Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi’s hit “Someone You Loved” has surpassed 4 billion streams on Spotify.
Launched in 2018, “Someone You Loved” first appeared on Capaldi’s 2018 EP Breach, and in a while his 2019 debut album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent. It peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles chart and remained there for seven consecutive weeks—it additionally marked Capaldi’s first entry on the US Billboard Sizzling 100, debuting at No. 85 and later ascending to the highest of the charts. In March, the observe additionally turned Capaldi’s first to surpass one billion views on YouTube.
Capaldi wrote the track with Samuel Romans (AKA RØMANS) and producers Thomas Barnes, Peter Kelleher and Benjamin Kohn. In keeping with Capaldi, the track—which Capaldi wrote as a tribute to his late grandmother— took a complete of six months to put in writing. “A lot of people say that ‘the best songs fall into your lap’ and that they’re the easiest ones to write and take the shortest amount of time: I wholeheartedly disagree with that,” he informed NME in 2019. “I think my best songs come from me sitting at a piano, bashing my head against a brick wall for hours and hours on end to get one good melody.”
Earlier this yr, after releasing a deluxe version of his most up-to-date report, Damaged By Want To Be Heavenly Despatched, Capaldi quickly stepped away from stay efficiency attributable to issues from his Tourette’s syndrome. He made his return to the stage at this yr’s Glastonbury Pageant, presenting a shock set that included the stay debut of a brand new single, “Survive,” which he additionally co-wrote with RØMANS.
Forward of Glastonbury, Capaldi additionally performed a run of exhibits in Scotland along side Psychological Health Consciousness Week, and in partnership with the well being charity CALM. Final month, he additionally collaborated with the net remedy firm BetterHelp to supply 734,000 hours of free digital remedy to people in want.
“Therapy is the reason why I am able to be a musician again,” he shared in a video launching the initiative. “I don’t think I’ll ever stop going to therapy… and giving access to online therapy to my fans who have supported me throughout my journey is so important to me. This is my way of giving back.”
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