GRAMMY Award-nominated, two-time Brit Award-winning, multi-platinum-selling singer/songwriter Lewis Capaldi shares his intensely personal new single “Wish You The Best” and its unforgettably moving video.
A poignant piano ballad exploring the life-altering impact of love and loss, “Wish You The Best” is the new single released from the 26-year-old Scottish artist’s new album Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, due out via Capitol Records on May 19.
The latest in a series of singles showcasing his emotionally raw yet eloquent songwriting, “Wish You The Best” finds Capaldi reflecting on the end of a relationship and ultimately choosing compassion and generosity over anger and spite (from the powerfully soaring chorus: “I wanna say I wish that you never left/But instead I only wish you the best”).
In bringing the track to life, Capaldi began by co-writing alongside acclaimed songwriter JP Saxe (Julia Michaels, FLETCHER) and GRAMMY Award-winning producer/songwriter Malay (Lorde, Frank Ocean), then completed the song at home in Glasgow. Revealing his extraordinary vocal range, Capaldi’s voice shifts from tender serenade to full-throated belting as he channels all the anguish and longing and confusion that comes with losing the one you love. Capaldi said:
‘Wish You The Best’ came from the idea of a person you used to be with, telling you all this amazing stuff about their life, without you in it. It’s a song about what we don’t say to those people. I was fascinated by the things left unsaid, whether that be in a relationship or a friendship.
