The 22-year-old Capaldi also recently announced his second North American tour of 2019 for this fall and his March 2020 tour of the UK and Ireland sold out in mere seconds, making him the first artist in history to sell out arenas prior to the release of a debut album.ĭivinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent can be bought here. The man was born to breathe life into power ballads.”Ĭapaldi recently made his US late night television debut, performing ‘Someone You Loved’ on The Late Late Show with James Corden back in June. Someone You Loved Text von Lewis Capaldi mit Video: Im going under and this time I fear theres no one to save me / This all or nothing really got a. “He wields those vocal cords like a velvet sledgehammer. His single Someone You Loved stayed at the top of the singles chart for seven weeks, he won two 2020 Brit awards for Song of the Year and Best New Artist and he was even nominated for a Grammy. “His voice is an undeniably powerful instrument, a rich and textured soulful roar that sometimes quivers with fragility,” writes Stereogum in their recent piece titled, Look Out America, Here Comes Lewis Capaldi. Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi has gained huge success since he released his debut album in May 2019. As one of the biggest stars coming out of UK, Capaldi is primed for crossover success in America. ‘Someone You Loved’ is from Capaldi’s debut album, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, which is the fastest selling UK debut of 2019 with 90,000 albums sold in the first week. That is the real achievement here, the dream of a slightly chubby boy from Scotland singing sad songs lives on.” I still think it must be some kind of elaborate joke I’m not in on! Thank you to everyone who bought it, streamed it or shouted it at a stranger in a park, I’m thinking my record label surely can’t drop me in the next 6 months after this. “When I found out about this today, I thought it was a joke. Stateside, the single is now at No.15 on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped Spotify’s Today’s Top Hits.Īfter learning of the song’s continued success, the singer-songwriter had this to say:
The song continues to break records throughout Europe, going Platinum in 14 countries and topping the UK official singles chart for a nearly unprecedented seven weeks.
The official video follows the previous visual ‘Someone You Loved (Video)’ which starred Peter Capaldi (of Doctor Who fame and the singer’s cousin), which heightened the awareness of organ donation.įollowing the release of Capaldi’s breakout singleback in November 2018, ‘Someone You Love’ has now been certified as Platinum by the RIAA. In the visual, Capaldi wanders the streets, following his lost love as his friends and strangers try to stop him from chasing after her.