Scottish artist Lewis Capaldi has announced he will be taking a social media break through the majority of 2021. The artist explained that he is stepping away from his online platforms in order to focus on his upcoming second album, which is set to be released later this year.

See you all later in the year with a new album to shove down your throats x pic.twitter.com/ed9O3UQOnX

— Lewis Capaldi (@LewisCapaldi) January 4, 2021

The artist announced the news through twitter, keeping his notorious dead-pan humour intact throughout the statement. “Going to fuck off for a wee bit now to crack on and finish the second album. Won’t be using social media so you’ll all have to make do without me talking shite and constantly trying to take your money by flogging you something,” he explained.

“Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year and I’ll see you big lovely bastards later in the year with some new music that imagine will be universally panned by critics and will fail to be as commercially successful as my last outing. “Thus spelling the beginning of the end of the 15 minutes of fame that quite frankly, I never deserved in the first place. IT’S ALL VERY EXCITING. LOVE YOU, STAY SAFE AND BYE FOR NOW.”

The young singer-songwriter turned head throughout 2020, receiving multiple awards and topping the charts with his hit single ‘Someone You Loved’ and his debut album ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’ was the UK’s best-selling album of 2019 and 2020. While the absence of the beloved artist is upsetting to fans, they can be rest assured that Capaldi will return with an album that is sure to excite.