December 16, 2020 • 11 mins
Lewis Capaldi checks in to talk deluxe version of his hit album, Grammy nomination and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
With Mario Lopez. Un Mario Lopez joining me now on Zoom.
Grammy nominated singer and songwriter Mr Lewis Capaldi, how's it going, Louis?
Who gobb me losing? Got me losing? Sanga, Louis Capit.
I like that humble attitude, man, I mean, congratulations, you've
you've had a hell of a year. You released a
(00:21):
new version of your big album, divinely uninspired to a
hellish extent. That's what I'm talking about. When it comes
to a title, That's what I like. This is called
the finale version. So what's new on this one? You're asking?
That's not much, to be honest, just a clever title Lesson, Mario,
I get to I got a phone call when the
label says lesson, Christmas is coming up? When you float
(00:43):
some when you float this dead's awesome more and I say,
rang in the cash, But no, that's fashion. Has has
got a live fasion old Well we played the show Wendy.
We know at the start of the well just before
COVID obviously kind of ruined everyone's lives. And yeah, so
(01:05):
that was it's just got the whole live performance of
us and playing that there as well as the whole album.
So there is there is something else on it, but
it's but trust me as as it should. It should
be called the cash grab version. Hey, I appreciate the
honesty that that's awesome to hear. The album has set
a record in the UK most weeks in the top ten,
beating out ed Sharon did. Did you get a chance
(01:27):
to brag about that yet? Yeah? Well, I said to him,
I said, Oh, it's always been a dream of me
and to beat you off, and I've finally done it.
That's what I said. Who doesn't want to beat off finally? Well?
Know what I haven't we've we've means head of exchanged
(01:48):
emails would drop her name there. You have to exchange
emails a couple of times through them through lockdown, and
you know we haven't discussed that yet. But trust me,
when I next see him with the first thing, I
was first thing going on, and then you'll probably say, yeah,
but I also have two hundred million pound of the bank,
and I'll say, okay, fair enough, fair enough. Someone you
Love is our seventh biggest song of twenty in so
(02:10):
much contact about this year, are you prepared to sing
that song for the rest of your career. I gotta
imagine if you're you're blessed with a hit like that,
you're welcoming right well. But I'm second that when people
don't want me to sing, I'm like every single day
at waking up, showing up at places unannounced funerals, and
people will say, Luis, can you please stops like, and
I'm like, listen, guys, I've got I've got a car
(02:31):
to pay for, but yeah, no, lesson. I'm been excited.
But I'll sing every day in my life. It was
up to me to be honest with you because I
play my I'll go play my live gigs and let's
be let's be honest. Someone you loves my biggest song,
so that's always gonna be my biggest song, doesn't matter.
We'll do peers the rest of my life. And if
it was up to me the live gigs, I would
just sing twelve someone you Loved in a rule, because
(02:53):
I think you get to I'm singing all these other
songs and I'm looking at people's faces and I can
see on their faces get to the less you get,
and I'm thinking the same thing. I'm like, let's just
do let's just do it twelve times for me. That's
how acoustic blues version of reggae version I love it does, Lewis,
(03:14):
does the success of of an album like like you
just had does it create pressure to have another one?
Or does it just give you freedom to experiment with
maybe a completely different sound. It makes me terrified because
I am if nothing, if nothing else, let's be I'm
if I'm being honest, I'm about have a one trick pony,
(03:34):
and that's what I can do. I can't. I can't
really do that to help a track, well, thank you.
I can on really do the piano violence. So now
I'm thinking, oh no, I didn't. I really wished the
first one didn't really do as well as that because
and then I'm thinking, or you can only write so
many piano bills that actually good? So so yeah, I
love him quietly terrified, in fact, not loudly terrified outbothly
(03:56):
terrified about what the future holds. But actually I'm in
the studio like right now, I've stepped away to do this,
so um so yeah, and let me tell you it's
been a struggle so and things I've got, things are
probably going to go down hell for me next year
my fat Okay, you had a good run. And but
what I just think, you know, we're unctually going to
release you know, another song before the end of the year.
(04:18):
But I thought, you know, twenty people have suffered enough
this year and can give them and can give them
a better tape to relax about, and just wait until
WATI twenty, the year of Louis Capaldi. That's right, yes, exactly,
that's right. Mean two big things that year, me and COVID,
you know what I mean. And if in finding the
several silver lining here, if you do have um a
down year and you hit rock bottom, you'll you'll you'll
(04:41):
inspire some creativity. I bet for some really badass music.
That's what I look I'm looking I mean, I'm looking
I was, I'm thinking about I'm just thinking about all
those sweet, sweet reality shows that and go. I'm really
I'm looking for to go down a fear factors or
something last even so, Hey, Lewis I read your mom
is worried that you may fall into like the typical
rock and roll style. Are you Are you a big
(05:01):
party person or more of a homebody. Listen, I like
I like to I like to have a beat or
two from timetime. It's no secret I enjoy. I enjoy
it being good for you, don't. Yeah, she doesn't need
to worry too much because it's like she's obviously she's wanted.
But you know the trappings of the industry or the drink,
the drugs and all this stuff. And I'm like, if
I have, you know, I kind of doctor Pepper and
I'm suffering from massive reflux for a week after. I mean,
(05:24):
I've got any bad bout of assid reflux. Butch, she
doesn't need one of me going to off the rails.
But I do enjoy I do enjoy. I do enjoy
going out about And yeah, I don't really like being
in the house, especially because my house and has a
ever mess the court. I just moved down in replace
and it's it's if I want about what it's a
helvil At the minute, I'm looking around thinking, is this
(05:44):
only what I spent my money on? And it's gonna
be happ for a lot while do we get fixed up?
So yeah, anything I can spend outside of my house,
I like to do that. What about Christmas? Where are
you spending the holidays? Nothing I love more than it's
I found that the more and I you know, the
mobile star rises, you know, the more I get famous,
(06:04):
the last time I want to spend time with my family.
And I'm pushing on as I'm like a big deal
now and you guys are like, I'm like, Dad, you
haven't even you haven't even been the top ten that
you can Like, what's that? All of it? So? I mean,
I'm like, what do you explain me hanging out here
for Christmas? Like that? They're not worthy anymore? Isn't your dad?
Isn't your dad? Like a fishmonger? Is that right? So?
(06:26):
Best best fishmonger, best firshmonger in Scotland keeps flesh fest.
Wait what is a fishmonger? That sounds like he's the
number one fishmonger and you've just been in the top ten?
Wait what is a fishmonger? Someone someone who sells fish.
I don't know what, I don't know what you would
call it, say like a fisherman? Well no, and someone
who sells them to like in a fish sells fish?
Got it? Oh? So did you grow up? Is he
(06:48):
that your whole lot? I love fish? Did you grow up?
Would you must have had some amazing fish growing up?
As is the thing here here, I cox some adout family.
None of us like flesh. None of us are doing.
But I remember, I remember it brought a lobster whole
alive once has scaled me for life. Did he did
he boil it in front of you? Oh? He did?
(07:09):
He did all and it was it was true. I
mean I didn't. I didn't scald me enough to never
eat me again. Like I'm still okay, all the animals like,
but it was like it was. It was a traumatic
experience for everyone involved. I mean, I'm pressure the lobster
was the best, but yeah, it was about It was
about the thing. But yeah, he brings home nice fresh
for empty for the rest of us, just don't really
(07:31):
enjoy it that much. I'm down with your dad. That's
the key to lobster, by the way, is to not
name it before you boil it. Yeah. Absolutely, that was
my I was as soon as it came out. I
was like, Gregory, it's a good name for a lobster. Louis.
Speaking of the holidays, we're right in the middle of Hanukah,
with Christmas of course only a week away, and we've
teamed up with our amazing partners over at Macy's for
(07:52):
Wishless Wednesday. And I've been adding things in my list
every week, and this week we're adding some things from
our favorite brands. I added this awesome espresso coffee machine.
I'm a big coffee guy of here, and this Brookstone
headphones and speakers. What are you adding to your list? Oh?
So I think for me, it's good. You've got to
be like I like. I like a Calvin cake, Calvin
(08:14):
Clain brief. I enjoy a Calvin Clain brief. You're more
be brief. You know what. I'm okay with brief. I'm
partial to the brief. You need the support I go,
I go, I go back, and I trust me, I
do not need to support to you whatever that nothing
going on that I heard what I heard. I said, Yeah,
you know what I've been. I bought someone all my days.
I've been I box days. But I think that I'm
(08:35):
gonna be twenty five and twenty one and at tour box.
So I'm thinking this year I'm gonna graduate from from
a boxing one too. Brief. I want, I want, I want.
I want my budget to be smuggled. I want to
be smuggle get the good news on the shot. And
I'm yeah, I'm very much looking forward to see that.
You're gonna You're gonna see the love life go next level. Congratulations.
(08:56):
Before I let you go, I'm gonna put you on
the spot. Quick questions, quick answers. Okay, favorite Christmas movie
and um um this was not as this is too
slow and the gridge most underrated Christmas song, um um um.
(09:21):
There's one by our UK band called The Darkness and
it's like it's called I Think It's Christmas Time and
brackets don't let the bells end and it's a it's
an amazing song, a brilliant song. I don't know if
it's big worldwide as in the UK. Are you telling
the Darkness? That did? Uh? Yes? Yeah, and it's amazing, amazing.
(09:42):
I'm gonna check it out. Celebrity crush, growing up, celebrity product,
growing up, all of the ladies and the Moulin Rouge.
You think you know when hey sister, Yeah yeah yeah
that was like that was like my first ever like
that was like I'm called it was it was my
sexual weakening, it was my sexually yeah yeah, no that
(10:04):
makes sense. I get you, I get you. What's the
best gift you ever got? On Christmas. Best gift I
will go on Christmas, which probably I'd like to say
something sentimental, Mary, but that'd we had absolutely so it
was just you know, it was one of it was
probably a p A, a PlayStation or a guitar or something. Yeah, like,
what's it? I'm all like, I get it sent the
(10:25):
metal gifts and stuff, like a lock it from your
grandmother who might have passed away. That's lovely, but just
give I see my mom gave me a lock of
when I was like twelve of my grandmother passed away
and my other brother got PS four. I be like, Mom,
what's going on here? Yeah, what's going on here? So yeah,
probably something like that, probably something materialistic and shallow. No,
(10:47):
that's a I can completely relate to that, and I'm
with you. Last question prediction for twenty one Oh good,
um uh production to Twitter, where one would Vibrus schools
away COVID, We get rid of COVID and then we
all just as one bag that we have the best
(11:10):
summer ever. Yes, yes, Louis. For Pualdi, I was already
a fan. I'm a bigger fan after getting to know you.
Very refreshing interview, a man, very cool stay down to
Earth and humble allmar dot com to find out how
to get the finale version of Divinely Uninspired to a
hellish extent, my new favorite title, Lewis, Thanks for checking in, brother,
(11:31):
Thank you so much for speaking to me. You gotta
take care you see you well, take care of with
Mario a little pett
With Mario Lopez. Un Mario Lopez joining me now on Zoom.
Grammy nominated singer and songwriter Mr Lewis Capaldi, how's it going, Louis?
Who gobb me losing? Got me losing? Sanga, Louis Capit.
I like that humble attitude, man, I mean, congratulations, you've
you've had a hell of a year. You released a
(00:21):
new version of your big album, divinely uninspired to a
hellish extent. That's what I'm talking about. When it comes
to a title, That's what I like. This is called
the finale version. So what's new on this one? You're asking?
That's not much, to be honest, just a clever title Lesson, Mario,
I get to I got a phone call when the
label says lesson, Christmas is coming up? When you float
(00:43):
some when you float this dead's awesome more and I say,
rang in the cash, But no, that's fashion. Has has
got a live fasion old Well we played the show Wendy.
We know at the start of the well just before
COVID obviously kind of ruined everyone's lives. And yeah, so
(01:05):
that was it's just got the whole live performance of
us and playing that there as well as the whole album.
So there is there is something else on it, but
it's but trust me as as it should. It should
be called the cash grab version. Hey, I appreciate the
honesty that that's awesome to hear. The album has set
a record in the UK most weeks in the top ten,
beating out ed Sharon did. Did you get a chance
(01:27):
to brag about that yet? Yeah? Well, I said to him,
I said, Oh, it's always been a dream of me
and to beat you off, and I've finally done it.
That's what I said. Who doesn't want to beat off finally? Well?
Know what I haven't we've we've means head of exchanged
(01:48):
emails would drop her name there. You have to exchange
emails a couple of times through them through lockdown, and
you know we haven't discussed that yet. But trust me,
when I next see him with the first thing, I
was first thing going on, and then you'll probably say, yeah,
but I also have two hundred million pound of the bank,
and I'll say, okay, fair enough, fair enough. Someone you
Love is our seventh biggest song of twenty in so
(02:10):
much contact about this year, are you prepared to sing
that song for the rest of your career. I gotta
imagine if you're you're blessed with a hit like that,
you're welcoming right well. But I'm second that when people
don't want me to sing, I'm like every single day
at waking up, showing up at places unannounced funerals, and
people will say, Luis, can you please stops like, and
I'm like, listen, guys, I've got I've got a car
(02:31):
to pay for, but yeah, no, lesson. I'm been excited.
But I'll sing every day in my life. It was
up to me to be honest with you because I
play my I'll go play my live gigs and let's
be let's be honest. Someone you loves my biggest song,
so that's always gonna be my biggest song, doesn't matter.
We'll do peers the rest of my life. And if
it was up to me the live gigs, I would
just sing twelve someone you Loved in a rule, because
(02:53):
I think you get to I'm singing all these other
songs and I'm looking at people's faces and I can
see on their faces get to the less you get,
and I'm thinking the same thing. I'm like, let's just
do let's just do it twelve times for me. That's
how acoustic blues version of reggae version I love it does, Lewis,
(03:14):
does the success of of an album like like you
just had does it create pressure to have another one?
Or does it just give you freedom to experiment with
maybe a completely different sound. It makes me terrified because
I am if nothing, if nothing else, let's be I'm
if I'm being honest, I'm about have a one trick pony,
(03:34):
and that's what I can do. I can't. I can't
really do that to help a track, well, thank you.
I can on really do the piano violence. So now
I'm thinking, oh no, I didn't. I really wished the
first one didn't really do as well as that because
and then I'm thinking, or you can only write so
many piano bills that actually good? So so yeah, I
love him quietly terrified, in fact, not loudly terrified outbothly
(03:56):
terrified about what the future holds. But actually I'm in
the studio like right now, I've stepped away to do this,
so um so yeah, and let me tell you it's
been a struggle so and things I've got, things are
probably going to go down hell for me next year
my fat Okay, you had a good run. And but
what I just think, you know, we're unctually going to
release you know, another song before the end of the year.
(04:18):
But I thought, you know, twenty people have suffered enough
this year and can give them and can give them
a better tape to relax about, and just wait until
WATI twenty, the year of Louis Capaldi. That's right, yes, exactly,
that's right. Mean two big things that year, me and COVID,
you know what I mean. And if in finding the
several silver lining here, if you do have um a
down year and you hit rock bottom, you'll you'll you'll
(04:41):
inspire some creativity. I bet for some really badass music.
That's what I look I'm looking I mean, I'm looking
I was, I'm thinking about I'm just thinking about all
those sweet, sweet reality shows that and go. I'm really
I'm looking for to go down a fear factors or
something last even so, Hey, Lewis I read your mom
is worried that you may fall into like the typical
rock and roll style. Are you Are you a big
(05:01):
party person or more of a homebody. Listen, I like
I like to I like to have a beat or
two from timetime. It's no secret I enjoy. I enjoy
it being good for you, don't. Yeah, she doesn't need
to worry too much because it's like she's obviously she's wanted.
But you know the trappings of the industry or the drink,
the drugs and all this stuff. And I'm like, if
I have, you know, I kind of doctor Pepper and
I'm suffering from massive reflux for a week after. I mean,
(05:24):
I've got any bad bout of assid reflux. Butch, she
doesn't need one of me going to off the rails.
But I do enjoy I do enjoy. I do enjoy
going out about And yeah, I don't really like being
in the house, especially because my house and has a
ever mess the court. I just moved down in replace
and it's it's if I want about what it's a
helvil At the minute, I'm looking around thinking, is this
(05:44):
only what I spent my money on? And it's gonna
be happ for a lot while do we get fixed up?
So yeah, anything I can spend outside of my house,
I like to do that. What about Christmas? Where are
you spending the holidays? Nothing I love more than it's
I found that the more and I you know, the
mobile star rises, you know, the more I get famous,
(06:04):
the last time I want to spend time with my family.
And I'm pushing on as I'm like a big deal
now and you guys are like, I'm like, Dad, you
haven't even you haven't even been the top ten that
you can Like, what's that? All of it? So? I mean,
I'm like, what do you explain me hanging out here
for Christmas? Like that? They're not worthy anymore? Isn't your dad?
Isn't your dad? Like a fishmonger? Is that right? So?
(06:26):
Best best fishmonger, best firshmonger in Scotland keeps flesh fest.
Wait what is a fishmonger? That sounds like he's the
number one fishmonger and you've just been in the top ten?
Wait what is a fishmonger? Someone someone who sells fish.
I don't know what, I don't know what you would
call it, say like a fisherman? Well no, and someone
who sells them to like in a fish sells fish?
Got it? Oh? So did you grow up? Is he
(06:48):
that your whole lot? I love fish? Did you grow up?
Would you must have had some amazing fish growing up?
As is the thing here here, I cox some adout family.
None of us like flesh. None of us are doing.
But I remember, I remember it brought a lobster whole
alive once has scaled me for life. Did he did
he boil it in front of you? Oh? He did?
(07:09):
He did all and it was it was true. I
mean I didn't. I didn't scald me enough to never
eat me again. Like I'm still okay, all the animals like,
but it was like it was. It was a traumatic
experience for everyone involved. I mean, I'm pressure the lobster
was the best, but yeah, it was about It was
about the thing. But yeah, he brings home nice fresh
for empty for the rest of us, just don't really
(07:31):
enjoy it that much. I'm down with your dad. That's
the key to lobster, by the way, is to not
name it before you boil it. Yeah. Absolutely, that was
my I was as soon as it came out. I
was like, Gregory, it's a good name for a lobster. Louis.
Speaking of the holidays, we're right in the middle of Hanukah,
with Christmas of course only a week away, and we've
teamed up with our amazing partners over at Macy's for
(07:52):
Wishless Wednesday. And I've been adding things in my list
every week, and this week we're adding some things from
our favorite brands. I added this awesome espresso coffee machine.
I'm a big coffee guy of here, and this Brookstone
headphones and speakers. What are you adding to your list? Oh?
So I think for me, it's good. You've got to
be like I like. I like a Calvin cake, Calvin
(08:14):
Clain brief. I enjoy a Calvin Clain brief. You're more
be brief. You know what. I'm okay with brief. I'm
partial to the brief. You need the support I go,
I go, I go back, and I trust me, I
do not need to support to you whatever that nothing
going on that I heard what I heard. I said, Yeah,
you know what I've been. I bought someone all my days.
I've been I box days. But I think that I'm
(08:35):
gonna be twenty five and twenty one and at tour box.
So I'm thinking this year I'm gonna graduate from from
a boxing one too. Brief. I want, I want, I want.
I want my budget to be smuggled. I want to
be smuggle get the good news on the shot. And
I'm yeah, I'm very much looking forward to see that.
You're gonna You're gonna see the love life go next level. Congratulations.
(08:56):
Before I let you go, I'm gonna put you on
the spot. Quick questions, quick answers. Okay, favorite Christmas movie
and um um this was not as this is too
slow and the gridge most underrated Christmas song, um um um.
(09:21):
There's one by our UK band called The Darkness and
it's like it's called I Think It's Christmas Time and
brackets don't let the bells end and it's a it's
an amazing song, a brilliant song. I don't know if
it's big worldwide as in the UK. Are you telling
the Darkness? That did? Uh? Yes? Yeah, and it's amazing, amazing.
(09:42):
I'm gonna check it out. Celebrity crush, growing up, celebrity product,
growing up, all of the ladies and the Moulin Rouge.
You think you know when hey sister, Yeah yeah yeah
that was like that was like my first ever like
that was like I'm called it was it was my
sexual weakening, it was my sexually yeah yeah, no that
(10:04):
makes sense. I get you, I get you. What's the
best gift you ever got? On Christmas. Best gift I
will go on Christmas, which probably I'd like to say
something sentimental, Mary, but that'd we had absolutely so it
was just you know, it was one of it was
probably a p A, a PlayStation or a guitar or something. Yeah, like,
what's it? I'm all like, I get it sent the
(10:25):
metal gifts and stuff, like a lock it from your
grandmother who might have passed away. That's lovely, but just
give I see my mom gave me a lock of
when I was like twelve of my grandmother passed away
and my other brother got PS four. I be like, Mom,
what's going on here? Yeah, what's going on here? So yeah,
probably something like that, probably something materialistic and shallow. No,
(10:47):
that's a I can completely relate to that, and I'm
with you. Last question prediction for twenty one Oh good,
um uh production to Twitter, where one would Vibrus schools
away COVID, We get rid of COVID and then we
all just as one bag that we have the best
(11:10):
summer ever. Yes, yes, Louis. For Pualdi, I was already
a fan. I'm a bigger fan after getting to know you.
Very refreshing interview, a man, very cool stay down to
Earth and humble allmar dot com to find out how
to get the finale version of Divinely Uninspired to a
hellish extent, my new favorite title, Lewis, Thanks for checking in, brother,
(11:31):
Thank you so much for speaking to me. You gotta
take care you see you well, take care of with
Mario a little pett
Host
Mario Lopez
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