Lewis Capaldi has released his phone number on social media with thousands of fans scrambling to call the Scots singer-songwriter.
But of course it was a genius ploy amid the release of his news single, Pointless.The Scot released his digits to 1.4 million followers on Twitter tonight, with the simple request: "call me".
But fans were left stumped when they were directed to the star's answering machine, urging them to download his new song. In his voice memo, he says: "Hello, thanks for very much for calling!
It's Lewis. It's absolutely pointless calling me, I have got nothing else to say."Before hanging up, the star, from Whitburn in West Lothian, adds: "Just make sure you click on the link and download the song."Fans were then texted with a link to directly download 'Pointless' on iTunes.
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