Louis Tomlinson has defined how a songwriting journey to Costa Rica led him to his “breezy” third solo album How Did I Get Right here?.
Louis Tomlinson reveals how Costa Rica impressed his new album
The previous One Course star is ready to drop the follow-up to 2022’s “mildly darkish” Religion in Nature on January 23, 2026, and he has revealed how the sunny vacation spot impressed the report sonically.
In a canopy interview for Rolling Stone UK, Louis stated of the album: “I hope it appears like a mirrored image of how assured I’m, however breezy is an actual good manner of placing it.
“It’s been a very long time since, professionally and personally, I’ve been in a position to have a bit spring in my step. So, hopefully that comes throughout within the report.”
Louis acquired to take issues “gradual” and spend time nurturing his relationships along with his collaborators, together with Nico Rebscher, David Sneddon and Theo Hutchcraft, and has lastly discovered a crew that makes him really feel assured.
He defined: “What it does for me is construct up quite a lot of belief and confidence within the people who I’m working with. What it isn’t about – and I did many of those periods [in the past] – is being in a room the place individuals are hoping that we write the one. I get that everybody’s acquired a livelihood, however generally in that scenario, you possibly can really feel extra like a method to an finish than [like you’re working with] somebody who actually desires one of the best for the report.”
He continued: “Ever since being in One Course, I’ve been trying to find this sort of crew mentality.
“I’ve achieved it the identical with my reside band on tour – we very a lot transfer as a unit, and that’s actually essential to me.”
Louis stated a number of of the songs on the report would not exist “with out Costa Rica”.
He added: “As I’ve acquired a bit older, I’m actually shopping for into extra hippie-ish concepts. I realised I appreciated the concept of simply bathing in that ambiance and seeing what occurred to the music there. I don’t assume songs like Lemonade, Sunflowers and Lazy would have occurred with out Costa Rica.”