Another One Direction member has released solo material as Louis Tomlinson has just released his debut solo single, ‘Back to You’ and it features Bebe Rexha!

Prior to the song’s release, Louis spoke with BBC News about his single saying, “I’m nervous – but less than I was three weeks ago. I’ve got a lot of good feedback from people at the record label and radio stations – but all that does really is ramp up the pressure because you’re hoping what they say is true.”

The song, and Louis forthcoming album were heavily influenced by one of his favourite groups, the Arctic Monkeys as he told BBC,

“My whole mission with this album is to not write these Hollywood-esque songs that talk about some unfathomable crazy love story. I’m so bored of that. Because I’m from up north, I grew up loving the likes of the Arctic Monkeys and Oasis. And the way they tell stories is such an effortless thing. It’s real, it’s honest and it’s to the point, you know?”

He added, “Now, any of the Arctic Monkeys would be devastated to hear me talking like this, but there is a way of incorporating that conversational honesty into pop.”

Louis also stopped by BBC Radio 1’s Breakfast Show and spoke with Nick Grimshaw about the making of ‘Back to You’.

 

 

Louis also cleared up any rumours that the song was about his Eleanor Calder when he spoke with CapitalFM,

“I’m sure anyone who knows my personal life will think that it is, but actually this song was quite refreshing for me because I’m sure once the album comes out you’ll maybe be able to understand this more, but the whole album is about very, very personal things and me kind of opening up about my last three years. 

He added, “So it was nice to have this song that I felt a little bit more detatched from in terms of concept. We just drew from the most extreme scenario of that kind of relationship as there are a lot of people who find themselves in that sort of relationship where you’re kind of stuck in whatever and as much as you might irritate each other, whatever happens you just keep coming back to each other. I think it’s relatable to a certain degree but not necessarily specifically to me.”

Back to You isn’t Louis’ first offering of music outside of One Direction as he collaborated with Steve Aoki on his song, ‘Just Hold On’.

 

 

Take a listen to Louis’ new song, ‘Back to You’ and let us know what you think!

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