd, and on the same day, “I’m Not the Only One,” featuring Alicia Keys, a leading American musician, was released.

Not only that, on August 9th, he released “Like I Can” featuring Aitana, known as the Princess of Pop of Spain, and on August 16th, “Lay Me Down” featuring Iza, a singer representing Brazil, was released in succession. And on August 23rd, he collaborated with Utada Hikaru, one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Japan, on “Stay With Me,” a representative song from his debut album that has sold over 10 million copies in the US and won a Grammy Award for Best Song, and this collaboration was released this time.

■Remote dialogue Japanese translation
Sam Smith:It’s great that you were on this song and it’s so sweet to celebrate the song’s 10th anniversary! Thank you so much! Your voice is incredibly beautiful!
Hikaru Utada:Thank you so much! I’m so honored. It was an incredible experience to be able to sing on this song. When I received the audio files for each part and heard the chorus, lead vocals, and solo singing, I was so excited as a music geek.
Sam Smith:I was 20 or 21 years old when I sang this song, and it’s been fun listening back to the older recordings, but now, as a 32-year-old, I’d love to sing this song with you someday!
Hikaru Utada:How wonderful!
Sam Smith:Let’s make it happen somehow!