Lewis Capaldi will took to the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm later today after taking a few weeks off work to ensure he felt well enough to perform on the main stage at Glastonbury Festival.
The Scottish singer, 26, explained on June 6 how he needed to take time out to rest and recover after a 'mentally and physically' challenging few months - cancelling all shows and gigs he had been scheduled to play over the next three weeks.
"I need to take a moment to rest and recover, to be at my best and ready for Glastonbury and all the other incredible shows coming up, so that I'm able to continue doing what I love for a long time to come," Lewis told his fans within the candid statement.
"I need to take these three weeks to be Lewis from Glasgow for a bit, spend some time with my family and friends and do normal life things that are an important part of me feeling better."
The Before You Go singer's social media statement at the start of this month isn't the first time he has opened up about his physical and mental health battles.
Lewis has previously explained his mental health struggles are a "direct symptom" of his chart-topping career.
The musician bravely opened up about his struggles in recent years as well as his Tourettes has said he would be prepared to walk away from his job.
Lewis, 26, has been supported by fans over the past few months while visibly battling his Tourettes on stage as well as being praised for shining a light on the condition.
Last month, the Forget Me hitmaker shared the true extent his career is having on him and his mental health in a candid admission.
Speaking to Rebecca Judd on Apple Music 1 show, the Scotsman said: "I think on this album in particular I talk a bit more about my mental health, which has taken a beating over the last little while.
"I'm managing it better now but I think in 2020 I was kind of glad when we got put in lockdown because I had done my first arena tour in the UK, and we had just done an Australia and Asia tour before that.
"I was in a bad way where I was just having panic attacks every single day on stage and I was just shy."
He continued: "I still haven't quite got there, but it's interesting that this thing that you love to do and you've always wanted to do becomes something that causes you such distress, but such is the modern world."
Lewis went on to disclose that should his mental health continue to deteriorate, he won't hesitate about quitting music and his job.
He said: "If I did another album and my head was scrambled and I felt horrible, right now I'm at a point where I can balance my mental health and how I feel in general.
"Not even just mental health, but the trade-off is worth it.
"I'll take a few panic attacks and my Tourettes and stuff for what's happening, but if it gets to the point where things get worse mentally and I stop kind of looking after myself in that regard, I think that would be a point where I'd be like, 'I'm just not going to do this anymore'."
Lewis continued: "The main reason I got into music was to play live and if I'm struggling to do that ever, I think that's where I'm in trouble, because otherwise that's the payoff, that’s the point of doing it.
"At that point, if it felt like it was becoming something that I was not into or was causing me stress or I hated (it), then that's when I would probably pack it in."
Last year, Lewis announced he had been diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome, a neurological condition which causes the sufferer to make involuntary movements or sounds, called tics.
"I wanted to speak about it because I didn’t want people to think I was taking cocaine or something," the award-winning singer joked at the time.
Lewis went on to share that his shoulder twitches occur when he’s "excited, happy, nervous or stressed".
"It is something I am living with. It’s not as bad as it looks," he insisted when sharing his diagnosis publicly.
Lewis has also been refreshingly candid in sharing his experience with severe anxiety, and confessed he suffers from such painful episodes he relies on his mum to help calm him down.
During a chat on Radio 2 earlier this year, he said his anxiety after drinking was so bad he had "panic attack after panic attack".
"I always feel anxious after drinking, but I’d really hammered it after a long time of not boozing, and my mum had to come down to calm me down – lie in bed with me," Lewis explained.
He added that his moving Netflix documentary, How I’m Feeling Now, helped him to realise just how bad his anxiety was.
After watching it for the first time, he told The Times he "didn’t expect my life to be so sad” and vowed to give up his career in music if it had a detrimental effect on his health.
"Right now, the trade-off is worth it, but if it gets to a point where I'm doing irreparable damage to myself, I'll quit," Lewis declared.
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