Lewis Capaldi has admitted that he could be forced to give up his music career if his mental health worsens. The Scots singer released his second album, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, on Friday, May 19, and said that "a few panic attacks" alongside his Tourette's diagnosis was worth the trade off to be a chart-topping popstar.
Capaldi, 26, told Rebecca Judd on her Apple Music show that his mental health issues were a “direct symptom” of his job. “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,” he said.
He continued: “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, and I was in a bad way where I was just having panic attacks every single day on stage and I was just shy.
