Scottish singer-songwriter whose Someone You Loved became one of the best-selling singles in British music history — and whose Netflix documentary Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent documented his Tourette's syndrome and anxiety during the recording of his second album, making him a public mental health figure.
Represents in the MW context the archetype of the commercially successful artist who cannot reconcile the demands of public performance with genuine mental health needs — his pausing of touring due to Tourette's symptoms becoming a case study in the relationship between artistic gift and psychological cost.
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