Louis Tomlinson doesn't think One Direction's Up All Night album was shit, actually
04.09.2022 - 14:23
/ officialcharts.com
When it came to catching up with Louis Tomlinson for the release of his upcoming second album Faith In The Future, we wanted our focus to be on Louis the solo artist. As its title suggests, this record is about looking ahead. It simply wouldn't make sense to reminisce on his already-well-documented past successes, of which there have been far too many to mention.
That said, we had a bone to pick with Louis.
The One Direction star was recently quoted as saying that Up All Night - his Number 2-peaking debut album released with bandmates Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne - was 'shit'.
It's a standpoint we demanded more insight into because, sorry, that record plays home to some stone cold 1D bangers.
As we begged Louis to rethink his stance, he told : "Do you know what? It's funny. It was an off the cuff comment, man.
"It was amazing for the time. But look, I couldn't imagine myself singing those songs now, at this age."
We jumped to its defence, reiterating that Up All Night is very much not shit. "Tell Me A Lie! More Than This! MOMENTS!", we protest.
"Moments - I used to love that tune, to be fair," Louis explains. "It's the one that Ed Sheeran wrote. Listen, there were loads of good songs on there, but it felt very much for the time.
"I couldn't imagine jumping up and down, singing Up All Night these days. But never say never!"
So, which 1D records would Louis himself describe as 'not shit'?
"Midnight Memories onwards," he says. "Maybe this is a slightly selfish angle, because Midnight Memories was the first album where me and Liam really had influence on the writing throughout.
"I think the bottom line is, it's not about Up All Night being shit. That was just me having a laugh. From the third album,