Sam Smith And Normani's Tinder Profiles Are A Mess In 'Dancing With A Stranger' Vid

By Trey Alston


If Sam Smith and Normani’s new video for “Dancing with a Stranger” is any symptom, the future of Tinder is just around the corner.


In the beautifully pristine visual for the recently released single, the funky tune is paired with virtual reality left-and-right swiping to find dates. Smith sits on his couch, looking rather glum, while looking for an appropriate date for the evening. As he looks, afterimages of his inquiries zoom around him as soon as he stares forward. His lyrics mirror his downtrodden demeanor: “I’m still thinking about the things you do / So I don’t hope to be house tonight.”


Normani also is searching for a date, yet her search comes with an impromptu dance number. She moves casually around a barren room, while virtual representations of her possible partners move all around her. It’s an eerie image, almost like ghostly specters looking for a human host.


Right after both verses play, their suitors dance freely in an enclosed space with the two artists around. “I wasn’t even going out tonight / Nevertheless boy, I need to get you off my mind tonight,” she sings sorrowfully.


Hopefully this is the opening of several collaborations between the two. You could watch the complete video by way of the Apple Music.