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20 Dec, 2014

Billboard cover

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sam-iggy-jason-meghan-billboard-coversSmith appears on one of four covers of a December 2014 issue of Billboard magazine. He talks about being on Saturday Night Live.

Saturday Night Live is the thing that broke me in America, but I was very scared, and I actually begged my team and my label to not do it when we got the call. I thought it would have more impact if I had a song out and on the radio. But I was so wrong. I had a story all of a sudden, and I was on people’s iPods in the space of a week.

1 Mar, 2015

V cover

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Smith appears on the cover of the March 2015 issue of V magazine. He talks about other celebrities.

Even when you meet them — I won’t name names — but some of these pop stars are just awful and they have not even had half the success that you’ve had, and yet you’re so humble and kind.