Lewis Capaldi originally co-wrote this song for his debut album Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent, but decided it wasn't right for him. After hearing Sigala's remix of his hit single "Someone You Loved," he sent his "Lasting Lover" demo to the DJ. Sigala received the demo in September 2019. "It came to me as a ballad, just like an acoustic song with just guitar and his voice on it," he told Hits Radio. He completely reinvented the track, revamping it into a bright summery floorfiller.
Sigala and Capaldi handpicked James Arthur to be the singer. Arthur added his vocals via Zoom because of lockdown restrictions and didn't actually meet the DJ until they filmed the video.
Arthur knew that his friend Corey Saunders had co-written the song but was unaware at first of Capaldi's involvement. "I got the song from Sigala and the vocal on it was kind of a similar vibe to me," he recalled to Hits Radio. "It didn't sound like Lewis. He must've done that vocal years ago. It sounded a bit like me, to be honest. And then I was like, 'Yeah, this suits me.'"
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