Louis Tomlinson has revealed he predicted only “two people” from One Direction would go on to find success as solo artists admitting he thought Harry Styles and Niall Horan would be the only ones to prosper after the band split.
Louis Tomlinson predicted only “two people” from One Direction would go on to find success as solo artists.
The 34-year-old singer was a member of the group alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik – who quit in 2015 – and the late Liam Payne and Louis believed Harry and Niall would be the only ones to prosper after the band split in 2016 amid fears his own career would never match the previous success he’d enjoyed during his time as a member of the group.
Louis told Billboard: “There might be one or two people from a band that prosper, but history says there’s not normally more than two.
“I always knew Harry was going to go on to do what he’s done – I’m sure he’s superseded his own expectations in the way that he’s taken over the world, but we knew he’s got everything it takes to be a great artist.
“And Niall, I had a good feeling about too – he’s Irish, he’s lovely, everyone loves him.”
Louis went on to add of the band’s end: “That was really f****** scary. I was never thinking: ‘I’ll be in that group [of One Direction stars] that succeeds’.”
However, Louis has found success after One Direction and is due to release his third album How Did I Get Here? later this month. He’s also due to headline fabled New York City venue Madison Square Garden in July – a feat Louis never thought he would be able to achieve as a solo artist after previously playing a gig there with the band in 2012.
He told the publication: “Never in a million f******* years did I think I’d be playing that on my own.”
It comes after Louis revealed never “enjoyed” performing One Direction’s debut single What Makes You Beautiful even though it was a huge hit around the world.
Speaking on Capital FM, Louis was asked which song he hated performing and he replied: “Maybe some people wouldn’t answer this, but I’m not sure there was a single time I performed One Direction’s What Makes You Beautiful and enjoyed it. That always felt like a bit of a challenge.”
Louis also revealed one of his favourite 1D songs was never released.
He said: “I think we wrote it for the last One Direction record album or the one before … I think it got leaked, actually- it was a song called Where We Are.
“I always really, really loved that song. I was fighting for that song to make the record. It never did.”
Louis Tomlinson predicted only ‘two’ One Direction members would find solo success
