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Sam Smith praises viral Pinoy student’s cover of ’Too Good At Goodbyes’

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<p>Over the past week, a video of a student singing Sam Smith’s “Too Good At Goodbyes” at a karaoke inside a grocery went viral. And now, it has finally gained the attention of the English singer-songwriter himself.</p><p>On Twitter, Sam Smith shared the video and praised the young student, writing: “WHO IS THIS KID!!!!!? YOU ARE OUT OF THIS UNIVERSE WHOEVER YOU ARE.”</p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">WHO IS THIS KID!!!!!? YOU ARE OUT OF THIS UNIVERSE WHOEVER YOU ARE ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/4zHfaXVSw0">pic.twitter.com/4zHfaXVSw0</a></p>— Sam Smith (@samsmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/samsmith/status/1226156712236929025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2020</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>The video, which was posted on Facebook by a girl named Trixie Madison Facebook, has already earned more than eight million views on the said social media platform. </p><div><strong>Watch the video below:</strong></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="476" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftricia.papats%2Fvideos%2F537434726873087%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=267" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="267"></iframe></div><p>Meanwhile, last February 7, TV Patrol Negros confirmed that the ‘student’ in the video is Carl Malone Montecido - a blind singer who gained popularity after joining the first season of ’<em><strong>Tawag Ng Tanghalan.’</strong></em></p><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTVPATROLNEGROS%2Fvideos%2F588496155327506%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="560"></iframe></div><p>Montecido placed fifth in the <em><strong>It’s Showtime</strong></em> reality singing competition back in 2016. </p>

Sam Smith says the Pinoy student, who happens to be former Tawag Ng Tanghalan contestant Carl Malone Montecido, is “out of this universe.”