Making of: Never Really Loved Me - Kygo, Dean Lewis, Lewis Capaldi

The Making of: Never Really Loved Me
PERFORMED BY: KYGO, DEAN LEWIS
WRITTEN BY: LEWIS CAPALDI, DEAN LEWIS, KYGO, ADELIZ CALDERON
PRODUCED BY: KYGO
FILM BY: JOHANNES LOVUND
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[@juliennnnnnnnnnnnnn]

Petition to hear the Lewis Capaldi versions😭😭😭😭

[@misteryotv6733]

Really

[@arctica4093]

They version with Lewis capaldi before all the edits was better in my opinion

[@twentywinters2880]

Yessss what happened Kygo!!!!

[@bat8858]

Why?

[@chrisallen191]

Yes release it

[@bramschiebroek1413]

I would kill for a Lewis Capaldi cover! Both sound similar but so different at the same time

[@travelinganito6273]

Same with Sandro Cavazza they seems like same on vocal texture

[@bramschiebroek1413]

@@travelinganito6273 YES! You're so right!

[@swimstar1560]

Ya but deans voice fit this more than his that’s why they decided,Lewis is a great singer but deans vocals in this song were prefect!!

[@vee4maffu]

i NEED lewis cover

[@travelinganito6273]

@@swimstar1560 Lewis voice kinda hard and rough compared to Dean.. their decision is right making the song really fits to Dean.. i think if they will make a song for Lewis, it should be like "Woke up in love", "Freeze"..and slow tempo..

[@victornico]

I love the Dean Lewis version, but there’s something truly special about the Lewis Capaldi version… his unique voice and hearing songwriters sing their own songs always add a little something to the performance. I would really love if that version was released too!

[@victornico]

Here's Kygo Freeze and Capaldi mashup kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6TWaHp7nNahrM0

[@markschumacher3157]

Please

[@bat8858]

@@markschumacher3157 Lewis calpadi is a b#tch boy TRUMP 2024

[@shubhangipanda7718]

Lewis Capaldi is commendable .....he can give tunes melody lyrics gifted voice and what a song writer.....he should Collab more .......

[@mariasolfernandez326]

Both are amazing!

[@sammagro]

Now we need the Lewis Capaldi version

[@joshclark8639]

Probably one of the best produced song of the year, especially Lewis Caplidi involved in the production! another Kygo banger here we goo 👌🏻

[@robinskull]

MY SONGS ARE WAY BETTER THAN KYGO

[@darioparisi6863]

@@robinskull Ok bro 👍👍👍👍

[@davidcunningham3813]

Yeah! You might like this song by Saltire kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGi5oI1qit-imas

[@willemhardian]

Lewis Caplidi 💀

[@bitchassgoofyass]

@@willemhardian it was probably a joke :D if you look closely at 1:05 Kygo has him saved as “Lewis Calamari” so I guess this guy did the same thing xd

[@joshuacooke282]

Kygo and Lewis Capaldi the duo we need

[@zombahawk]

Love these behind the scenes videos man. Amazing to get a glimpse of your masterpieces in the making and how they come together so perfectly in the end. Truly an amazingly talented man! Thank you for chasing your dream, your music has touched so many people!

[@robinskull]

MY SONGS ARE WAY BETTER THAN KYGO

[@juana8852]

@@robinskull 🍪

[@davidcunningham3813]

You will love this from Saltire! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGi5oI1qit-imas

[@rachaelkp]

@@juana8852 don't feed the 🤖

[@kennythekettle]

Would love to hear a track with Lewis's vocals

[@KB-rf5lv]

Agreed. Dean uses too much vibrato for my taste.

[@tadeuszmusic]

@@KB-rf5lv what lol? Lewis uses even more vibrato haha. Like every note

[@KB-rf5lv]

@@tadeuszmusic True. Maybe Calum Scott?

[@rishigenviranna8080]

It's amazing to see how musicians minds work to create these bangers. Both Lewis Capaldi & Kygo are brilliant. I also join in the petition to hear the full Capaldi lyrics/version of this song!

[@felipeaguiar]

Lewis Capaldi is such a talented artist, beautiful soul…

[@deandracuschieri5066]

Of course he admires lewis.. whats not to admire in Lewis capaldi hes a genius. His lyrics his vocals his voice. Hes just amazing. So sad that hes not singing the song himself it would have been much better i hope someday he release it with his vocals.

[@polypolycarpo]

Lewis is a giver. He gives his bests songs to others singers.. never gonna forgive him for giving How to be lonely to Rita Ora 😭😭

[@franceslopez5085]

I love Lewis Capaldi, please release his version! 🥹

[@AVC2323]

This is the best track of the album.

[@polypolycarpo]

I get really sad when i hear Capaldi's latest release and then remember this song went to Dean... Capaldi deserves a hit and this song would be one in his voice 😭😭

[@adribarbieri3705]

At 6:34 where Lewis just starts belting words, wow what a talent, no one has a voice that comes close man.

[@silentbydeadly8661]

So nice when everything comes together in a track and everything is finished and then you can listen to your finished piece of art.

[@robinskull]

MY SONGS ARE WAY BETTER THAN KYGO

[@silentbydeadly8661]

@@robinskull Why don't you make video of you performing your songs and put on KZbin.

[@becomingjinhyun]

So I've been listening to this clip multiple times a week ever since I came across it and I need to geek out over some of the more brilliant moments of this collaboration. In particular, how what they did in the first 5 minutes of sitting together essentially ended up as the song! First, if the text thread is legit, it's pretty funny to see Lewis with a nerve-wracking sense of urgency that he's messing up a first impression. Very relatable. Then at 2:45, they're off and RUNNING. Their chemistry is like Dre and Eminem in the studio for "My Name Is". Kygo is vibing to the melody Lewis has for the verse and how Lewis has built up through the pre-chorus. Within seconds of hitting the chorus, at 3:20 Kygo is thinking he wants greater contrast with the chorus than what he initially has. At the same time, Lewis is looking for some help with the music to fill here so he's clapping along for some gut-intuition-percussion. Granted, it looks like Lewis hasn't heard a sample of the hook in the text messages. They eventually land on that together not another minute later at 4:03 when Kygo says he wants to switch it up for the chorus. 3:40 - Kygo adds texture to the hook with some chord progressions, you can hear that it's kind of drowning out the lyrics that Lewis was thinking for the chorus. You can hear it clearly in the second bar of the chorus in the 4:20 s. 4:44 - Lewis' creativity jumps in. Kygo hasn't added the chord progressions to the sample, but Lewis has the added texture in his head so comes in with a brand new, more percussive, hook which springs Kygo into action to grab that melody line. 5:10 - not 30 seconds later Kygo comes up with a way to resolve the melody line Lewis opened on the 5th to the tonic note of the chord progression. So there's an idea for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd (just repeat of 1st) and 4th bars of the hook. 5:30 - after Lewis listens to that loop ONCE, he thinks of setting up that 4th bar by going up to start the third bar and stopping on the 3rd (note of the key they're in) which creates some space to make - "Then That! 5:42" - the 4th bar feel like it really ties all 4 bars together. Queue evil laughter and world takeover. 6:18 - The final touch, Lewis wants to double up the tonic note because the percussive theme he added to the hook nearly shifts the hook an entire beat forward. It feels like a small thing, but it makes a huge difference, noted by how frequently Lewis references it (6:42, 7:57, 9:18, 9:35) 8:00 - 8 minutes later they're laughing they've just cracked the code so fast. In less than 5 minutes (ignoring the video cuts) they nailed the hook without ever playing it over the chord progression Kygo added. 8:47 - The first time we hear the ideas of the melody on top of the chord progression that Kygo suggested in minute 3. They just knocked out verse, pre-chorus and hook in less than 10 minutes of working together. 10:17 - Don't forget to be friends. Collaboration at it's *finest* Bonus moments of brilliance: 8:20 - Kygo takes the percussive hook inspo and adds more texture to the hook, which is in the final version! 6:43 - Lewis delays the second time through the hook by a sixteenth for a different vibe. Super subtle. Didn't even notice until Kygo called it out. Honestly may have been an accident by Lewis because we don't hear it again. Middle section - not to be overlooked and taken for granted, Kygo in his bag. This is the stuff that sets him apart. A lot of amateur producers think of "layering" just to make it sound fuller, but Kygo can hear parts and sections like some of history's best composers draw up symphonies. I know how lofty this sounds, but I really believe his name belongs among the greats like Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. 15:47 - this is just exciting for Kygo. In some of his earlier albums like Cloud nine, he can create a story using just a 8 bar vocal sample. But combined with a storyteller like Lewis, he can tell more sophisticated stories through his songs. Disgusting how easy it is for Lewis to twist two lines in this hook and deliver what feels like a complete story. Then the man just walks away, crushes some cookies, and then records in that gravely voice again like it's absolutely nothing? It's not supposed to be that easy!!! It's honestly a relief to hear the sound engineer ask Lewis to miss a note. What a freak! Okay I'm done. Thanks for sharing your process, Kygo!

[@claire6200]

Wow thank you for this amazing break down. Rewatching along with your commentary makes me appreciate their brilliance even more!

[@direfly9818]

Kygo & Avicii is the reason why I started producing music he is so dedicated for his art that hunger of music you can see in his eyes thank you for inspiring many music producer's from your music one day I wish to collaborate with you if god & hard work will support me I know that will happen for sure when Avicii passed away it felt like a personal loss I feel blessed that god has chosen me for this because you have been chosen by God to be in the field of art to my every fellow music producer friends reading this comment never ever stop producing I know it's not easy it takes alot of time & there is no money in the starting but one day all these hard work & struggle will be worth it my producer friends may god bless you all I pray we all get successful in this music field.

[@polypolycarpo]

lewis capaldi voice is something else!!! happy he is back doing music 🤗

[@YosusZ]

This is awesome, i really want to hear the Lewis capaldi version. But sounds great either.

[@fishfingerfarmfly]

The moment Kygo's sitting in silence and composing in his head 🤯👍

[@avram908]

i have a dream to see Lewis Capaldi sing that song!

[@luminary3253]

You can always buy that song from me. Let me know cuz I have more capaldi x Kygo colabs

[@badhonsingha5016]

Now I want to hear this song with Lewis Capaldi's vocal... Release it please

[@milankoly6648]

might get leaked sooner lol

[@joelfurtado9692]

how ro you know

[@luminary3253]

Lewis version got sold lmao

[@Thijsios13]

@@luminary3253 can we listen to that version?

[@luminary3253]

@@Thijsios13 you gotta pay me if you want to listen to that version since I bought it

[@K562D]

"Thank you for allowing us to be a part of it."

[@com3atmebro]

If Kygo released the Lewis Capaldi version it would have blown up wayyyyy more than the Dean Lewis version.... please kygo we need the Lewis Capaldi version 😢

[@VinaVerde]

My heart drops everytime watching Kygo play the piano... Even just trying to find melodies and chords still sounds great, I'm in love 🥰🥰. And it has different vibe of hearing this song with Lewis Capaldi vocal. Will you release his version?

[@robinskull]

MY SONGS ARE WAY BETTER THAN KYGO

[@dandoffr8678]

sorry but no. Kygo’s music is soulful and sinks deep into the heart.

[@davidcunningham3813]

❤️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGi5oI1qit-imas

[@vee4maffu]

PLEASE release Lewis version

[@SamuelEks]

7:40 - 8:06 More of this kind of bouncy instrumental in the future pls😍

[@liamsteen3573]

Yeah i agree

[@snaak25]

Kygo is my favorite ever, so special, one of a kind 👍

[@kyleholguin0227]

the first version sounds really nice, wonder what that version would've ended up like!

[@adamringberg1665]

I’m sorry but I threw my phone at the wall when the screen said, “Lewis and I decided it was perfect for dean lewis”, yes the song is good, but I NEED the Lewis version RIGHT NOW.

[@mikejwheatley]

Just love how casual it is that you hook up, jam and write some tunes. You both seem very down to Earth guys (with immense talent). Love it. 😊

[@gtaplayerr7737]

Bro seriously kygo should never ever stop making music, sooo good !

[@ximenahernandez5438]

I love kygo 💗

[@ajlowder6672]

Kygo, my idol

[@marcosviniciuspissaia9680]

Kygo, Brazil loves you 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@andrew2522]

I would binge watch this if it was a whole series. Please do more making ofs.

[@simonaskrenova1732]

This Kyrre is really a wonderful guy. He has accomplished so much and I am proud of him as if he were my brother! We are the same age, but I really take my hat off. Amazingly used talent. I could sit quietly and admire his gift for hours and days. As soon as he touches the piano keys, tears well up in my eyes and chills all over my body. I have HUGE respect!

[@khaledfehri9426]

Best sound maker and DJ with avicii ❤️❤️❤️

[@bryanmedinaBM]

Te amo kygo 🫶🏻

[@aaniuxx]

Kygo❤️ forever my favorite

[@txemopanocki7884]

Lewis Capaldi have a very special voice, as good as comercial version, with Dean Lewis.... 😉😉

[@paumarh24]

I love you, please come back to Mexico soon ❤🇲🇽🎧🌴

[@monicaelisabet3208]

I think they should have more songs together. ✨✨

[@ExploreWithEthan]

Tbh Lewis is a genius He hit that melody on the head!

[@MarioKuburovic]

we need a kygo and lewis capaldi collab

[@emretopcu1198]

You are an inspiration for lots of upcoming producers. Please do more of these, we would like to see more of you in the studio. It would mean the world to us

[@miguelangelelizondo01]

Lewis Capaldi. Wow. The way he came up with that like that.

[@moomoocho1196]

Gotta love Lewis!

[@chelseaallen2034]

Australia is so proud of you Dean 🇦🇺 nothing beats kygo !!!!

[@Maize_1]

Lewis casually smashing it, like right away! Like he's one with the song ❤

[@shubhangipanda7718]

We want this version to be released as well

[@christianacar2745]

Needed to watch this again. Lewis voice is so golden ❤

[@paularoberts2678]

This is so cool. Working with a lyrical genius such as Lewis Capaldi...wow!!!

[@foxtrot3362]

YESSSS FINALLY IM SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS, I LOVE THE MAKING OF VIDEOS PLEASE KEEP MAKING THEM!!!

[@lauren92567]

CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU OCTOBER 6!♥️you are THE GOAT!

[@kellmarie1004]

Lewis is pure magic. His voice is unlike anyone elses. We need this collab to happen

[@abdellahouiddad2938]

I never see in my life a piano man like you 🤯🤯🤯❤️❤️🙏🙏 Kygo, You are a genius 🙏❤️

[@freddyalejandrobarriosmend4116]

Está versión es más sublime!

[@juliepeterson3349]

Kygo's a force of goodness and positivity, his music reflects this. His natural musical talent is a gift that he's able to share with the world. Thankful for him 💜

[@zcookson1891]

Kinda wish Lewis kept this one!!...would love to hear a full version with his lyrics. Awesome to listen to it come together though great track👏

[@fabiomanenti335]

love this song❤️

[@DanielEscamillaPueblo]

I absolutely LOVE these behind the scenes videos. So freaking cool to see how this stuff is made. I hope you do one for the Gryffin collab.

[@FaBB2790]

Amazing behind the scenes..

[@annelaurearquie3557]

a gem of a song ,fruit of a pro team ,very impressive how each piece of the puzzle gets into place with a natural flow of 💡 yet every artist taking part in it leaves their own unique flavour. ( cookies and milk?😋)

[@alexander0664]

Necesitamos más colaboraciones con Dean Lewis ♥️🇬🇹🎶 lo conocí por Martín Garrix en I USED TO LOVE ♥️

[@urya_ua]

X2

[@Macchiato-Rosa]

me toooooooo

[@LAVISHING]

Awesome seeing this Kygo!

[@eribertosilva8432]

kygo my love for you only increases

We need Lewis Capaldi version. 🤞🏻😭❤️

[@michael_ibeh]

i love kygo

[@trini101010]

absolutely magical! please continue making these

[@scooterboyify]

we need more of these videos!! biggest fan right here

[@luissstvpr]

awesome masterpiece! KG

[@AceitedeOlivaenEspana]

This is incredible!! Wonderful!!

[@kikcudi]

Lewis skills composing are f***ing awesome and Kyrre did it again, always. Keep going and recording this making of videos!! we like them so much!!

[@Tommyometer]

Love this

[@gingin7199]

LOVE THESE VIDEOS

[@luisferro7252]

Lewis has an amazing voice! It's cool to see the creative process that goes into a song like this.

[@ArturTelo]

Definitely 3 amazing artists 🤍

[@eribertosilva8880]

it was amazing

[@tonorbagra8993]

Lots of love

[@merce85]

Thank you for show us this! It's great!!! 👏👏👏👏

[@censoredvon]

More videos like this please.

[@djdavemusicc]

ohhh. I love it!

[@martinrios3689]

Awesome, as always🔥

[@cajocomusic]

This is the best thing ever!

[@aleksanderevenrud8878]

This song is too good🙌

[@fitbrittpnw1977]

Literally all of your music is perfection. Love it!!

[@atkco09]

The collab we didn’t know we needed. Amazing this!

[@trippy3079]

I love this

[@beyourself8701]

❤ Loved watching this!!

[@SylviaPGlam]

I loveeeeeeeee these behind scene videos, Lewis and you're amazing together. Absolutly amazing ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Themiguelyt]

Perfecto kygo 👌😎

[@francieleferreira7658]

Você virá em SP em novembro,queria tanto ir,te amo 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷❤️❤️❤️🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@cubewizard4366]

Insane talent all around

[@boomhousemusic9045]

Awesome job! Thanks for sharing! Have a great day

[@szenassyakos3783]

THIS is music🔥🔥

[@John-bi5bi]

King Kygo❤️

[@ChrisRG]

The best!!

[@siatha_lee3793]

Kygo I love you from ZAMBIA 🇿🇲

[@jamiehoekstra11677]

Absolutely legendary!