{"id":59163,"date":"2020-01-17T11:22:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T11:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=59163"},"modified":"2020-01-17T11:22:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T11:22:11","slug":"louis-tomlinson-releases-title-track-from-upcoming-album-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/01\/louis-tomlinson-releases-title-track-from-upcoming-album-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Tomlinson Releases Title Track From Upcoming Album, ‘Walls’"},"content":{"rendered":"

X Factor alumnus Louis\u00a0Tomlinson returns with a brand new song ‘Walls’, released today Friday January 17th.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Louis\u00a0says,<\/p>\n

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“It\u2019s about coming home having been on tour, soon after the band had split. I found some of my girlfriend\u2019s clothes in the cupboard and\u00a0it\u00a0hit me what I\u2019d done. I love the indie sound of the song and\u00a0its circular nature \u2013\u00a0it\u00a0opens and closes with the same lyric.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That lyric \u2013 \u2018Nothing wakes you up like waking up alone\u2019 \u2013 shows\u00a0Louis\u2019 progression as a songwriter ready to reveal his vulnerable side. \u2018The day you walked away was the day I became the man that I am now,\u2019 is another.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI pretend not to be romantic, but I am,\u201d says\u00a0Louis.\u00a0\u201cIt\u00a0really hit home when I was in the studio to hear the strings being recorded. There must have been 25 musicians in there, all for my song.\u00a0It\u00a0was a proper tear-jerking moment already and I\u2019ve never felt a shiver like\u00a0it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Listen here<\/a>.<\/u><\/p>\n

‘Walls’ is taken from\u00a0Louis’s highly anticipated debut solo album also entitled ‘Walls’, released January 31st 2020.\u00a0Lyrically, he\u2019s rightly proud of all twelve tracks on the album, most rooted in real life, but in particular those that dig deep on subjects ranging from relationships and family to the folly of youth and days of self-doubt. Live, he\u2019s most looking forward to performing the songs that reflect the indie-rock he grew up on and still adores today.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI feel like this is the start of my career, with so much to look forward to and all the plans in place,\u201d says\u00a0Louis. \u201cHonestly, I\u2019ve been through every emotion possible in the past few years and come out the other side stronger and more confident than I\u2019ve ever been.\u00a0I know I\u2019ve\u00a0made\u00a0an album that my fans will like, one that sounds like me and has\u00a0its own identity. There\u00a0were times I wasn\u2019t sure if this was what I should be doing. Now I can\u2019t imagine doing anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

2019 was the year that\u00a0Louis\u00a0found his feet as a solo artist. He followed his award-winning return in March with ‘Two of Us’, which took the tragic loss of his mother as a touchstone and connected with fans around the world, with a run of acclaimed singles – the raucous ‘Kill My Mind’, the reflective ‘We\u00a0Made\u00a0It’, and the soaring pop perfection of ‘Don\u2019t Let\u00a0It\u00a0Break Your Heart’.<\/p>\n

2020 is the year that\u00a0Louis\u00a0goes live with a 50 date World Tour, his first as a solo artist, with many dates already sold out including all the UK shows. From early March until late July, he\u2019ll be on tour near nightly, crossing countries and continents.\u00a0Earlier this year\u00a0Louis\u00a0headlined the Coca-Cola music festival in Madrid to an audience of 25,000 people, and recently performed to 65,000 fans at Premios Telehit in the Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City.\u00a0\u00a0He also picked up the Best Song Award at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards for his recent single ‘Two Of Us’, which has so far hit 40 million streams on Spotify, with YouTube views at 23 million. In 2018\u00a0Louis\u00a0won an iHeart Award for ‘Best Solo Breakout’, and an EMA Award for ‘Best UK & Ireland Act’ in 2017. He was ranked No.5 on Billboard\u2019s emerging artists of 2018 and has over 60 million combined followers on social media.<\/p>\n

UK Tour Dates:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

23.03 Roundhouse, London (SOLD OUT)
\n24.03 Ro\u200bundhouse, London (SOLD OUT)
\n26.03 O2 Academy, Glasgow (SOLD OUT)
\n27.03 Dome, Doncaster (SOLD OUT)
\n28.03 O2 Apollo, Manchester (SOLD OUT)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

X Factor alumnus Louis Tomlinson returns with a brand new song ‘Walls’, released today Friday January 17th.<\/p>\n

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