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Sam Smith's Career Arc: Thin Singer to 'Satan'
from Patreon Bonus #186 - The Tim Dillon Show · #186
2 min
Tim traces how Sam Smith's attention cycle went from being a thin ballad singer, to coming out gay, to non-binary, to finally being called 'Satan' once he got fat, arguing Hollywood is fundamentally an image business.
- The right wing sees Satanism in everything, but Sam Smith's actual problem is different.
- Tim traces Smith's career: started thin singing good songs, came out as gay, then non-binary, then got fat — and suddenly people paid attention by calling him Satan.
- Hollywood doesn't work if people are gross or ugly, and Smith's fundamental issue is he looks like a plumber.
- Smith showing up in devil horns and a red onesie while looking like someone there to fix your HVAC is the problem.
- To pull off androgynous stuff you need David Bowie charisma and magic; Harry Styles gets closer but he's just a knockoff.
- Sam Smith looks like someone's drunk uncle at a Halloween party — plastic devil horns don't change that.