Louis Tomlinson reveals what advice he'd give to his younger self

The lovely Louis Tomlinson joined us backstage at Hits Radio Live on Sunday 17th November - and he gave an incredible performance of some of his biggest solo hits to date. Fresh from his performance, we caught up with the singer backstage, where he told us about his plans for Christmas, his debut album 'Walls', and he even found the time to call One Direction 'special'.

The 27-year-old, who shot to fame on The X Factor back in 2010, revealed what advice he'd give to his younger self, telling Hits Radio presenter Fleur East, "I would probably just say and this is just general advice I think to anyone starting something new really is just to kind of more of a saying, just be bold and be brave and trust your gut because there is naturally a lot of opinion around you. I think you’ve just got to be strong-willed and trust your gut really."

We also asked Louis about the upcoming series of The X Factor: The Band which will - obviously - be all about finding bands instead of how the show normally works, and Louis spoke about his own experience of being on the show where he found fame in One Direction with Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Niall Horan.

After being on the judging panel himself for the 2018 series of The X Factor alongside Robbie Williams, Ayda Field-Williams and Simon Cowell, Louis commented, "I'm sure they'll find some good talent, but One Direction was special."

Louis also spoke about his upcoming new album., admitting it's a big relief that it's coming up soon. He told Fleur, "It’s a relief like I was used to in One Direction it was an album a year. So I felt like it has taken me a while. I am really happy and proud where I finished up but just relieved to kind of have the date out there and get close to release really."

The fantastic line-up at Hits Radio Live includes, Robbie Williams, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Mabel, Mark Ronson, Anne-Marie, Tom Walker, HRVY and Jonas Blue.

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