A little girl from Yorkshire captured the heart of chart topper Lewis Capaldi after a video of her singing at his concert in Leeds went viral.
Miley Hawkins, 3, from Wakefield, went to see Lewis on the first night of his Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent tour in Leeds on Saturday with her mum Nikki Smallwood, 34, and her dad, Chris Hawkins, 33.
The family enjoyed their night out to see Lewis - but no more so than Miley who was captured singing along. Mum Nikki said she was "mesmerised" by her daughter who sang along. She said Miley first became a fan of the singer when the song was played on the way to the seaside.
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Nikki said: "Me and her dad have seen him when he supported Ed Sheeran at Roundhay Park. We've always liked him and played him in the car and she's loved him ever since. We've played him in the car with other songs and she heard 'Grace' when we were going to the seaside one day and clung to it and loved it.
"She loves his songs. She knows six or seven all of the way through. It's surprised me she knows all of the words. She jokes and says she wants to marry him and we thought 'you know what let's take her.' We have always gone to concerts so thought we would take her."
Nikiki said the family got to Leeds First Direct Arena at around 6pm and Miley was "nagging, saying 'Is he coming out?' and then when he came out she was mesmerised and was singing along all night. I was mesmerised by her singing along and knowing the words."
Miley's singing was captured on camera and when the family got home Nikki uploaded the footage to Twitter, tagging Lewis. She wrote: "What a night! Miley had the best time seeing @LewisCapaldi absolutely adored him."
The tweet was then retweeted by Lewis who wrote "This is the most wholesome thing I've ever seen. Great first night of tour THANKS LEEDS AND THANK U MILEY x." The tweet so far has over 7,000 likes and over 160 retweets. One person said: "Might be downhill from here with that much cuteness on the first night." Another wrote: "This is so adorable."
Nikki said she "didn't expect" anything to come of posting the video on Twitter. She said: "I thought I'd share it and I'd get a couple of people saying they saw her - I never expected he would tweet it or mention it. I'd gone to bed and checked my phone and ran to my partner. I couldn't believe it - not only has he seen but he has gone out of his way to tweet about it."
Miley "couldn't believe" that Lewis had tweeted about her, Nikki said, and before the family went to the concert she had been asking if he would do her a shout out. Nikki said: "I said no." The family are now looking for tickets to see the tour again. Nikki said: "His songs ae fantastic and his banter in-between is brilliant. He's normal, it's like going to see your mate."
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