The race of Lewis Capaldi started a few years ago like a real rocket to become overnight one of the most recognized British soloists thanks to the gigantic success of songs like Someone you loved before you left. The bar for his debut album was so high that the early musical endeavors of his second album failed to reach the impact of his earlier compositions. Until now.
Because the Scot managed to bring to life another of those piano ballads capable of making half the planet cry simultaneously. Your title is I wish you the best and after its opening weekend, it racks up over 2 million views thanks to its lyrics, melody, and most importantly, its music video.
A story of loss, feelings and words to be said and a sad ending. And despite the melancholy, that sense of personal defeat, the song incredibly connected with audiences to the point that Lewis Capaldi himself compared it to Someone You Loved. Some 650 million reproductions separate them…
“I wanted to take a moment to give you the proper thank you for all the streams of I Wish You the Best since it was released on Friday. I haven’t seen a response like this since Someone You Loved was released. It means everything to me”, posted the man from Glasgow on his official Instagram account where he gave more details about this hit.
“I have always been fascinated by the unsaid both in a relationship and in a friendship. I wish you the best was born from the idea of a person to whom you feel close at certain times in your life and inevitably time passes and you hear and see all the wonderful things happening in his life without you being there and brought to you by friends, family or more often these days via social media. need to see how it fare for that person in life versus that part of you that kinda dies inside learning that the other person has changed parts of their life where you no longer belong. It’s a song about everything you don’t tell these people“Sometimes there are things we’d like to say but choose not to say out of fear, rejection, or respect for that person who will never be with us in our lives again, for whatever reason.” , explains the British interpreter.
Now is the time to enjoy it live once the musician has recovered from the worst symptoms of the disease which forced him to postpone several dates of his tour. “Thank you all for listening to it so often, none of it falls on deaf ears for me and it’s a real honor to go on tour knowing you’ll all be singing this song now that ‘she’s out there in the world,’ says Lewis Capaldi. .
I wish you the best is the third single from her second album, Broken by the desire to be celestial sentof which we have already heard other songs like Useless, how I feel now o Forget me and then they’ll see the light May 19.