Sam Smith of the United Kingdom and Kim Petras of Germany worked together on the song “Unholy.” This track is the first taste of Sam Smith and Kim Petras’s upcoming album, released on September 22nd, 2022. The album will be released in 2023 with the title “Gloria.”
There was some buzz in the charts about the new release. The song ‘Unholy’ had an outstanding performance and spent an entire week at the peak of the Spotify global chart, and it also made a stellar first week on the UK’s official chart. Furthermore, due to its performance on the music charts, “Unholy” reached number one in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States, and it reached number two in Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, and Sweden. In general, the song “Unholy” and the album “Gloria” were enthusiastically received by listeners who are fans of both artists.
The History of Unholy Song Lyrics
The performers shared the video’s news on the social media platform TikTok. Sam Smith and Kim Petras wrote “a little swaying we did” in the video’s description. Kim flexes her hips, and Sam moves his lips while he sings the song’s lyrics in this music video. The artists gained a lot of attention for their performance after the short footage went viral, and the band “Disclosure” even performed a mini-remix by playing the clip live.
On August 25th, the song’s title, lyrics and meaning along with a connection to the early release were shared on Twitter. Thousands of ecstatic fans instantly remarked on the artists’ posts, with one joking, “It’s amazing that previously we used to weep to Sam Smith tracks, but now we can swirl around and relax. Wow, talk about a surprising development! The anticipated single and the out worldly performance of the singers had everyone on the edge of their seats, and Sam Smith and Kim Petras noted in a radio interview that they worked so hard to have the song included in this album “Gloria”.
Insight Into the Lyrics and Meaning
The lyrics and meaning of the song Unholy is about adultery and an immoral love affair. The singer has a conversation with a cheating husband about his inability to maintain purity. Even if his wife hasn’t heard the stories, they’ve already begun to circulate. Kim Petras sings the song from the perspective of the woman playing with her sugar daddy, who she interprets to be the girl the man is having an affair with.
The song’s lyrics and meaning portray the wife who has no idea her husband is practicing adultery and is cheating on her. He has good reason to consider himself fortunate to have her. Rather, he behaves disrespectfully and is incapable of concealing his behavior. The song’s gloomy tone emphasizes how the behaviors referred to are immoral and counter to nature.
Utilizing the term “Unholy” suggests a divine viewpoint: the singers Sam Smith and Kim Petras have no control over the event. So, they hope that God will punish it and expect that He does. The lyrics and the performance of Kim Petras reveal the sleazy viewpoint of the woman with whom the man is trying to cheat: she is solely interested in reaping the material rewards of the affair and will do what it takes to protect him from the consequences of his actions of adultery.
Rachel Kiley notes in an article that the lyrics and meaning of Unholy can be interpreted to extract the exposition that the accused has been unfaithful to his wife and that his actions have disqualified him from keeping his current partner. You have no right to my assistance. Thus, I have no interest in having you exercise caution or make any attempts at repair. You are no longer acting as a good man should. I find what you’ve done terrible and beseech that justice will be served.
Lyrics
Mummy don’t know daddy’s getting hot
At the body shop, doing something unholy
He lucky, lucky, yeah (ooh)
He lucky, lucky, yeah (ye-yeah)
He lucky, lucky, yeah
He lucky, lucky, yeah
A lucky, lucky girl
She got married to a boy like you
She’d kick you out if she ever, ever knew
‘Bout all the – you tell me that you do
Dirty, dirty boy
You know everyone is talking on the scene
I hear them whispering ’bout the places that you’ve been
And how you don’t know how to keep your business clean
Mummy don’t know daddy’s getting hot
At the body shop, doing something unholy
He’s sat back while she’s dropping it, she be popping it
Yeah, she put it down slowly
Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh, he left his kids at
Ho-ee-oh-ee-ome, so he can get that
Mummy don’t know daddy’s getting hot
At the body shop, doing something unholy (woo)
Mmm, daddy, daddy, if you want it, drop the add’y (yuh)
Give me love, give me Fendi, my Balenciaga daddy
You gon’ need to bag it up, ’cause I’m spending on Rodeo (woo)
You can watch me back it up, I’ll be gone in the a.m
And he, he get me Prada, get me Miu Miu like Rihanna (ah)
He always call me ’cause I never cause no drama
And when you want it, baby, I know I got you covered
And when you need it, baby, just jump under the covers
Mummy don’t know daddy’s getting hot
At the body shop, doin’ somethin’ unholy
He’s sat back while she’s dropping it, she be popping it
Yeah, she put it down slowly
Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh, he left his kids at
Ho-ee-oh-ee-ome, so he can get that
Mummy don’t know daddy’s getting hot
At the body shop, doin’ something unholy
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Ilya Salmanzadeh / Jimmy Napes / Henry Russell Walter / Samuel Frederick Smith / Kim Petras / Omer Fedi / Blake Slatkin
Unholy lyrics © Universal Music Corp., Universal Tunes, Electric Feel Music, Back Hair Music Publishing, Songs Of Universal Inc., Songs Of Wolf Cousins, Two Hands And A Bit Publishing, Omer Fedi Music, Cirkut Breaker Llc.
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This article was first published February 15, 2023 and last updated June 2, 2023.
Sam Smith uses the pronouns they/them, not he/him.