Lewis Capaldi chasing number one with new single as music video released

The Scottish singer-songwriter released the new music last week - for the first time in nearly three years. 

Produced by TMS, the single is currently on track to become the star’s third chart-topping hit on the Official Singles Chart, following Someone You Loved and Before You Go.

Yesterday, the 25-year-old unveiled the official video for the track, which was shot at Pikes Hotel in Ibiza, with award-winning director Louis Bhose.

Known as a playground of the rich and famous, the hotel was also the setting for the 1983 Wham! video 'Club Tropicana', and Lewis set out to duplicate the iconic clip.

He said: "‘Forget Me’ is a song that’s so dear to my heart and I definitely feel like it’s my best tune yet.

“It's about a break up I went through where after a year, the only real contact I had with my ex was seeing her ‘post-me’ life play out on her Instagram. I was at a point where I was feeling pretty miserable and she seemed like she was moving on and having the best time, thriving, and I hated it.

"It seemed unfair to me that she appeared happy while I was hurting, and I was fearful she might have forgotten about me completely, so I wrote a song about it."

Director Louis Bhose added: “You hear a sad song and you expect a sad video. There’s catharsis in that. But to go in the other direction completely felt more in line with the Lewis that walked onstage at Glastonbury in full Noel Gallagher getup. 

“The performance is classic Capaldi: ‘yeah, no bother, just singing this song with a cocktail in my hand. I’m fine, not thinking about my ex, here at Club Tropicana.’”

Meanwhile, earlier today, Lewis said he feared he was “dying” and had a degenerative disease before being diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome as he appeared on ITV's Lorraine. 

He said others with the condition had reached out since he went public earlier this month, making him feel less “isolated”.

He said some had described him as an “ambassador” and joked, “So there you go, I have got a new title this week as well” in reference to the accession of Charles to the throne.

Capaldi revealed earlier this month during an Instagram Live that following his diagnosis he received Botox treatment in his shoulder to help control his tics.

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On Tuesday, he told host Lorraine Kelly: “I got told like seven months ago or something like that, really recently.

“It made a lot of sense. I am quite a jittery individual. A lot of people think I am on drugs when they meet me.”

Jokingly, he added: “I am not. At least not right now on Lorraine…”

Capaldi said the diagnosis “made a lot of sense”, adding: “I raise my eyebrows quite a lot. I do this shoulder thing. I take these deep breaths every now and then.

“I thought I was dying because I am a hypochondriac, so I thought I had some degenerative disease. But I don’t, so good news on that front.”

Asked about the public reaction to him talking openly about his diagnosis, the chart-topping musician said: “People have reached out and they have said that I am an ambassador, which was great."

Capaldi said that “sometimes you feel you are alone in these things and it is nice to just see that you are not so isolated in all this stuff”.

He added: “It has been a bit of an eye-opener but it is nice.”

Capaldi also spoke about releasing his first new music in three years, the day after the Queen’s death, saying: “Not a great week to release a single … Let me tell you that.”

Reflecting on her passing, he added: “It is a sad thing. And then you see the family all sad and it just reminds you as well that people in your own family have gone.”

The singer’s 2019 debut album Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent went on to become the biggest album of the year, according to the Official Charts Company.

His second album is expected soon.