Sam Smith opted for a much more lowkey look on a New York outing, after their extravagant BRITs outfit made headlines around the world.
Sam's black, latex and balloon-style outfit on Saturday evening sparked many viral memes, including from popstar Lewis Capaldi, but the singer went for a more chilled outfit while out with friends.
It has been a busy few weeks for Sam, having performed at the Grammy's, with their gig hit with bizarre devil worship complaints, followed by a raunchy performance at the BRITS, which was almost cancelled over technical difficulties.
The popstar had some deserved downtime in the Big Apple as they went out for lunch with friends on Valentine's Day.
Wearing a long black coat, dark trousers and a jumper, Sam strolled along West Village with a cup of coffee in their hand and wearing sunglasses.
They accessorised the look with earrings and black nail polish.
It comes after the Stay With Me singer was left furious after their BRITs performance was almost axed.
Sam is said to have rowed with producers backstage after the set for their performance malfunctioned.
Viewers at home were left confused as they expected to see the singer perform Unholy on stage – but a video montage of Adele appeared on screens as event staff scrambled to fix the stage.
A BRITs insider spilled to the Mirror about what happened inside the 02 Arena, which sparked frustration from Sam and led to a swift exit from the performer.
The source said: "The staging for Sam Smith's performance was rolled out and the complicated rigging of cars and screens set up.
"Everyone was getting excited for Sam's performance with Kim Petras but then there was a murmur of confusion in the crowd when the whole rigging was hauled backstage.
"Fans in the arena were worried the performance had been pulled altogether."
The insider revealed that Adele's performance from last year was only shown to those at home and wasn't aired on the screens inside the arena in London adding to the chaos in the arena.
BRITs bosses were then forced into a very dramatic turnaround ushering rapper Stormzy on stage in place of Sam.
"The stage had to be quickly set up for Stormzy instead and after he performed, the cars were brought back onto stage and prepared for Sam and Kim's performance of Unholy.
"After the delay the performance seemed very short and Sam didn't stick around afterwards, it looked like they couldn't wait to get off the stage."
A source told The Sun: "Sam’s performance might have appeared seamless but behind-the-scenes it was a nightmare.
"The whole set was built and ready to go but then a malfunction meant it had to be pulled off.
"Stormzy was moved forward and Sam was told there was a possibility their performance might be pulled altogether.
"Sam was understandably furious and it was pretty tense backstage."
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