Elton John’s hilarious threat to cure Lewis Capaldi of impostor syndrome

Scottish star Lewis Capaldi has revealed the comical threat Rocket Man singer Elton John made him. See why.

Elton John and Ed Sheeran rallied to support Scottish pop balladeer Lewis Capaldi in his mental health battle after he achieved global success with his single Someone You Loved.

In a revealing documentary which tracked the singer as he toured and worked on his second album, Capaldi shares how he reached out to Sheeran about how to cope with impostor syndrome as his heartfelt song became one of the biggest hits in the world in 2019.

His debut record Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent sold a mammoth 10 million copies worldwide.

Sheeran relayed Capaldi’s struggles to his mate and mentor Elton John, who is renowned as the world’s No.1 cheerleader of new artists and advocate for pop stars suffering mental health or substance abuse crises.

Ed Sheeran helped Lewis Capaldi how to cope with feeling like an impostor. Picture: The Advertiser/ Morgan Sette

The next day the Rocket Man emailed the Scottish songwriter, who has suffered lifelong anxiety and now Tourette syndrome brought on by the pressures of his music career.

“‘Dear Lewis, I was talking to Ed yesterday and we were talking about you. He said you were feeling a bit like an impostor. BOLLOCKS!” the email reads.

“You’re totally your own man and your album is still rising all over the world. And it’s your first album.

“You write beautiful songs that resonate with millions of people. You’re great live and a wonderful singer… You are also very funny and original.

“I mean this sincerely. Stop it now please, or I’ll come out to Suffolk and bring out the latent homo in you. Buckets of love, Elton.”

It has been revealed at Elton John jokingly threatened Lewis Capaldi to help him overcome impostor syndrome. Picture: Getty Images

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Scottish singer songwriter star Lewis Capaldi faces an uncertain touring future as his Tourette’s tic worsens on his current world tour.

The Before You Go chart star, who has booked an Australian arena tour in July, shared he had been diagnosed with Tourette syndrome last year after noting his shoulder would frequently twitch.

Lewis Capaldi has revealed in Tourettes tic is worsening.

He said it was a “very real possibility” he may have to retire from music.

“My tic is getting quite bad on stage now,” Capaldi told the Times in London.

“I’m trying to get on top of that. If I can’t, I’m f---ed. It’s easier when I play guitar, but I hate playing guitar. I know, I’m a walking contradiction.”

The 26-year-old artist, who broke into the global charts in 2019 with the heart-wrenching ballad Someone You Loved in 2019, revealed his diagnosis last September because of cruel speculation he was abusing drugs.

Capaldi has just released a new single How I’m Feeling Now about his mental health. Picture: Getty

He said in his recent interview that playing music appears to have exacerbated his Tourette’s symptoms.

“It’s only making music that does this to me, otherwise I can be fine for months at a time, so it’s a weird situation,” he said.

“Right now, the trade-off is worth it, but if it gets to a point where I’m doing irreparable damage to myself, I’ll quit.”

A documentary How I’m Feeling Now which lands on Netflix this week will go behind the scenes as the award-wining songwriter began work on his second record Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent which is released on May 19.

Capaldi has shared that his rapid rise to success and performing to sold-out crowds of tens of thousands of people has worsened his anxiety even as h has won hearts for his comedic turns on red carpets and onstage banter.

In the trailer to the documentary which coincides with the release of his latest single also titled How I’m Feeling Now, Capaldi was candid about also suffering impostor syndrome after his pop breakthrough and the pressure he felt to come up with another hit album after his debut Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, which went platinum in Australia.

“My anxiety is out of control. I feel like I’m in a race against the clock to get my mental health in order,” he says in the trailer.

Capaldi has a hectic touring schedule over the next two months, playing more than 25 shows through America and Europe before he is due to kick off his Australian tour at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on July 7.

Originally published as Elton John’s hilarious threat to cure Lewis Capaldi of impostor syndrome