Lewis Capaldi performs on the Pyramid Stage on Day 4 of Glastonbury Pageant.

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Lewis Capaldi performs on the Pyramid Stage on Day 4 of Glastonbury Pageant.

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Who’s he? Lewis Capaldi is a 26-year-old singer-songwriter from Scotland.

• Capaldi first rose to fame with the success of his hit single, “Somebody you really liked” topping the UK charts and propelling him to stardom in 2019.
• Since then, Capaldi has had 5 number one hits within the UK, toured throughout the globe and launched a Netflix documentary that outlines his struggles with psychological well being whereas navigating his sudden and overwhelming fame.
• In September of 2022, Capaldi shared in an Instagram livestream that he had formally been identified with Tourette’s syndrome, a neurological dysfunction characterised by involuntary vocal or motor tics.
• Tourette’s can also be extensively misunderstood and much extra frequent than one would possibly assume. Tics can turn out to be extra outstanding as a consequence of elements like stress and nervousness.
• Extra just lately, Capaldi has canceled a number of weeks of exhibits to relaxation and get better over issues relating to his well being.

Need to watch Capaldi carry out? Take a look at his Tiny Desk efficiency at NPR’s headquarters in Washington D.C.

What is the large deal? Capaldi was slated as a headliner for this 12 months’s Glastonbury Music Pageant, one of many largest occasions in reside music. His earlier present cancellations had been, partially, as a result of he wished to organize for this efficiency.

• However his return to the stage, like most issues in life, did not go in response to plan. After getting a number of songs into his set, Capaldi’s voice started to present out, a lot to his frustration, in response to BBC music correspondent Mark Savage.
• At the same time as he struggled to proceed, the group of 1000’s inspired him to maintain going, singing his lyrics and chanting his title.
• In direction of the tip of his set, when he carried out “Somebody you really liked,” his tics turned extra frequent. The viewers burst out to assist him end the music, in a second that made everybody who labored on this text a bit misty-eyed.

What are folks saying? This is what Capaldi needed to say to the group on the finish of his set:

I really feel like I will be taking one other wee break over the following couple of weeks. So that you in all probability will not see a lot of me for the remainder of the 12 months, perhaps even.

However after I do come again and after I do see you, I hope you are still up for watching us.

I genuinely dreamt of doing this. If I by no means get to do it once more, this has been sufficient.

What he needed to say when he went public together with his Tourette’s prognosis:

I wished to talk about it as a result of I did not need folks to assume I used to be taking cocaine or one thing.”

My shoulder twitches when I’m excited, completely happy, nervous or confused. It’s one thing I’m residing with. It isn’t as dangerous because it appears.

And his difficulties balancing life as a well-known musician together with his psychological well being:

So, what now?

• Capaldi is hopefully taking the a lot wanted relaxation he talked about on the finish of his efficiency.
• Different performers, like Billie Eilish and Seth Rogen, have publicly shared their very own experiences with Tourette’s and the stigma surrounding the neurological dysfunction.

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