![]() ![]() I went into this process with a lot more freedom and, naturally, I’ve created something that’s more true to who I am as a musician and as a music fan what I like listening to. "On Walls, I was so overanalytical about every sound. I didn’t put as much restraint on myself as I did on the first record. He continues: “I felt much more freedom in this record to express myself in the way I wanted to. Much as he was throughout The X Factor and One Direction’s infancy, he remains somewhat self-critical, aware and refreshingly humble. It’s during moments like this it becomes apparent that superstardom hasn’t actually changed Louis. Deep down I always knew what I wanted to do, but there was definitely a time when I asked myself the question ‘can I pull this off?’” “With the first record, there was an element of me finding my feet and working out what it is I could do. “This whole album’s been a learning process for me,” he says. Taking some of the album’s somewhat unlikely collaborators, from DMA’s to Courteeners’ Joe Cross, we ask if Louis allowed himself to be more open to experimentation on this record. Have faith in that idea and you won’t be any worse off.” With that statement, I’m not saying we can predict the future or that it’ll necessarily look any brighter, but it inspires hope. "I actually tweeted it for the first time, without any context, last year. ![]() “I was 99 per cent sure I wanted to call it Faith In The Future, then lockdown happened and it just felt like an appropriate statement. “I had the title before anything else,” he explains. The title of Louis’ second record, Faith In The Future, immediately sparks a certain hope in things to come. It meant that, when they did come around, it felt even more special.” "We live in a world now where we get everything we want quite quickly, and I think the fans would agree it was nice to wait for those moments. It also made me dead excited about what’s to come. "I knew, in that time, I needed to make a record, but it just felt like I could take my foot off the gas a little bit. I feel like it gave me room to declutter my brain and, hopefully, I got a better album out of that. That was the first time I’d really had a moment where I didn’t have to worry what was to come. “What I liked about that period? My life, by definition, comes with a lot of pressure in this job. “I’ve had most days filled for the last ten years,” he acknowledges. On the topic of resuming his tour post-COVID lockdown, we question how Louis mentally coped with such a drastic lifestyle change from 100mph living throughout 1D and his solo career to a complete standstill. “There’s such a raucous energy out in the crowd, so it really warrants that feeling back from me.” We tell Louis we were blown away by his performance at London’s OVO Arena Wembley earlier this year. Looking back and reflecting, I’m really proud to be here and of the year I’ve had.” I feel incredibly lucky, and it’s taken quite a bit of work to get here. I mean this – everywhere I f**king go the crowd bring the energy. I feel so fulfilled with everything that’s happened this year. I wasn’t even prepared for how I feel in this moment, right now. “I spent two years over lockdown being excited for these moments. “I’ve been so lucky with this whole tour,” he says. We firstly congratulate Louis on becoming a first-time uncle to sister Lottie Tomlinson’s baby son Lucky (“I’m dead excited,” he beams) and his mammoth world tour a series of shows that’ve seen him play 80 shows to over 500,000 fans across five continents. The follow-up to his 2020 debut Walls, it sees him collaborate with such unlikely influences as Australian trio DMA’s, Courteeners’ bassist Joe Cross and Hurts’ Theo Hutchcraft.Īs he readies the release of lead single Bigger Than Me, we speak to Louis about his most 'sonically ambitious’ work yet, and why he’s 'immensely proud’ of his new-found artistic 'freedom.’ On November 11, Louis will release his second solo studio album Faith In The Future. ![]() But, while it’d be all too easy for him to sit back, consider his ambitions fulfilled and live off some sizeable royalties, Louis is looking ahead. Experienced pandemonium only The Beatles or the Spice Girls could ever truly comprehend. Seen corners of the world many will never visit. Even having interviewed Louis many times across his career, from the early One Direction days, we can’t help but wonder if the fame’s somehow changed him.Īt 30 years old, Louis has achieved feats few would deem possible. Waiting for the host to let us into a Zoom interview with Louis Tomlinson, we’re extremely conscious you’re about to speak to one of the world’s most accomplished musicians. As he readies the release of second solo album Faith In The Future and its lead single Bigger Than Me, Louis Tomlinson talks us through his most ‘authentic’ work to date. ![]()
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