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\n Related: <\/span>Louis Tomlinson Says He Will ‘Never Really Accept’ Liam Payne’s Death<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tLouis Tomlinson is reflecting on the first anniversary of his One Direction bandmate Liam Payne\u2019s death. \u201c[Liam\u2019s death] is something I\u2019ll never really accept. I don\u2019t think,\u201d Tomlinson, 33, admitted in an interview with The Independent published on Saturday, October 18. The \u201cJust Hold On\u201d singer has faced tragedy throughout his life, as his mother, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He added, \u201cThere might be one or two people from a band<\/a> that prosper, but history says there\u2019s not normally more than two. \u2026 I always knew Harry [Styles]<\/strong> was going to go on to do what he\u2019s done \u2014 I\u2019m sure he\u2019s superseded his own expectations in the way that he\u2019s taken over the world, but we knew he\u2019s got everything it takes to be a great artist. And Niall, I had a good feeling about too \u2014 he\u2019s Irish, he\u2019s lovely, everyone loves him.\u201d<\/p>\nNow gearing up to release his third solo album, How Did I Get Here?<\/em>, Tomlinson said that there are still a few 1D songs he doesn\u2019t mind singing as a man in his mid-30s with a 9-year-old at home. (He shares son Freddie, who turns 10 later this month, with ex Briana Jungwirth<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n\n![\"Louis](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Louis-Tomlinson-Says-One-Direction-Is-Closer-After-Liam-Payne-Death.jpg?w=1000&quality=55&strip=all\")
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\n Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Niall Horan.<\/span> Ian Gavan\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cFor starters, I like to pick one that I wrote \u2014 but the biggest challenge is finding a lyric that feels all right to sing as a 34-year-old guy. And that\u2019s actually not the easiest thing to do, because some of those One Direction lyrics are f***ing raunchy, man, proper!\u201d he quipped. \u201cI put off singing \u2018No Control\u2019 forever. There was something kind of beautiful about the fact that everyone was always asking for it, and I never did it. But I did buckle during my Away From Home<\/em> festival, and actually, I really enjoyed it. I\u2019ve not sang that song for a long time, and that song was a big moment for me in the band, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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Tomlinson noted that he will \u201cnever really accept\u201d the loss of Payne<\/a>, who died in October 2024 at age 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.<\/p>\n
Now gearing up to release his third solo album, How Did I Get Here?<\/em>, Tomlinson said that there are still a few 1D songs he doesn\u2019t mind singing as a man in his mid-30s with a 9-year-old at home. (He shares son Freddie, who turns 10 later this month, with ex Briana Jungwirth<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n \u201cFor starters, I like to pick one that I wrote \u2014 but the biggest challenge is finding a lyric that feels all right to sing as a 34-year-old guy. And that\u2019s actually not the easiest thing to do, because some of those One Direction lyrics are f***ing raunchy, man, proper!\u201d he quipped. \u201cI put off singing \u2018No Control\u2019 forever. There was something kind of beautiful about the fact that everyone was always asking for it, and I never did it. But I did buckle during my Away From Home<\/em> festival, and actually, I really enjoyed it. I\u2019ve not sang that song for a long time, and that song was a big moment for me in the band, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Tomlinson noted that he will \u201cnever really accept\u201d the loss of Payne<\/a>, who died in October 2024 at age 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.<\/p>\n<\/div>
\n Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Niall Horan.<\/span> Ian Gavan\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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