In another interview with Digital Spy , when asked to describe the album , he said : " My debut album is just a diary from a lonely 21-year-old . That 's what it is . It was my way of talking about the only real issue in my life . I do n't have that many sad things going on in my life and it was the only thing that was really affecting me last year : I fell in love with someone who did n't love me back , and it made me get into this head space of , ' Will I find a man to love ? When will I find love ? ' This album is my ' fuck off ' to everyone and basically say , ' No , I have been in love with a man and , if anything , it was much more painful than your version ' , because I 'm not getting what I want with a man and it 's so close I can almost taste him . So , it 's my way of defining what is love , and how unrequited love is just as painful , just as powerful , as what we call ' normal ' love . " " Lay Me Down " was released as the lead single from the album on 15 February 2013 . In January 2014 , the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 134 after Smith won the BBC Sound of 2014 . It then peaked at number 46 after being mentioned by James Corden at the 2014 Brit Awards
2014 Brit Awards
2014 Brit Awards
In the Lonely Hour