Lewis Watson

Lewis Watson (born 19 October 1992) is an English singer-songwriter.

Watson was raised in Bicester, Oxfordshire, and currently has a YouTube channel labeled Lewis Watson.

He has released multiple EPs and singles, as well as 5 full-length albums (2 of those are acoustic versions of his albums), with his latest being the love that you want and the love that you want (acoustic).

He married his long-term partner, Sophie Watts, on 20 November 2021.

Watson first started playing after receiving a guitar for his sixteenth birthday.

"I've never had lessons", he admits.

"I just enjoyed playing guitar so much. I'd play for hours a night, and try out new things to make sure it didn't get stale."

Watson uploaded a video of himself singing a cover of Bombay Bicycle Club's "Swansea" on YouTube in 2010 (using the name "HolyLoowis" to avoid the attention from his friends).

He continued recording various pop covers and originals over the following years, and the number of people subscribed to him on his YouTube channel increased rapidly.

After three years of uploading videos to his YouTube channel, he decided to release his first EP.

Watson recorded his first EP It's Got Four Sad Songs on It BTW 'in 2012 with a college tutor.

This record includes the four tracks "What About Today?", "Nothing", "Bones", "Windows".

"I set the songs on that EP out like a story, he explains. What About Today' was about quite a rubbish situation where I was being used, and that was the tale of the end of a relationship; 'Windows' was looking back after the relationship ended; 'Bones' is about meeting someone new; and 'Nothing' is about being happy with that person."

Within days of the EP's release, Watson had attracted the attention of various record labels and soon inked a deal with Warner Bros. Records.

Part of the appeal, he says, was the label's long-running success with male solo artists as diverse as David Gray, Damien Rice, and Neil Young.

Later that year Watson's second EP Another Four Sad Songs was released.

It included a cover of "Lamplight", a song originally by Bombay Bicycle Club.

In early 2013, Watson toured Australia supporting Birdy, and he also played a few surprise gigs in various locations.

In addition, he performed at various festivals and tours, including supporting Benjamin Francis Leftwich on his May tour.

In July 2013, Watson released his fourth EP Four More Songs, featuring a cover of Guillemots "Made up lovesong No. 43" and a demo version of a new song, "Close".

In November 2013, he released his fifth EP Some Songs With Some Friends, which included three covers, featuring a different artist for each track, namely Gabrielle Aplin, Hudson Taylor, and Jaya Beach-Robertson.

The EP also included a reworked version of "Even If" as the lead single.

This was in tribute to a similar thing he did last 2013 (summer jamz '13).

In February 2014, Watson announced his upcoming debut album The Morning, due for release in June.

His extensive writing sessions yielded the majority of the material that features on the album.

Some were written at the last possible moment, while others have been released before in sketch form, the oldest being "windows", which originally featured on his debut EP.

"I'm not a fan of just repackaging old material. The original EPs were meant to be works in progress. And these versions are much more polished".

Watson stepped away from the limelight to refocus and work on new material.

Regaining full control, he was able to take his time writing songs that fully explored his experience and talent and, with a wealth of new material to choose from, he entered the studio and recorded his entire second album in just two weeks with a live band.

With a choice of labels keen for his signature after two years away, Lewis decided to find a new approach to releasing his music, partnering with the leading independent label Cooking Vinyl, and heading out on tour to showcase many of the new songs direct to his fans.

His album midnight was released on 24 March 2017 and the acoustic / alternative version of the album was released on 15 September 2017.

He also released a live EP called "live at hoxton hall" on 23 March 2018 which is a live EP wherein he performs select songs from midnight.

On 28 May 2018, he released an EP called "nineties, noughties, tennies" in which he covered 3 songs from the three decades of his life.

A few months later, he released "summer jamz '18" which is a mixtape of his favorite songs and some of his demos.

He also released a Christmas song titled "christmas eve alone this year" on 4 December 2018 in which he talks about his time while touring America wherein he felt so alone that he even considered giving everything up just to get back home.

Lewis appeared as a featured artist on dodie's 2019 EP Human, on the track "Not What I Meant."

On 31 May 2019, he released the song "meant for me" as the first song from his upcoming unannounced album.

He then released the music video on 25 June 2019 as well as the acoustic version of the song on 28 June 2019.

He released the song "fly when i fall" on 23 August 2019 as the second song from his upcoming unannounced album.

He then released the acoustic version of it on 4 October 2019