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Louis Tomlinson: A Study in Vocals

(Part 1/?)

28th September 2021

Right off the bat, I’m going to let you know that this is a really long post which has not been kept under the cut. The tags ‘ #s28op ‘ and ‘ #m.masterpost ‘ have been used so feel free to filter them out. This is an aggregate of posts from over the years that have talked extensively about Louis’ vocal abilities. I’m sure there are more analyses out there which have slipped past me (more on that in the end notes); as of now this post is stable enough on its own. This is also a Louis appreciation post :) Enjoy!

VOCAL ANALYSES

A vocal profile 

A video from 2014 that talks about his vocal range

On head and chest voices 

“Don’t tell me his voice sounds like shit until you can do what he does on a stage to thousands of fans night after night.” 

A unique sound without which every 1D song would be monotonous

Vocal coach reacts to Louis’ voice (and appreciates it *pretends to be shocked*)

Louis’ vocals on Four - a song by song critique

YouTuber reacts to a Little Things live performance

Singing really low notes live

Not a vocal analysis but a very important pop punk post

Changing octaves in BTY

“He doesn’t even seem bothered to hit really high notes without switching into his head voice.” (thread created pre-Walls era) 

The highest note he has sung in each song off of Walls (and some 1D bangers too)

How his voice has improved over the years (post written pre-November livestream)

Copy of a Copy of a Copy - parallels with Fight Club and a musical analysis

Helene Horlyck, vocal coach and life guide, on the AFH Festival

Why Louis Tomlinson’s voice is one of the greatest things to happen to anyone ever

This post just because this is what all the anons sound like these days:

“louis: doesn’t have a bland, generic, boring voice like the majority of artists these days

some of y’all: uhhh this means his voice is BAD” via (x)

And to those anons I say this.

VIDEOS AND AUDIO CLIPS

Holy shit (I’ll always be bitter about the fact that he didn’t have more solos)

Speaking of solos, here’s some compilations: 

All of his solos in UAN

TMH

 MM

 Four 

 MITAM

You will not regret listening to this (Stereo Hearts cover)

The cause of my demise, if we’re being honest. This is his solo in Truly Madly Deeply.

Look at him smiling and giggling and HITTING THEM NOTES (Moments)

Covering Valerie. Iconic.

Last First Kiss at iHeartRadio

Harmonizing with Liam before singing Infinity in the Live Lounge

Use Somebody solo from their cover at the iTunes Festival

Over Again, live on tour

A slight note change in Night Changes that he carries off flawlessly

His solo in Night Changes, live in concert (OTRA 2015) (link to vine)

I mean… the No Control chorus (by himself)

Another No Control clip

Nailing his solo in No Control, live in Brussels (OTRA 2015) 

I’ll never get tired of linking No Control videos (OTRA Indianapolis)

Alive, live in Adelaide (2015) (link to vine)

DFWYB Zouis duet, OTRA Osaka (link to vine)

Singing Zayn’s part in DFWYB, OTRA Jakarta 

Fireproof solo, OTRA Winnipeg

Louis in Better Than Words, OTRA Osaka (link to vine)

Drag Me Down, then and now

Listen to this note change in COACOAC during the festival  

Practicing scales with Helene, from the Away From Home documentary

He carried that band on his back (some highlights)

“This whole ‘Louis is the weakest one vocally’ is just a myth with little substance because his voice is absolutely pivotal to their overall sound.”

See what I mean. (SOML acapella)

Watch this performance of WMYB

Little Black Dress, with and without Louis

Rock Me, with and without Louis

THAT voice break in Better Than Words (live in concert, OTRA 2015)

The last chorus of Olivia

“Our guy Louis Tomlinson shines on Made In The A.M.”

This post, basically

This one too

And this, because it’s true 

“He’s the link that holds One Direction together.”

It was always Louis

“Tomlinson’s reedy tenor is in especially fine form on ‘No Control’, punching out the chorus like the vocal equivalent of a pelvic thrust.” (x)

“Your voice makes One Direction sound so amazing” (here’s the original vine)

Always a fan favorite 

This is just me appreciating fans appreciating him 

Did I say he’s a fan favorite

A fan recorded the safety video from a July 2014 1D concert :)

On why Louis was quiet at bootcamp

“I feel much more confident. I’m very, very happy now.” 

This technically should be in the video clips section but just listen to those screams. 

“And he doesn’t even have a hard time singing it.”

“Raw, raw talent.”

“That’s on being a successful live performer.”

I agree, Ricky

“It was a moment of honesty and solidarity, and it was incredible.” - some thoughts on 1D covering FourFiveSeconds in the Live Lounge

Speaking of, here’s his solo from the cover

Reactions to BTY 

Everyone loves Louis.

Let’s cry together shall we?

XFactor edition of Louis appreciation

Another royal version of this series

Your fav is definitely going to let you down. Not Louis tho xx 

There you go. If you find any post that you think will fit this series (because I definitely plan on making more of these), send them my way! Either via my ask box, a DM, or directly to the Louis Projects tumblr ( @louisprojects ). Thank you so much @berlinini​ for beta-ing this and @28louistomlinson​ for making this last minute video compilation of Louis and Helene from the documentary that makes me want to bawl every time.

[baba-fett]

for me internet friendships are “we don’t talk all the time but I see you’re online and it makes me happy” and I really hope it’s like that for everyone

[meatbulge-deactivated20250425]

unfortunately actually being productive and having a routine and leaving my house to be a person in the world and eating real meals consistently does improve my mental health which means i have to keep doing it except i have mental illness that makes me not do it so you see my dilemma

[louisupdates]

28 Jewelry [via Lucien Parsons, Steve Monaghan]

[eebie]

salt: been really getting into wounds lately

[streetkit]

girl shocked to discover that inaction can have consequences too

[louisupdates]

28 Clothing Drop 4, model @graceacladna, director Lucien Parsons, via his IG story [3.3.2025]

[sea-mists]

your life is not on hold, this is your life!! every day is all there is!!!

[redstonedust]

a good way to inspire yourself to do more is to see yourself as the wacky sitcom B plot character in your friends lives, "wouldnt it be funny to tell the friends in my phone about it." has gotten me to do anything from going to a festival (excelent) to wild camping (it went badly) (coastguard called) to trying to get the train to stonehenge (stonehenge costs money so i ended up just getting lunch in sailsbury, it was okay.) i bought a bicycle today and 20% of my reasoning was "itd be funny to surprise my roommate by coming home with a whole bike." . life is for living. and baby i live for the bit.

[baba-fett]

for me internet friendships are “we don’t talk all the time but I see you’re online and it makes me happy” and I really hope it’s like that for everyone

[hoot-alex]

[louisupdates]

2025 MASTERPOST

31 JAN - Walls 5th Anniversary (#walls 5 anniversary)

9 FEB - Super Bowl LIX, NEW ORLEANS (#louissuperbowl25)

LOLLAPALOOZA INDIA

9 MAR - MUMBAI (#louislollaindia25)

EJEKT FESTIVAL

9 JUL - ATHENS (#louisejekt25)

MBANK SUMMER FESTIVAL

26 JUL - ŁÓDŹ (#louismbank25)

[louistomlinsoncouk]

nfluk @louist91 takes on the Super Bowl LIX Experience in New Orleans! 🤩

[shutterbug2012]

Louis Tomlinson: A Study in Vocals

(Part 1/?)

28th September 2021

Right off the bat, I’m going to let you know that this is a really long post which has not been kept under the cut. The tags ‘ #s28op ‘ and ‘ #m.masterpost ‘ have been used so feel free to filter them out. This is an aggregate of posts from over the years that have talked extensively about Louis’ vocal abilities. I’m sure there are more analyses out there which have slipped past me (more on that in the end notes); as of now this post is stable enough on its own. This is also a Louis appreciation post :) Enjoy!

VOCAL ANALYSES

A vocal profile 

A video from 2014 that talks about his vocal range

On head and chest voices 

“Don’t tell me his voice sounds like shit until you can do what he does on a stage to thousands of fans night after night.” 

A unique sound without which every 1D song would be monotonous

Vocal coach reacts to Louis’ voice (and appreciates it *pretends to be shocked*)

Louis’ vocals on Four - a song by song critique

YouTuber reacts to a Little Things live performance

Singing really low notes live

Not a vocal analysis but a very important pop punk post

Changing octaves in BTY

“He doesn’t even seem bothered to hit really high notes without switching into his head voice.” (thread created pre-Walls era) 

The highest note he has sung in each song off of Walls (and some 1D bangers too)

How his voice has improved over the years (post written pre-November livestream)

Copy of a Copy of a Copy - parallels with Fight Club and a musical analysis

Helene Horlyck, vocal coach and life guide, on the AFH Festival

Why Louis Tomlinson’s voice is one of the greatest things to happen to anyone ever

This post just because this is what all the anons sound like these days:

“louis: doesn’t have a bland, generic, boring voice like the majority of artists these days

some of y’all: uhhh this means his voice is BAD” via (x)

And to those anons I say this.

VIDEOS AND AUDIO CLIPS

Holy shit (I’ll always be bitter about the fact that he didn’t have more solos)

Speaking of solos, here’s some compilations: 

All of his solos in UAN

TMH

 MM

 Four 

 MITAM

You will not regret listening to this (Stereo Hearts cover)

The cause of my demise, if we’re being honest. This is his solo in Truly Madly Deeply.

Look at him smiling and giggling and HITTING THEM NOTES (Moments)

Covering Valerie. Iconic.

Last First Kiss at iHeartRadio

Harmonizing with Liam before singing Infinity in the Live Lounge

Use Somebody solo from their cover at the iTunes Festival

Over Again, live on tour

A slight note change in Night Changes that he carries off flawlessly

His solo in Night Changes, live in concert (OTRA 2015) (link to vine)

I mean… the No Control chorus (by himself)

Another No Control clip

Nailing his solo in No Control, live in Brussels (OTRA 2015) 

I’ll never get tired of linking No Control videos (OTRA Indianapolis)

Alive, live in Adelaide (2015) (link to vine)

DFWYB Zouis duet, OTRA Osaka (link to vine)

Singing Zayn’s part in DFWYB, OTRA Jakarta 

Fireproof solo, OTRA Winnipeg

Louis in Better Than Words, OTRA Osaka (link to vine)

Drag Me Down, then and now

Listen to this note change in COACOAC during the festival  

Practicing scales with Helene, from the Away From Home documentary

He carried that band on his back (some highlights)

“This whole ‘Louis is the weakest one vocally’ is just a myth with little substance because his voice is absolutely pivotal to their overall sound.”

See what I mean. (SOML acapella)

Watch this performance of WMYB

Little Black Dress, with and without Louis

Rock Me, with and without Louis

THAT voice break in Better Than Words (live in concert, OTRA 2015)

The last chorus of Olivia

“Our guy Louis Tomlinson shines on Made In The A.M.”

This post, basically

This one too

And this, because it’s true 

“He’s the link that holds One Direction together.”

It was always Louis

“Tomlinson’s reedy tenor is in especially fine form on ‘No Control’, punching out the chorus like the vocal equivalent of a pelvic thrust.” (x)

“Your voice makes One Direction sound so amazing” (here’s the original vine)

Always a fan favorite 

This is just me appreciating fans appreciating him 

Did I say he’s a fan favorite

A fan recorded the safety video from a July 2014 1D concert :)

On why Louis was quiet at bootcamp

“I feel much more confident. I’m very, very happy now.” 

This technically should be in the video clips section but just listen to those screams. 

“And he doesn’t even have a hard time singing it.”

“Raw, raw talent.”

“That’s on being a successful live performer.”

I agree, Ricky

“It was a moment of honesty and solidarity, and it was incredible.” - some thoughts on 1D covering FourFiveSeconds in the Live Lounge

Speaking of, here’s his solo from the cover

Reactions to BTY 

Everyone loves Louis.

Let’s cry together shall we?

XFactor edition of Louis appreciation

Another royal version of this series

Your fav is definitely going to let you down. Not Louis tho xx 

There you go. If you find any post that you think will fit this series (because I definitely plan on making more of these), send them my way! Either via my ask box, a DM, or directly to the Louis Projects tumblr ( @louisprojects ). Thank you so much @berlinini​ for beta-ing this and @28louistomlinson​ for making this last minute video compilation of Louis and Helene from the documentary that makes me want to bawl every time.

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if anyone has been wondering how I'm doing after all this Matt-Natalia wedding footage

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LTHQ get your shit together that Dropbox link leads to a fucking 404 error (before that it led to empty folders. if you even care)

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all the Italians are under lthq's last post yelling for the rome and milan tour show posts and I support them