Full transcript of Louis Tomlinson interview on The Project - with screenshots
His first interview in 2 years! Did his team vet these questions? Did they blacklist anything? Will there ever be a time when Louis has a media team on his side? Will we get more gratuitous use of 7 to have a total of 4 7s across this week's Larrieverse? UPDATE- here's my 7 masterpost
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INT CARRIE BICKMORE: Louis Tomlinson welcome to The Project!
LT: Hello, hello, thanks for having me.
INT BICKMORE: Great to have you here. I mean, It’s been a long time in the making. Two years I think since this tour was meant to happen. You played your first gig in Brissie last night, how did it go?
LT: It’s amazing, the crowd were unbelievable. I think it’s about 7 years since I’ve been in Australia. Absolutely love this country and the crowd were amazing.
INT PETER HELLIAR: And this was your first tour without the old band of course, are you loving the freedom that comes with being a solo artist?
LT: Yeah it’s exciting but it’s also challenging, you know, being part of a group, you can only put so much of yourself into that, so suppose this tour, it’s just been – it’s already taught me quite a lot, to be fair. I’ve had to kind of take on my own independence musically and creatively, but that’s definitely been fun.
INT WALEED ALY: I feel like you’ve all done that creatively. Solo stuff sounds quite different to the stuff you were doing together. I imagine it’s very different writing a song when Simon Cowell isn’t breathing down your neck and ticking things off.
LT: [makes this face]
INT BICKMORE: [laughs like she knows Simon's evil]
INT ALY: Like do you – like is there – is there some kind of feeling that you’re finally doing the music you’d always wanted to do?
LT: For myself, yeah, for myself, definitely, but I think you know when you look at the One Direction stuff, that’s stuff that I’m obviously immensely proud of. And you know it was kind of amazing for what it was but obviously now I’m going out and doing my own stuff. For me it’s just been about trying to create the record that I want to create but also, you know, not alienating the fans – kind of meeting in the middle of those two ideas really.
INT LISA WILKINSON: Well your fans are very passionate and they do occasionally like to throw gifts at you onstage. You’ve had plenty of things hurled up there over your career. What is weirdest thing that has either ever landed in front of you or hit you?
LT: That’s a good question, to be fair. Someone threw a burger up the other day, it’s kind of random, I threw it back, to be fair – [making this face thinking about fans]
INT WILKINSON: Was it still in the wrapper?
LT: It was still in the wrapper to be fair, yeah, untouched, yeah, but I didn’t eat it.
INT BICKMORE: You said it was 7 years since you’ve been here last time. What are you wanting to do Down Under? Is there stuff you didn’t get to do last time or that you loved doing last time that you can’t wait to do again?
LT: Not anything too specific really, I just - I just love this country, I love being here. I’ve done a lot of traveling this year and I’ve seen a lot of different places but Australia feels close to home, it’s just a shame we’ve come in winter, the weather’s shit.
INT ALY: Although have you seen the weather in the UK? It’s not looking much better right now.
LT: Yeah man, yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s crazy, it’s crazy.
INT HELLIAR: Louis, there’s been a bit of 1D beef recently thanks to Liam, he’s been speaking out about the band a little bit. When you look back on your experience with the band how do you feel about those days?
LT: Oh so the fishing’s begun already, um, yeah, I see what you’re doing. No listen, I – I – I’m immensely proud, as I know Liam is, I’m immensely proud of those days, obviously, I mean, you know, it was an incredible thing to do and especially at such a young age. Amazing memories, man, amazing memories.
INT BICKMORE: But Louis when you say, Oh, you know, the fishing’s begun, I imagine it is so annoying having to answer retrospective questions like that. I’m genuinely interested - how much do you want to talk about that time in your life to the media versus how much you never want to have to talk about it ever again?
LT: No, good – good – good question, I mean, I’m more than happy to talk about it in every interview, it’s something I’m immensely proud of as I’ve already said, it’s just when you mentioned the beef before it sounds like you were getting ready to stir some shit up, that’s all I’m saying.
INT BICKMORE: No, I’m not actually –
INT HELLIAR: No I’m not a shit-stirrer, Louis, do I look like a shit-stirrer?
LT: [laughs but doesn’t answer]
INT ALY: These guys definitely aren’t stirrers, Louis, but I am, and I’ve spotted something overnight –
LT: [laughs] Here we go –
INT ALY: - that will make you incensed. It turns out that a Texas university announced overnight that it’s launching a new course on Harry Styles called Harry Styles And The Cult of Celebrity. That should be you, shouldn’t it?
LT: [eyes narrowed, looking irritated] Yeah, I don’t really have any interest in having a course made about me, to be fair, but each to their own.
INT ALY: I mean it’s a very strange thing not to be interested in?
LT: You sound very interested, to be fair, maybe you should sign up. [tight lipped sharp smile]
INT BICKMORE: He’s done every degree you can imagine, just add that to your list.
INT ALY: Louis, I may have designed that course.
INT WILKINSON: Walls, your debut album, dropped over 2 years ago now. When can we expect a follow up?
LT: Soon, soon, very soon. I’m pretty much done with the record, feel really excited about it, that’s all I’m going to say.
INT HELLIAR: And what’s it called, Louis?
LT: Not telling you, not telling you. You’ll have to wait and see.
INT HELLIAR: Just give us the track listing then.
LT: Not having none of that.
INT BICKMORE: So there’s just a few tickets left for Louis’ Aussie shows so grab your burgers, head to our website, get ready to go to the show.
