Lewis Capaldi started performing in pubs in Glasgow at the age of 12. In 2017 and 2018 he was allowed to tour with , and , which slowly but surely started to grow his popularity. Capaldi's formula is a well-known recipe. He has listened carefully to colleagues such as , , and . Sensitive singer-songwriter material with a slant to grandeur. With its bombastic choruses, it will probably take
… Capaldi little effort to wrap the festival meadows and concert halls around its finger. On record he sounds powerful, but also often clichéd. His hit Someone You Loved is a ballad of which there are already so many, complete with over-shouted vocals. That tired formula of uplifting, compelling melodies and pounding rhythms interspersed with soggy shouting songs is now 'divinely uninspired', but seems to work every time. (JvQ)more
