Lewis Capaldi is set to start work on a new album at the end of summer.
The Scottish superstar’s last studio album was 2023’s Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent, and after that Lewis hit rock bottom and he took a hiatus to focus on his mental and physical health, after struggling with Tourette’s syndrome and anxiety.
Opening up to fans about how bad things got, he told the crowd during his headline set at TRNSMT festival in Glasgow on Sunday night (21.06.26): “And then.
“I had a complete and utter mental f****** breakdown.”
He quipped after the audience cheered: “Thank you for cheering my mental breakdown. Was not a good couple of years I had, but I’m back and I’m feeling better, I feel good. I’m firing on all cylinders, it’s nice to be here. My mental health took a beating so it’s f****** nice to be here and back with you all.”
Lewis made a triumphant return in 2025, releasing the EP Survive, which featured the emotional singles Something in the Heavens, Almost, and The Day That I Die.
The Someone You Loved hitmaker then spilled that he plans to hit the studio once his summer shows are out of the way.
He said: “After this summer.
“I’m gonna go away for a bit and make an album.”
What’s different this time around is that Lewis no longer wants to “chase” hits.
He previously explained that he has been inspired by his friends Sam Fender and Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten to really “care” about his work in the studio and to think more consciously about his output.
He told Billboard UK: “[Sam and Grian] talk about music as art – and I know this sounds f****** mental coming from someone who is also a musician – but they really f****** care about everything they’re putting out.
“It is so inspiring. What they have instilled in me is to really take time [in the studio], and start properly giving a f*** about what I’m saying and what the songs sound like…
“Around the second album, I became so hyper-focused on chasing a hit record that I was just doing s*** on the fly and handing off songs to producers. I don’t want to phone in anything ever again. The people who listen to my music deserve better; I deserve better.”
Lewis added that he was keen to work with different people and be involved in “every single aspect of the production,” as well as “not compromise” on the recording process.