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Louis Tomlinson has explained how a songwriting trip to Costa Rica led him to his “breezy” third solo album How Did I Get Here?.<\/p>\n
\nThe former One Direction star is set to drop the follow-up to 2022’s “mildly dark” Faith in Nature on January 23, 2026, and he has revealed how the sunny destination inspired the record sonically.<\/p>\n
\nIn a cover interview for Rolling Stone UK, Louis said of the album: \u201cI hope it feels like a reflection of how confident I am, but breezy is a real nice way of putting it.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time since, professionally and personally, I\u2019ve been able to have a little spring in my step. So, hopefully that comes across in the record.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nLouis got to take things “slow” and spend time nurturing his relationships with his collaborators, including Nico Rebscher, David Sneddon and Theo Hutchcraft, and has finally found a team that makes him feel confident.<\/p>\n
\nHe explained: \u201cWhat it does for me is build up a lot of trust and confidence in the people that I\u2019m working with. What it isn\u2019t about \u2013 and I did many of these sessions [in the past] \u2013 is being in a room where people are hoping that we write the single. I get that everyone\u2019s got a livelihood, but sometimes in that situation, you can feel more like a means to an end than [like you\u2019re working with] someone who really wants the best for the record.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nHe continued: \u201cEver since being in One Direction, I\u2019ve been searching for this kind of team mentality.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019ve done it the same with my live band on tour \u2013 we very much move as a unit, and that\u2019s really important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nLouis said several of the songs on the record wouldn’t exist “without Costa Rica”.<\/p>\n
\nHe added: \u201cAs I\u2019ve got a bit older, I\u2019m really buying into more hippie-ish ideas. I realised I liked the idea of just bathing in that atmosphere and seeing what happened to the music there. I don\u2019t think songs like Lemonade, Sunflowers and Lazy would have happened without Costa Rica.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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