Watch Sam Smith and Jacob Lusk Team Up For 'My Guy'
(IC) 5X GRAMMY, BRIT, Golden Globe, and Oscar-winning artist and songwriter Sam Smith shares a spellbinding duet version of their recent single "My Guy," featuring rising R&B/gospel singer Jacob Lusk.
A defining track from Smith's acclaimed album Hazel Eyes, "My Guy" takes on a rhapsodic new dimension with the addition of Lusk's vocal work. Out now via Capitol Records, the reimagined "My Guy" is accompanied by an official live video capturing Smith and Lusk's showstopping performance of the song last month at the historic London Coliseum.
One of several unabashedly romantic love songs on Hazel Eyes, "My Guy" offers up a euphoric portrait of total adoration, summoning a dreamlike mood with its slow-burning rhythms and softly shimmering guitar tones. In the new rendition, Lusk takes the song's second verse, infusing each line with the captivating mix of power and vulnerability he's brought to recent collaborations with the likes of Honey Dijon and a scene-stealing performance with Moby at Coachella. Along with joining Smith for a sweetly playful back-and-forth at the bridge, the Compton-bred artist lends his rich yet ethereal voice to the original track's heavenly harmonies - a girl-group-esque flourish supplied in part by Smith, indie-pop luminary Feist (one of Smith's main collaborators on Hazel Eyes), and singer/songwriter Moses Sumney.
Co-written by Smith, Feist, Simon Aldred (Avicii, Liam Gallagher), and Shahzad Ismaily (Yoko Ono, Damien Rice), "My Guy" premiered alongside its official music video in June and quickly earned praise from major outlets like SPIN (who hailed it as "a buoyant celebration of fully requited love") and CBS News Sunday Morning (who deemed it "a step forward from LGBTQ love songs being marginalized" and "a hit-worthy ballad where one little repeated noun makes a big advancement - revolution has never sounded so gentle").
The former lead singer of genre-defying BRIT-nominated group Gabriels, Lusk recently made a surprise appearance during Smith's set at the London Coliseum - a dazzling performance delivered as part of their To Be Free global residency, a widely celebrated run of deeply intimate shows launched by Smith in fall 2025. As their voices intertwine, the two singers move between moments of delicate restraint and soaring emotion, ultimately adding even greater poignancy to the song's supremely tender ode to everlasting connection.
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