𝕳𝖔𝖑𝖉 𝕸𝖊 𝖂𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖊 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖂𝖆𝖎𝖙

Lewis Capaldi is a Scottish signer songwriter who began his career only 2 and a half years ago and since then has achieved wild success. “Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent” is the singers debut album. In 2017, Capaldi released his first song, “Bruises.” The song became a hit and quickly reached 28 million plays on Spotify, making Capaldi the fastest ever unsigned artist to reach 25 million plays on Spotify. His debut album includes the number 1 US and UK single, “Someone You Loved.” After the albums release in May 2019, it became the fastest selling album of the year and reached number 1 in UK and Ireland.

“Hold Me While You Wait” is the album’s 3^rd song and has been described by Capaldi as being “about the uncertainty of being in a relationship when your partner isn’t sure what they want.”  It was the second single released from the album and went to number 1 in Scotland and Ireland and eventually was certified platinum in the UK. Capaldi has confirmed the song was written about ex-girlfriend, Paige Turley, who has just recently won the reality tv show, Love Island. The songs tune is sad and heart-breaking in itself but when you actually listen to the lyrics the heartbreak and rejection that Capaldi felt becomes so clear you can’t help but feel heartbroken both for and with him.

My second and third top tracks from the album are, “Don’t Get Me Wrong” and “Hollywood.” “Don’t Get Me Wrong” is a song I really liked because of how different it is to your usual heartbroken breakup song because it’s about the pain you feel when you reject someone that you care about, but the relationship just isn’t working out. This approach in writing a breakup song was really different because you rarely hear this side of a breakup in these types of song and I think it adds a whole new level to the song. “Hollywood” is different for Capaldi because it might be is only song that has an upbeat rhythm to it and although it is still about a relationship not working, it has a beat to it that’s cheerful that it kind of makes you forget that this is about the crumbling of a relationship.