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Damian Lewis’ Song of the Week: Question Mark

“Gonna start with a gentle little love song called ‘Question Mark.’” — Damian Lewis

Welcome back, everyone, to another Song of the Week!

This week, we are turning to one of the quietest and most mysterious songs on Sweet Chaos.

“Question Mark” is a beautiful ballad set in a moonlit bedroom. A man watches the woman he loves as she sleeps, her body twisted in the sheets. He knows her intimately, yet some part of her remains a mystery.

Damian has never identified the woman who inspired the song. But songs contain clues, and once we connect “Question Mark” to an earlier song, “Soho Tango,” those clues begin to tell a very familiar love story.

At least, that is how I hear it.

But before we get into all that, readers can catch up with our previous Song of the Week posts here. You can listen to or order Sweet Chaos here. And you can get tickets for Damian’s upcoming Sweet Chaos UK tour here.

Now, let’s go!

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Helen McCrory: Celebrating A Phenomenal Woman and Her Life

Helen McCrory would have been 58 today. While I am old enough to know that life is unfair, I still cannot wrap my head around her passing and the sadness her family had to go through during her illness and her untimely death.

I have always known that Helen was a brilliant actress but I also know now about what a class act she was in life and death. The way she chose to live, bravely, focusing on her family, work and charity rather than on her illness, is a lesson for us all about how to live and die with dignity. She was such a bright star that I know she will keep on living through her brilliant work and the two wonderful children she raised with her beloved husband. And we want to celebrate this phenomenal woman and her life today.

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Throwback Thursday to Damian Lewis’ First Ever Gig at Omeara London

I feel extremely privileged to have been a part of Damian’s fantastic first ever gig in London four years ago. Then I was very lucky to attend  many other magical music gigs with Damian and his brilliant band but it is very special to know that I was there at the very beginning of this thrilling musical adventure. So, please join me at Omeara London, a truly beautiful and  intimate music hall, today to revisit every single detail I remember from that utterly exciting evening. Note that I wrote this post four years ago and did not modify it!

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We Celebrate Damian Lewis as a Dad on Father’s Day

Damian Lewis with children Gulliver McCrory-Lewis and Manon McCrory-Lewis at the Burberry Winter 2025 show during London Fashion Week on February 24, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Burberry)

Damian Lewis is a fantastic actor. A talented musician. A generous philanthropist. He is a skilled player on the football field. But, among all different hats he wears, that of fatherhood stands out as the most precious one. And how beautiful the stories we read and the images we get of Damian as a father. And on this Fathers’ Day, we’re celebrating the kind of father Damian has been — caring, funny, and full of love for both Gully and Manon. Happy Fathers Day, Damian! 

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Damian Lewis’ Song of the Week: Soho Tango

“This one is about meeting someone for the very first time and chatting her up on the streets of Soho and thinking I’d closed the deal and she got in the taxi and went home.” – Damian Lewis

We are getting very close now.

With Damian’s new single “Sweet Chaos” finally here and the album with the same title coming in June, the excitement is building. We’re in that waiting period— in the very best way.

So while we wait for the album to drop, we’re continuing our “Song of the Week” series, going back to the songs Damian has written and the stories behind them. And this week’s song takes us to Soho… because, after all, it takes two to tango 🙂

What sounds like a playful Soho story turns out to be the first chapter of a love story. And before I get to unpacking this song for you, if you missed the previous “Song of the Week” posts, you can catch up with them here.

I love the playful storytelling in Damian’s songs, and Soho Tango is no exception. Boy meets girl, boy flirts with girl, boy does not get the girl… 🙂

Two in the morning
Smokin’ on a Soho street
You told jokes, and I was laughin’
I asked if I could kiss you, please

But you said “no”
And you were gone
“I ain’t kissin’ you”
I said, “Why?”
But you had flown
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