"I played the piano on the song, and then Froe went into MIDI and made it work. We had totally not anticipated this becoming a number one, so this has been a lesson for us as much as anything. At one point one of us suggested to add drums, and another said no, and that was probably the moment that stopped the song turning into a cacophonous mess. We played into that purposely, and it really worked out. Kelleher: "We bought into this restrictive environment, without being able to spend thousands of pounds on live strings or what not. We were also dealing with a limited budget, and only with Lewis and his manager, so there were no A&Rs breathing down our neck wanting to try a million and one things." Every A&R these days says 'Can't we make it simpler?' - not necessarily musically, but sonically. It's funny, simplicity is fashionable at the moment. "With 'Someone You Loved' it really was two writing sessions, and us spending a couple of days finishing off and mixing. We have been guilty of throwing the kitchen sink at a record, and then at the end we'd try to brutally strip it down again, asking what parts of the arrangement we really care about.
Kohn: "We've definitely gotten into the production Bermuda Triangle, where you're making things complicated and you rely on someone coming in and saying: 'Stop! The demo was better!' Most of our hits have had real production journeys that took a long time to get right.
One of the most striking features of 'Someone You Loved' is the fact that the arrangement is kept extremely simple: it's essentially just one piano, with some embellishments. Video of Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved Minimalism
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