Lewis Capaldi has announced his new album date! (Picture: Brian J Ritchie/Hotsauce/Shutterstock)
Lewis Capaldi has announced the release date for his highly anticipated second studio album, weeks since releasing his latest single Forget Me, which was his first new music in almost three years.
The 25-year-old dropped his new track in September, without any promotion leading up to it after the death of Queen Elizabeth II aged 96.
Now, fans are begging for more, but it won’t be long to wait.
His new album, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, will arrive on May 19 2023.
Lewis had teased the announcement on Twitter of course, penning: ‘New album and tour anyone?’ earlier today.
He’d also retweeted his album announcement from 2019, penning: ‘Sequel anyone?’
It follows Lewis’ popular 2019 debut album, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, which emerged as the biggest-selling UK album of both 2019 and 2020.
The 26-year-old has also announced a tour of North America, which will take place in the spring of 2023.
Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent became the biggest selling album of 2019 and 2020 (Picture: David Fisher/Shutterstock for NTA)
Speaking about the upcoming release, he said: ‘I don’t want to create a new sound for myself, or reinvent myself.
‘The songs I want to write are emotional songs, about love or loss.’
Forget Me amassed more than two million streams within 24 hours of its premiere and is now approaching 100 million streams globally, in addition to making Lewis only the third artist this year to land a single at the top spot on the UK charts in its first week.
‘It’s about a break-up I went through where after a year, the only real contact I had with my ex was seeing her ‘post-me’ life play out on her Instagram,’ Lewis added of the song.
‘I was at a point where I was feeling pretty miserable and she seemed like she was moving on and having the best time, thriving, and I hated it.
‘It seemed unfair to me that she appeared happy while I was hurting, and I was fearful she might have forgotten about me completely, so I wrote a song about it.’
Lewis Capaldi starred on some very eye-catching billboards to promote his new single (Picture: Lewis Capaldi/ Twitter)
The singer also recently revealed that he has Tourette’s syndrome and has received Botox treatment in his shoulder to help control his tics.
Last month he opened up about the diagnosis during an Instagram Live, explaining he is still learning about the condition which causes a person to make involuntary sounds and movements called tics, according to the NHS website.
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Lewis admitted he was relieved to discover he has the condition as he originally feared he might have a degenerative disease.
‘Some days it’s more painful than others, sometimes it’s quite uncomfortable but I guess that’s it,’ he shared.
Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent arrives on May 19 2023.
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