‘1/4 of One Direction :)’ reads Louis Tomlinson’s 2020 Twitter bio. One-quarter of a band thrust and catapulted into international fame almost a decade ago. Louis has spent the years since the band announced their hiatus finding his voice. His search has been for authentic pop music, pop music that has intentions and levels but still has the traits of popular music he loved so much growing up. Louis’ intentions are clear. “I hope they take away from it that they felt something from the lyrics, and they think that I’m a decent songwriter,” he tells tmrw with an almost unexpected openness. In this interview, Louis has found his voice.