Lewis Capaldi took over NPR for his very personal Tiny Desk Live performance on Wednesday (Might 17) forward of his upcoming album launch.
After opening with a particular model of “Earlier than You Go” with a full band (“That was OK! It went nicely!” he opined), the Scottish singer-songwriter joked that he “thought the desk was gonna be greater” and launched “Want You the Greatest,” the most recent single from his forthcoming album Damaged by Want to Be Heavenly Despatched.
“Properly, I can’t assist however discover/ You appear happier than ever now/ And I assume that I ought to inform you I’m sorry/ It appears I used to be the issue in some way/ Perhaps I solely introduced you down,” he sang on the heartrending ballad over stark piano.
Bringing his band again to the desk, Capaldi stored the tiny viewers in stitches by quipping, “Did Alicia Keys begin with a penis joke, or was that simply me? What does NPR stand for?” earlier than debuting an the yet-unreleased observe “Heavenly Sort of State of Thoughts.”
The brand new tune discovered the troubadour dealing within the divine with a brand new flame as he wailed, “Whether or not you had been heaven despatched to avoid wasting me from above/ Or the one one who doesn’t hate me, that’s sufficient/ After I want somebody to avoid wasting me from authentic sin/ You name me like a refrain solely angels can sing/ Now I take into consideration you the entire time/ You’re a heavenly type of way of thinking.”
For his closing quantity, Capaldi selected not one thing from his pending sophomore album, which drops Might 19 through Capitol Information, however the largest hit of his debut: “Somebody You Cherished,” which climbed to the highest of the Billboard Scorching 100 in 2019.
Watch Capaldi’s emotive Tiny Desk Live performance under:
