Does Lewis Capaldi do God?

While Lewis Capaldi’s life gets regularly picked apart in the media, the biblical references in his lyrics are routinely overlooked. Whether or not the pop star has a faith in Christ, the use of Christian imagery in his work demonstrates the enduring power of the greatest story ever told, says Josh Hinton

Believe me, whether you wanted to or not, you’ve listened to Lewis Capaldi’s music.

Since his 2019 hit single ‘Someone you loved’, became the longest-running top ten UK single of all time by a British artist, it has been playing on the radio almost continuously. It greets me in taxis and shops with almost alarming regularity. Sometimes, I wake up singing it - and I don’t even like the song.

Yep, right here at the outset, I’m going to jump into the bear trap Capaldi lays for his commentators, by attacking his work.