Sam Smith surprises fans at Spotify listening party trends now Sam Smith appeared in good spirits when they surprised fans at a listening party for their new album Gloria at The Windmill on Tuesday night. The non-binary singer, 30, who goes by the pronouns they/them, wore a cardigan and jeans for the fun night out as they celebrated their latest musical offering. Sam was sporting platinum blond hair for the night out as they gave a talk and hugged delighted fans who had no idea they were going to be in attendance. Stay With Me: Sam Smith surprised fans at a Spotify listening party for their album Gloria at London's Windmill on Tuesaday after saying 'it's a shame' no women were nominated for BRITs Best Artist gong following gender-neutral overhaul Snazzy: Sam wore a cardigan and jeans as they cosied up for pictures with fans at the event The superstar wore nothing under their red and white patterned cardigan and jeans and completed their look with Timberland boots. The outing comes after Sam said it's a 'shame' that there are no women nominated for the Best Artist at the BRIT Awards. The Unholy hitmaker was one of the first musicians to call for the ceremony to be 'reflective' resulting in organisers making the event the first major UK awards to abolish gendered categories. But Sam still thinks there is a 'long way to go' after the shortlist for this year's prestigious prize only featured male nominees. Looking well: The superstar wore nothing under their red and white patterned cardigan and jeans and completed their look with Timberland boots Making changes: The Unholy hitmaker was one of the first musicians to call for the BRITs to be 'reflective' resulting in organisers making the event the first major UK awards to abolish gendered categories More to say: Sam still thinks there is a 'long way to go' after the shortlist for this year's prestigious prize only featured male nominees Couldn't agree more: Sam said there are a lot of female artists who should have made the shortlist, instead of just Harry Styles, Stormzy, George Ezra, Central Cee and Fred Again being left to contend for the prize Sam said there are a lot of female artists who should have made the shortlist, instead of just Harry Styles, Stormzy, George Ezra, Central Cee and Fred Again being left to contend for the prize. Asked which women should have been shortlisted, they said: 'Cat Burns. Anne Marie. Florence Welch. There's so much incredible female talent in the UK — they should be on that list.' They said: 'Things are moving forward, but it's obvious it's not there yet. From seeing that [best artist] list, there is still a long way to go'. 'It's incredibly frustrating. 'It feels like it should be easy to do'. Missing out: The Unholy hitmaker was one of the first musicians to call for the ceremony to be 'reflective' resulting in organisers making the event the first major UK awards to abolish gendered categories (Dua Lipa pictured) In 2021, the BRIT Awards announced it would be abolishing its male and female categories, in bid to celebrate artists 'solely for their music'. They continued: '[The BRITs] just have to celebrate everyone because this is not just about artists getting awards'. 'Awards are for kids watching on TV, thinking, 'I can make music like this.' When I was young, if I'd seen more queer people at these awards it would have lit my heart. Awards are there to inspire.' Unimpressed: Sam said there are a lot of female artists who should have made the shortlist, instead of just Harry Styles, Stormzy, George Ezra, Central Cee and Fred Again being left to contend for the prize Meanwhile, while Sam believes their new album 'Gloria' is their most authentic record to date, they insisted they were never 'inauthentic', just not as at ease with themself. Sam said: 'I've always been authentic. I just think asking a 24 year old to be their 100 per cent self in front of 20,000 people was never going to happen'. 'I showed 70 per cent of who I was then and a lot of that has to do with me being gay.' Women: Asked which women should have been shortlisted, they said: 'Cat Burns (left) . Anne Marie. Florence Welch (right). There's so much incredible female talent in the UK — they should be on that list' 'As I got older, though, I realised there's no shame. I wasn't being inauthentic — you just keep some things to yourself until you're ready.' It comes after Geroge Ezra was called out on Twitter last week for being nominated for the BRITs' Artist Of The Year award while female stars were snubbed. The singer, 29, appeared on Lorraine and said the BRITs panel have done a 'great job of recognising talent' - despite only men being nominated for the top gong. Facing the music: It comes after Geroge Ezra was called out on Twitter last week for being nominated for the BRITs' Artist Of The Year award while female stars were snubbed Viewers took to Twitter in fury to question organisers' decision not to put forward a single female act and, awkwardly for George, many said they thought the likes of Dua Lipa, Raye and Florence & The Machine were more worthy than him. One wrote: 'Are the BRITs truly saying they don't think there are any female artists in this country better than George Ezra?' Another added: 'You cannot tell me that George Ezra is better than Raye or Dua or any other female artist'. A third viewer chimed: 'BRIT stands for Boys Receive Industry Trophies,' while another wrote: 'It's an absolute disgrace that no women are nominated for artist of the year at The Brits. It's even more of a disgrace that George Ezra is.' 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