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Sam Smith cites Halsey, Robyn as their biggest LGBTQ+ influences

Sam Smith has named Halsey, Robyn and Ben Platt as their biggest LGBTQ+ influences.

The star is hosting a takeover of Spotify’s popular playlist Out Now: Unlike Any Other, which celebrates tracks loved by LGBTQ+ fans globally and will give them the chance to listen to some of the top tracks by queer artists that have inspired Sam’s latest hit album, Love Goes.

Speaking about their biggest inspirations, Sam, who came out as gender non-binary last year, revealed Halsey to be among their biggest muses, admitting the song 929 "really just made me want to push myself as well and be as honest and authentic as I could be."

"I was blown away by her honesty and just how confessional and beautiful the song was," Sam explained, before also heaping praise on Robyn's hit Be Mine.

"She’s my favourite artist in the world, honestly," gushed the hitmaker.

"I will forever be trying to write songs as good as Robyn’s songs. There is an upliftingness to Be Mine, which is part of the whole dance and cry genre.’’

And of Ben Platt's Ease My Mind, Sam added: "I got to see Ben Platt sing this song in a tiny little bar, and hearing his voice live and in person like that was unbelievable and I love how authentic he has remained through his album."

You can tune in to Sam's Out Now: Unlike Any Other playlist on Spotify now.

Source: msn.com
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