Unapologetic Sam

Let’s get straight to the point first, pun intended. Even casual fans of music can’t help but notice the drastic change in the public image of Sam Smith. The multiple-crown award-winning British singer-songwriter has gone from a clean-cut melancholy crooner to an unholy provocateur with body-positive attitude, gender-bending attire, non-binary identity and unapologetic messages.

[*All photos courtesy of Madison Phipps]

Although Smith is far from being the first artist to court and cause controversy by reinventing their own image — Smith’s idol Madonna is the queen of self-reinventing — their current persona caused an uproar. Piers Morgan called an on-stage performance of Smith vulgar and coincidentally Smith released a single in June called Vulgar which they collaborate with the Queen of Pop. For their second concert in Thailand, Smith didn’t tone it down and…