Anitta x Sam Smith

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The new music she’s working on, she says, is more oriented toward funk carioca, with the sound she had at the beginning of her career. She’s working on a new song—a lusty duet—with Sam Smith. “Anitta’s energy is amazing,” says Smith. “We connected immediately, and it just made the collaboration feel so special that there was genuine friendship there.” 

Smith also praises her “clear vision,” a succinct way of describing a musician who is an exacting businesswoman navigating an industry that isn’t always so kind to Latinas.

- Harper's Bazaar