Lewis Capaldi honoured by Google after surprise set at Glastonbury
Google has made a sweet tribute to Lewis Capaldi after the singer returned to Glastonbury Festival on Friday night - and anyone searching his name online can now read the message
Lewis Capaldi was given a special tribute by Google after his surprise appearance at Glastonbury on Friday night - two years after he last performed at the festival.
The Scottish singer was emotional as he returned to Worthy Farm, telling fans he needed to finish what he couldn't last time. Back in 2023, Lewis, 28, struggled to finish his set, with his voice faltering, and told fans he would need to take a break for a while.
But last night, the singer delighted the crowd by performing on stage as he declared: "I'm back, baby." And after his performance, Google shared a touching tribute in honour of Lewis.
Anyone Googling his name is now shown a sweet message that reads "Welcome back Lewis - Someone we love" surrounded by red heart emojis. Ahead of his festival performance on Friday, Lewis released a new song called Survive. Alongside the post announcing it, he shared a video and captioned it: "It's been a while."
The new song is full of emotion with lyrics including "I swear to God I'll survive" and "I'm going to get up and live until the day that I die." It is his first new release since stepping out of the spotlight because of his mental health.
Lewis has been open about his mental health and hypochondria in the past. He said in 2022: "If I'm having a panic attack there's nobody else that can help me out of it except my mum, for sure. My mum has had to sleep in my bed as recently as a month ago because of how bad my anxiety got at one point. But I think that was alcohol related to be honest, I had been on a bit of a bender."
He added: "It never really reached a tipping point until after getting famous, I never had a panic attack until after I was famous, or after I was a musician or after I got to a height. The hypochondria - I guess looking back, I was such an anxious kid, but now because I understand it a lot more with therapy and I speak about it a lot more with people and try to learn more about it, I look back at it and think the behaviour was a result of anxiety."
During his last Glastonbury set, Lewis struggled to finish his set. His voice faltered and he told the crowd: "Glastonbury, I'm really sorry. I'm a bit annoyed with myself." The crowd soon took over the vocals of Someone You Loved.
"I feel like I'll be taking another wee break over the next couple of weeks. So you probably won't see much of me for the rest of the year, maybe even. But when I do come back and when I do see you, I hope you're still up for watching us," he told the crowd. Feeling emotional, he said: "I genuinely dreamt of doing this. If I never get to do it again, this has been enough."
On Friday, Lewis opened his set with Before You Go and he told fans "second time's a charm", referencing what happened last time. He said he didn't want to say too much or he'd cry as he thanked fans for supporting him during the gig and also in the aftermath.
His performance was interrupted by chants of "Oh Lewis Capaldi" but he stopped them and said he only had a short set and limited time. He told fans: "Thank you for being here, genuinely. For each and every one of you."
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