The album, which was certified 3x Platinum in the UK, spawned five UK Top Ten singles, including “Hold Me While You Wait,” “Bruises,” “Grace,” “Before You Go,” and the Grammy-nominated “Someone You Loved. We reached out after ‘Bruises’ and within a week we were in New York and this song literally fell out.

Forever” is a song that I wrote about two years after breaking up with a girl and it’s about me kind of imagine what I would say to her as I bombed a heart on a night. I was relating my ex-girlfriend to a simpler point in my life, where my only worries were going to the pub and not making an idiot of myself.

How much this appeals will depend on receptivity to Capaldi’s voice as much as your romantic history – he makes stadium blubsmiths like Adele seem like a model of stoic resolve. It’s a ballsy, timeless breakup album of skyscraping ballads that we’re convinced required very little studio rehab.

I never thought I’d get to the point where I’d be able to release a proper album and I ABSOLUTELY never thought that when I did, I would give it a name as stupid I have, but here we are. The two-time BRIT Award winner is currently scheduled to play a highly-anticipated two-night stint at London’s O2 Arena in October 2021. On the other hand, NME’s Jordan Bassett gave the album a 2 out of 5 saying that it lacked personality and Clash Magazine gave it 4 out of 10, saying that all the tracks dealt with the same subject matter. It peaked at number one in the UK and Ireland, becoming the fastest-selling album of the year and also outselling all of the top 10 combined in both countries. We understand that not everyone can donate right now, but if you can afford to contribute, we promise it will be put to good use.So my song is me saying the most romantic thing I could think of in the most unromantic way possible. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Despite initially resisting the efforts of his family and friends to get treatment for his debilitating twitch, writing and recording for the second album was eventually put on hold for the sake of his mental health. And if Someone You Loved was effective at the disbelieving despair phase, Lost on You makes an elegant follow-up, Capaldi singing as if through the clarity after a jag of crying: “I hope you’re safe in the arms of another / because I couldn’t take the weight of your love. There is no subtlety, originality or range: the piano playing reverts to a Someone Like You plod too often, and there could have been some more piquant Scottish lyrical details such as “tonic wine” and his “lively dafty” ex.