Lewis Capaldi has given fans an insight into his life over the last few years in a raw and powerful new documentary.
The Scots singer, who lives in Glasgow, announced earlier this month he is set to release a Netflix documentary called How I'm Feeling Now.
And while many people may think the show will have the viewer laughing every two seconds thanks to Lewis' Scottish banter, the documentary quickly gets deep and personal with the main man himself calling it an "intimate, sad and vulnerable" thing to make.
Four years in the making, the Glasgow-born singer admitted he "hated every minute" calling the experience "f**** awful". He explained: "Being famous, for me, this whole experience - not just the film but everything - it's just really embarrassing.
"I feel like I've just been embarrassed a lot. When you walk around with a massive camera crew you feel like a massive, excuse me, c***."
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Talking to the audience at his Glasgow screening, telling people he had therapy that day and encouraging them to go if they can, he added: "I know it sounds mental because you're all here to see a film about my life, but I just hate the idea of drawing attention to myself."
With a mic attached to him the entire time, the documentary follows the songwriter's rise to fame and how he copes with the challenges of creating new music, hoping not to let anyone down with a goal of making his fans, family and himself "proud", as he puts it.
The Netflix documentary, which is sure to be a sensation, gets personal with Lewis talking about his anxiety, admitting that he finds it hard to create something that he thinks will do just as well as his previous hits.
But during the film, he comes up with many thought-provoking song lyrics that get very deep and often, very personal with Before You Go being spoken about, talking about the aftermath of someone close taking their own life - a topic that Lewis and his family have been affected by personally which gets very emotional.
This is just one of many examples where Lewis helps the audience connect and express their emotions - which they may not share with those around them - proving music is more than just creating the next 'big hit'.
Capturing the very day he became "famous" thanks to Someone You Love and showing home videos from the age of nine years old. The documentary follows Lewis as he visits his roots back in Glasgow reminiscing on the times his dad spent time taking him to perform at bars where nobody really took an interest.
That however, has changed, with 6.1 million Instagram followers alone watching his every move.
As with any job, there is pressure to get things right - and more so when you are in the eye of the public. Putting more pressure on himself and doubting his abilities, the 26-year-old, despite being young, jokes about having a "good run" whilst it lasted during the making of his second album, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, set to be released on May 19.
As well as talking abut anxiety, depression and the pressure he feels, he also opens up about his ticks. Lewis, at one point, is unaware that Tourettes is the cause with him complaining of back ache and anxiety making it worse with his parents, Mark and Carole, pointing out that he needs to find the cause of it.
Not knowing "how much of my life was consumed by the things in the film", the singer finds it "weird" watching it back calling the whole experience, despite being a nerve-wracking one, a "wake up call".
Once he does find out, it's said to be a "pressure valve that has been released" with the star joking that he is almost "bragging" about his diagnosis to as many people as he can with all the pieces of the puzzle finally coming together and giving him the answers he needed.
The chart-topping artist admits the finished product, four years on, is a lot different to what he expected when he first signed up.
Approached about making the show back in 2019 - before Covid - Lewis explained at the screening: "I hadn’t really been twitching, or I hadn’t noticed a twitch that was affecting my life. My anxiety was under control. Someone You Loved had been big. The album had done really well. I was like ‘this documentary is gonna be the f****** coolest’.
"I had all these shows, these big massive shows booked for 2020. I was like ‘I'm gonna look like the business in this’. Then Covid and all the rest of it happened. It became an intimate thing.”
The feature length documentary is a raw and honest account which will open up the doors for discussion regarding mental health, as well as Tourettes.
Putting information at the end of the documentary for anyone struggling detailing resources people can visit, the upcoming Netflix show is more personal than many would imagine and a different Lewis from the one we see on his Instagram joking around.
It is a documentary that you will not want to miss.
Lewis Capaldi's Netflix documentary How I'm Feeling Now will be available to stream on Netflix on April 5, 2023.
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