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Louis Tomlinson followed his 'heart' on new album Walls

'Walls' hitmaker Louis Tomlinson wanted to "follow his heart" rather than chase his One Direction success.

Louis Tomlinson followed his 'heart' on new album Walls

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Louis Tomlinson wanted to "follow his heart" after his One Direction success.

The 'Walls' hitmaker - who released the title track off his solo album earlier this month with the LP coming out today (31.01.20) - had "an epiphany" in 2019 as he realised he was chasing chart "success" rather than writing music he could connect with.

He told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "I had a bit of an epiphany last year. I was making music I wasn't comfortable with and none of that ended up on the album.

"I had a bit of break- through moment where I thought, 'I've just got to follow my heart and my inspirations, do what I love and reimagine the word success'.

"I had a lot of success with One Direction and I thought to myself, 'What have I got to tick off?' I might as well follow my heart."

The 28-year-old singer's debut solo record will be released this month, and he recently revealed he felt like he was under a lot of "pressure" to match the success of his former One Direction bandmates - Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik - instead of just focusing on his own work.

He explained: "I used to feel more pressure about matching up to anything any of the others do, but the reality is we have different skill sets and different fans.

"Harry's a star, there's no two ways about it. I'm much more reserved. If I carry myself in a slightly different way, I might be able to get a different market but it's all about staying true to you and that's what we're all doing."

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