Sam Smith Releases Bluesy Lament ‘When He’s Gone’ Ahead of New Album, ‘Hazel Eyes’

Skip to main content Sam Stuns Smith’s fifth studio album arrives on Aug. 21 August 5, 2026 COLLIER SCHORR* Sam Smith has released “When He’s Gone,” the third single from their upcoming fifth album, Hazel Eyes. Listen to the bluesy lament below. The track opens with finger-picked guitar as Smith croons over a long-lost lover. As the song progresses, the guitar swells and invites the rest of a band to join in, including booming drums and a chorus of voices to bolster Smith’s signature tenor. “When he’s walking out on me, he takes everything I need,” the artist sings. “My whole world’s broken when he’s gone.” “This album explores every shade of a relationship and ‘When He’s Gone’ is more of a melancholy shade,” Smith said in a statement. “We captured it live without a click track, and built