Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (Extended Deluxe)

“There is no better feeling than that first minute after you’ve written a good song,” Lewis Capaldi tells Apple Music. “I hate sitting in a recording studio, because you’re taking something you love, making it really, really shit and then trying to bring it back to the point where you love it again.” Now, to know the Scottish singer-songwriter—even just from Twitter—is to know we’re dealing with one of pop’s more self-effacing stars. It’s one of a few traits he shares with fellow heartbreak documentarian Adele. His debut album makes good on the promise teased across singles “Bruises” and “Someone You Loved”. It’s a ballsy, timeless break-up album of skyscraping ballads that we’re convinced required very little studio rehab. He’ll try to tell you otherwise below, in his exclusive track-by-track guide. But we’re not having it. “Grace” “There were no sleepless nights worrying about track sequencing or anything like that. Fuck all. I wanted ‘Grace’ to be the first song because it just opens up, piano chord, my vocals straight away. I didn't want there to be too much of an intro. And I’d love to say it was an artistic choice, but it’s 2019: You put the chorus at the start of the song. I just wanted that to be a punch and straight away, here's a fucking album.” “Bruises” “The success of ‘Bruises’ has always shocked me. It was the first song I ever wrote that was actually about personal experience. I found it very strange that it took going into a room with a man called James Earp for me to be asked how I was feeling and to be able to give an honest answer. I had just broken up with my first proper girlfriend of two years, and I was just getting back to being alone again. I was finding being a single man very strange. This song is the reason I am not unemployed and playing PlayStation in my underwear.” “Hold Me While You Wait” “This is a song I love, but it took a very long time to get right. It’s probably my second-favourite song on the album. You guessed it: It’s anot