Fans help Lewis Capaldi sing one of his biggest hits after he experiences twitches during live show

Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi discovered his fans truly have his back earlier this week during a live show in Frankfurt. 

The 26-year-old was performing his hit song, Someone You Loved, when he appeared to start twitching and then stopped singing.

Capaldi had recently revealed he has Tourette’s Syndrome, a neurological condition which, according to Tourette Canada, causes people to experience sudden, unpredictable and “involuntary movements or sounds” called tics. 

When he couldn’t get the words out, some of the 15,000 or so fans watching jumped in to fill in the lyrics. 

In a video on TikTok posted after the 90-minute concert, Capaldi said the twitching happens when he gets nervous, tired or excited, but that it’s not painful.

“I’m absolutely fine,” he said.

“I’m tired — and I’m also very excited because this whole arena is singing my songs back to me.” 

He thanked the people who jumped in with the words, even joking about it, saying: “Get a ticket if you haven’t … come see me twitch, live and in person.” 

It’s estimated that about one in 100 people in Canada live with Tourette’s Syndrome, according to Tourette Canada. The condition begins in childhood and has no cure.