Lewis Capaldi releases comeback song Survive amid Glastonbury rumours

Ian YoungsCulture reporterGetty ImagesLewis Capaldi has solely performed one low-key gig since his set at Glastonbury in 2023Lewis Capaldi has launched a rousing comeback single about his dedication to beat his private struggles after two years out of the general public eye.The Scottish singer can also be closely rumoured to be making an unannounced look at Glastonbury on Friday, two years after an emotional efficiency when competition followers lent their vocal help as his voice faltered.He then retreated from the highlight to get his “bodily and psychological well being so as” and “regulate to the influence” of a Tourette’s analysis.He addressed his non-public battles on the gutsy Survive, which was launched at midnight, and which opens with the road: “How lengthy ’til it feels / Just like the wound’s lastly beginning to heal?”The lyrics go on: “Most nights I worry / That I am not sufficient / I’ve had my share of Monday mornings after I cannot rise up.”The traces “However when hope is misplaced / And I come undone” then lead into the intentionally contradictary refrain: “I swear to God I will survive / If it kills me to / I am gonna rise up and take a look at / If it is the very last thing I do.”Within the track, the 28-year-old additionally defiantly sings that he refuses “to spend my finest years rotting within the solar” and is set “to rise up and dwell / Till the day that I die”.The discharge coincided with a message on Instagram saying “It has been some time…” accompanied by a video montage of clips from his profession.”Welcome again brother,” wrote fellow singer Tom Grennan on Instagram.One fan added: “I did not plan on beginning my day with tears, however wow, your lyrics by no means disappoint. Extremely joyful you might be able to be again for a bit.”Glastonbury favouriteSurvive is Capaldi’s first new materials since his second album was launched in 2023.Each of his albums went to primary within the UK, and his 2018 single Somebody You Cherished topped charts around the globe and is now the fourth most streamed track of all time, with nearly 4 billion listens on Spotify.However he additionally spoke overtly concerning the pressures of touring on his psychological and bodily well being, and concerning the influence of panic assaults and Tourette’s, which he was identified with in 2022.Whereas acting on Glastonbury’s principal Pyramid Stage in 2023, vocal issues left him nearly unable to sing his closing songs.As his band performed Somebody You Cherished, the singer largely stayed silent, with the group belting out the phrases and carrying him alongside on an affectionate wave of help.”It was an exquisite, communal show of each the Glastonbury spirit, and the real public affection for Capaldi,” BBC music correspondent Mark Savage wrote on the time.Days later, he cancelled all live shows “for the foreseeable future”, saying he was “nonetheless studying to regulate to the influence of my Tourette’s”, and wanted time to work on his well being “so I can preserve doing every little thing I really like for a very long time to come back”.In an replace on New 12 months’s Eve 2023, he advised followers he had “seen a marked enchancment” in each his Tourette’s and anxiousness points, however wished to “make completely certain I am 100% earlier than getting again on the market once more correctly for extra reveals”.He made a low-key comeback at a profit gig for the Marketing campaign In opposition to Dwelling Miserably (Calm) psychological well being charity in Edinburgh this Could.Glastonbury can be his first high-profile look, if he does – as extensively anticipated – fill the “TBA” slot on the Pyramid Stage at 16:55 BST on Friday.If that’s the case, he’ll undoubtedly be met by big help from the competition crowd.Posters for a Lewis Capaldi lookalike contest to happen 10 minutes earlier than that slot have additionally appeared on the positioning.