{"id":48116,"date":"2025-10-02T08:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/watch-sam-smith-perform-aint-no-sunshine-to-be-free-on-colbert\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T08:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:04:45","slug":"watch-sam-smith-perform-aint-no-sunshine-to-be-free-on-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/watch-sam-smith-perform-aint-no-sunshine-to-be-free-on-colbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Sam Smith Perform &#8216;Ain&#8217;t No Sunshine,&#8217; &#8216;To Be Free&#8217; on &#8216;Colbert&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The musician will kick off their To Be Free residency at New York City&#8217;s Warsaw this month <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/sam-smith\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sam-smith\" data-tag=\"sam-smith\">Sam Smith<\/a> appeared on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-late-show\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-late-show\" data-tag=\"the-late-show\">The Late Show<\/a><\/em> to showcase two songs, a cover Bill Withers 1971 classic, \u201cAin\u2019t No Sunshine\u201d and their own single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sam-smith-new-single-to-be-free-brooklyn-residency-1235393233\/\">\u201cTo Be Free.\u201d<\/a> Smith performed his rendition of \u201cAin\u2019t No Sunshine\u201d with the help of two guitarists, giving the iconic song a stripped down approach. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Ain&#039;t No Sunshine&quot; - Sam Smith (LIVE on The Late Show)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KrSHVS3Gpus?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFor the emotional \u201cTo Be Free,\u201d which Smith dropped over the summer, Smith was joined by a sole musician on stage and illuminated from behind. A chorus of backup singers then brought in their voices to accompany them. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;To Be Free&quot; - Sam Smith (LIVE on The Late Show)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d9DgIXRyxhE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSmith released \u201cTo Be Free\u201d in July after temporarily shelving the song, written during the making of their fourth studio album,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/review-sam-smiths-gloria-1234666544\/\">Gloria<\/a><\/em>. Smith didn\u2019t believe it was a fit for the record, but wanted to share it with fans later. It features TwoCity Chorus, a 22-piece choir helmed by Ant Clemons and Brandon Pain. <\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIt was created during a time in my life where I became free within myself,\u201d Smith said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019ve never had a recording experience like I did making this song. It\u2019s one vocal and guitar take from start to finish\u2014one live performance of me and my friend Simon Aldred in a pure state of music and expression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe music video for \u201cTo Be Free\u201d was filmed at Warsaw, one of Brooklyn\u2019s oldest venues. In October, Smith will spend 12 nights performing in the same space for the To Be Free: New York City residency. The run of live shows kicks off on Oct. 8 and extends through Oct. 31. Smith will then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sam-smith-announces-san-francisco-residency-castro-theatre-1235438427\/\">take the residency<\/a> to the Castro Theatre in San Francisco for a run of eight shows next February.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sam-smith-aint-no-sunshine-to-be-free-performance-colbert-1235439551\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The musician will kick off their To Be Free residency at New York City&#8217;s Warsaw this month Sam Smith appeared on The Late Show&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":48117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}