# @popbase on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbB9ushBUzJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68023310-popbase-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-20T13:04:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Pop Base (@PopBase) — https://gondola.cc/PopBase

## Caption

7 years ago today, Sam Smith released, 'How Do You Sleep.'

Sam Smith dropped 'How Do You Sleep?' via Capitol Records, co-writing the dance-pop heartbreak track with Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, and producer ILYA during sessions for their third album, Love Go; the song, addressing a deceptive lover, marked Smith's first pairing with all three hitmakers and arrived alongside a Grant Singer-directed, Parris Goebel-choreographed video where Smith danced publicly for the first time, tying into their openness about embracing their non-binary identity — the single became a global hit, reaching the top ten in the UK and several other countries and further building the commercial momentum following Smith's 'Dancing with a Stranger' success earlier that year.

#samsmith #popculture

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## Tags

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