![]() ![]() ![]() The visual features a woman attending a sexually charged cabaret show at "The Body Shop" after following clues about her husband's cheating at the club. The song's music video, directed by Floria Sigismondi, was released on 30 September 2022. The collaboration tallied 25.3 million streams, 21.5 million radio airplay audience impressions and 19,000 downloads sold. The song reaching the top of the Hot 100 made history as Petras became the first openly transgender woman to reach number 1 on the chart, and Smith became the first openly non-binary person to do so. In its fourth week, it reached number 1, becoming the first song from either artist to reach the top of the charts and Smith's highest charting single, surpassing 2014's " Stay with Me" which peaked at number 2. It ascended to number 2 in its second week on the chart, blocked from the top by Steve Lacy's " Bad Habit". It earned Petras her first career entry on the chart and became Smith's seventh top ten on the chart, as well as the eighth song to debut in the top three of the Hot 100 in 2022. In the US, the song debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart issue dated 8 October 2022. The song also debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart, making it Smith's second number-one single in Australia and Petras's first. "Unholy" entered atop the UK Singles Chart on 30 September 2022, becoming Smith's eighth UK number-one to date (putting them on par with Oasis and the Rolling Stones) and Petras's first, having racked up 5.9 million streams in the UK in its first week. Īt the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, Petras and Smith also won the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award for "Unholy", making Petras the first openly transgender artist to win a major-category Grammy Award. Īlli Patton of American Songwriter praised the "pulsating, dance-heavy beats" driving the track as the "lusty, sing-a-long lyrics" added a level of "intrigue", concluding by calling the song "deliciously debaucherous". Writing for the British edition of GQ, Jeremy Atherton Lin said that the "duet between non-binary and trans vocalists flips the script" and is "infused with femme power". This song is about liberating oneself from the clutches of others' secrets. It has also been an honour to work with Kim and get to witness her brilliance. It was so cathartic and freeing to experiment like this and throw out the rule book. "Unholy" was made in Jamaica and was one of the most glorious creative moments I've ever had as an artist. Smith explained the creative process and the meaning of the song: The song has been described as a "glitchy synthpop cut" featuring a choir and hyperpop sounds, due to its metallic synths that were popularized by Scottish musician Sophie. Petras name-drops Barbadian singer Rihanna in her verse. On 25 August, Smith announced the track's title and a pre-save link. Disclosure also teased the song, playing their remix of it in live sets. The track went viral on the platform, spurring dance trends for over a month before its release. The track was first teased on 18 August 2022, through a clip on TikTok, in which Smith lip-syncs the chorus while Petras dances in a recording studio. The track's melody comes from its use of the double harmonic scale. It was also nominated for the Brit Award for Song of the Year at the Brit Awards 2023, Smith's fourth nomination in the category and Petras' first Brit nomination in any category. The song won the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, marking Smith's first award since 2015 and Petras's first award overall. Outside the United Kingdom, "Unholy" topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States, as well as the Global 200, becoming both Smith's and Petras' first chart topper in the latter two, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Petras' native Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, France, Indonesia and the top 20 in Italy. "Unholy" entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart. " Unholy" is a song by British singer Sam Smith and German singer Kim Petras, released on 22 September 2022, as the second single from Smith's fourth studio album Gloria (2023). ![]()
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