Grammy viewers slammed Sam Smith over his ‘satanic’ performance of award-winning single, Unholy, on Sunday night.
He took to the stage shortly after making history with their win in the Best Pop Duo/Group performance, however the performance drew mixed reactions from onlookers, DailyMail reported.
After Smith – who is non-binary and uses gender neutral pronouns – was seen wearing satanic headgear in the horror movie-inspired performance, viewers flocked to social media to share their frustrations about the ‘demonic’ themes.
One tweeted: ‘I know we on the right probably use the word satanic too often but this performance from Sam Smith is literally a tribute to Satan.’
Another added: ‘You don’t have to be super religious to be disturbed by that Sam Smith devil-worshiping performance.’
One viewer stated: ‘That Sam Smith performance was weird I had to look away like why artists so obsessed with the devil????
‘How you go from those tributes to Sam Smith dressed as a devil?’, one viewer asked while another tweeted: ‘That devil worshipping performance was trash. And it’s been done so many times. I’m disappointed af.’
One frustrated music fan added: ‘I’m really so sick of the satanic and demonic references…even with the hypocrisy — I still wanna know WHY Nicki, Sam Smith, Lil Nas X, and so many others reference the devil.’
Another agreed as they stated: ‘So many devil horns tonight, first Sam SMITH, now Steve Lacy. Like why the satanic s**t?’
