Sam Smith feels pleased he hasn’t ”gone mental.”

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The 22-year-old artist discharged his presentation collection ‘In The Lonely Hour’ recently – which was at that point turn into the greatest offering introduction collection in the US in 2014 – yet is more awed he has figured out how to stay grounded than by the record’s prosperity.

He clarified: ”The thing I’m most proud of at the moment – and people might get angry with me for saying this – is the fact that I actually haven’t gone mental. I’ve been able to keep myself completely the same person I was two years ago. If not, I’m actually a little more aware than I was before.”

The ‘Stay With Me’ hitmaker – who has been designated for six Grammy nods including Album of the Year and Best New Artist – said he has been excessively occupied with his frenzied calendar to stop and contemplate what he has accomplished.

He proceeded: ”If I sit back and start thinking about those figures, it’s not going to help in my mission to stay grounded and attempt to stay a little bit normal – even though I’m completely not normal anymore!”

The chart topper went ahead to say he doesn’t think he’ll ever feel certain composition such legit music, in light of the fact that a hefty portion of his kindred musical performers don’t compose melodies about themselves.

In a new celebrity interview with Digital Spy about his trustworthiness on the collection, he said: ”I’ll never be comfortable with it. It’s going to be an ongoing battle. Even at the American Music Awards the other week, I was mixing with celebrities and people who… there’s a made-up reality, if you know what I mean, in the pop world.

”By the way, it’s something that I love. I love watching crazy performances that don’t require a lot of singing and there’s more glitter and stuff like that. But it’s sometimes a little bit daunting being the only person who’s just standing there and singing and not twerking. I find being honest, in the way that I am, challenging every day.”’