‘Forget Me’ is Lewis Capaldi’s first release since dropping his breakthrough album debut, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent back in 2019.  With a new single comes a music video, directed by Louis Bhose and filmed at the Pikes Hotel in Ibiza.  Lewis’ music video is a recreation of Wham!’s ‘Club Tropicana’ music video, shot-for-shot.  And the best part – Lewis busts out a while speedo all while sitting poolside.

 

 

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Explaining the video’s concept, Louis says, “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.’”

 

In a statement written by Lewis, he says, “I’m back.  My new single is called ‘Forget Me,’ and let’s just be honest here, lyrically it covers a lot of the same ground as before.  I meet lady, lady leaves me, I whine about it in a pop song.  Textbook.  After I was able to finally move out of my parents house in 2020 after the success of ‘Someone You Loved’ and ‘Before You Go,’ I thought it’d be wise to ring up my pals TMS again and see if they fancied writing some more tunes after I realized I’m contractually obligated to make more music for a large corporation.  If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

 

 

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Lewis continues, “It’s a wee bit more upbeat than my previous numbers, mostly because after touring the world, I noticed that my lesser known slower tracks were making some of the crowds look like they were about to fall asleep out of sheer boredom.  However, this new one is sad AND fast, much like my love making.  Not to worry, I’ve still got plenty of depressing ballads up my sleeve.  More on that another time … “

Lewis also shares, “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.”

 

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And two days after its release, ‘Forget Me’ received over 4 million plays.

 

 

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