The 26-year-old Scottish singer revealed in an Instagram post that he hasn't been 'properly home since Christmas' and it's taken a toll on his mental health.
Lewis Capaldi says being a pop star has affected his mental health and how he copes with Tourette syndrome, which he was diagnosed with in 2022.The “Before You Go” singer was scheduled to perform various shows in Glasgow, Dublin, London and Norway before taking the stage at Glastonbury, which is scheduled for June 20-25.
“I haven’t been home properly since Christmas and at the moment I’m struggling to get to grips with it all,” he said.Instagram and Twitter“I know many of you will have spent money on travel or hotels, which I appreciate more than ever with how difficult things are economically at the moment, so I’m extremely sorry for the impact this will have. The fact you’re willing to come out and spend your time, money and love on these shows is beyond comprehension and I feel incredibly lucky,” he said.
Capaldi has been open about how taxing his life of stardom has been. He said the pressure of songwriting and impostor syndrome contribute to the twitch associated with his newly diagnosedIn “How I’m Feeling Now,” the Netflix documentary about Capaldi, he said his twiches are at times accompanied by panic attacks in which he “can’t breathe, I can’t feel breath going in. I get dizzy, I feel like something’s happening in my head and I’m sweating. ...
He told The Times of London in April that there’s a “trade-off” of making and playing music and that the physical and mental effort was “worth it.” “But if it gets to a point where I’m doing irreparable damage to myself, I’ll quit,” he said. “I hate hyperbole but it is a very real possibility that I will have to pack music in.”
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