Lewis Capaldi has told fans he ‘hated every minute’ of filming his Netflix documentary as he attended the premiere in Glasgow last night.
The West Lothian singer joined fans at the Everyman Cinema in Glasgow’s Princes Square for the exclusive screening of How I’m Feeling Now. The documentary charts the rise of the Scot from budding young singer to global superstar, and around 90 superfans joined Lewis, 26, for the event which was organised by streaming giant Netflix.
Speaking at a Q&A before the event, Lewis said he found the filming experience ‘embarrassing’ and revealed that the documentary had originally been pitched in 2019. The chart-topping artist admits the finished product four years on is a lot different to what he expected when he first signed up.
Lewis said: ”I was approached about doing it in 2019. If I can take you back there for a moment guys, things were going well. I hadn’t really been twitching, or I hadn’t noticed a twitch that was affecting my life.
“My anxiety was under control. Someone You Loved had been big. The album had done really well. I was like ‘this documentary is gonna be the coolest’.”
He continued: “I had all these shows, these big massive shows booked for 2020. I was like ‘I’m gonna look like the business in this’. Then Covid and all the rest of it happened. It became an intimate thing.”
Discussing the reality of having camera crews filming his every move for years, Lewis joked it was awful”. And he has admitted feeling “nervous” about the documentary being released to the world.
He added: “Being famous, for me, this whole experience is really embarrassing. I feel like I’ve just been embarrassed a lot."
“I know it sounds mental because you’re all here to see a film about my life but I don’t like drawing attention to myself.
“You’re mic-ed up the whole time. You’re worried about everything you say. It’s intense and a weird experience.”
While the documentary focuses on Lewis’ Tourette’s diagnosis, the Someone You Loved singer confirmed at the premiere he is suffering from vertigo. After cancelling some of his European tour dates earlier this month, the singer confirmed he is facing another health battle.
He said: “I’m alive and living. I’ve not been very well. I’ve got vertigo. So I’m spinning but I’m smiling. I’m not dying so it’s good.
“I did think I was for a couple of days but luckily I’m here.”
The feature length documentary - which will air on Netflix from April 5 - is a “raw and honest account” of Lewis’ journey from his breakthrough in 2018 and follows his attempts to find a balance between the familiarity of home in Scotland and his rising global profile.
The documentary arrives ahead of Lewis’ highly anticipated second album Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, out May 19 on EMI Records.
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