Wish You The Best - Lewis Capaldi
Lewis Capaldi’s long path to his signature heart-break anthem ‘Wish You The Best’.
It all starts with a simple piano gifted during Christmas, playing Oasis covers with your brothers. Eventually, maybe you write your first song and play it to your parents, then on the school stage, then move on to performing at local pubs. Singing over the chat happening at the bar, with the scattered applause at the end. But it just takes one song to turn a simple life of writing music in your bedroom into press commitments, touring, traveling, management, labels, studio sessions, networking, and collaborating.
Some people are born to sing, and some are meant to be stars. Lewis Capaldi’s music career took off with "Someone You Loved," a song that has over two billion streams. His secret weapon is his songwriting, which has the ability to make even the happiest person in the world empathise with pain. He found this song at 21 years old, but it became a blessing and a curse because where do you go from having the biggest song in the world.
Capaldi cares about his songwriting, that's why we ended up with one of the most laid-back, comedic personalities producing some of the most cut-throat ballads to exist. When the fear kicks in that he's peaked, and whatever he comes out with next will expose him for the fraud he is, it becomes a vicious circle. His anxiety blocks his creativity and starts showing in physical pain, something that he soon learns is caused by Tourette's Syndrome. He goes on a journey better explained in his latest Netflix documentary (which is extremely good by the way), and learns to slow down, helping his management relieve pressure on him, and produce another signature Capaldi song.
The One of One today is "Wish You The Best" by Lewis Capaldi, exploring the longing of all those little things that you miss after a break-up. All those unsaid thoughts, all the covered-up emotions, hidden by the words "I'm happy for you."
Capaldi's latest single is his fourth off his upcoming second album titled "Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent." It is clear that he is still at his best, and this song will be one of those that will stay with us for many years to come.