If at first you don't succeed, Sam...
In a new interview with Elton John for Attitude magazine, Smith has revealed that there was a time when he considered not coming back from his three year break following the success of his first album, 'In The Lonely Hour'.
Speaking to John, he said: "There was a period, when making the record, that I was in a really bad place. I got dumped, which wasn’t very nice. Writing music about that kind of thing is normally like therapy for me, but when I got dumped this time round I just couldn’t write for about two months.
"My team had to force me to get into the studio, because I almost felt as if I didn’t want to do it any more. So, there were moments on there where it got a bit intense and I started to lose myself. I was just too sad. Then I started drinking a lot, going out too much."
Smith also said that watching Ed Sheeran's success over the last few years is what made him come back (THANKS FOR NOTHING, ED), saying: "It makes you push yourself. Watching him this past year has just been incredible - it makes me hungry."
Does this mean a headline slot at Glastonbury is in his sights? Fingers crossed no (but thankfully the festival is taking a break next year anyway).
