Louis Tomlinson is again, and he’s bringing a daring new sound with him. The previous One Path star dropped his funk-inspired lead single, ‘Lemonade’ signalling the arrival of his extremely anticipated third studio album, ‘How Did I Get Right here?’, set for launch on January twenty third 2026.
The monitor pulses with a vibrant mix of funky guitar riffs, shimmering keys, and natural percussion, marking a playful but assured evolution in Tomlinson’s solo profession.
Commenting on the monitor, the ‘Miss You’ hitmaker says: “Crucial factor was for the primary single to sound bold sonically. It needed to be massive and enjoyable. To me, ‘Lemonade’ actually has immediate and pure character. It ended up being the right method to start this chapter.”
Serving because the comply with as much as 2022’s ‘Religion In The Future’ — which debuted at No. 1 on the Official UK Album Chart — ‘How Did I Get Right here?’ is offered to pre-oder now.
The mission was co-produced with Nico Rebscher (Macklemore) and partially crafted throughout a three-week retreat in Costa Rica, permitting Tomlinson to soak in pure inspiration. Earlier than heading to sunnier climes, he assembled a handful of preliminary concepts within the English countryside firstly of 2025, and began writing materials for what was to change into his third solo LP.
“I sum up it as ‘the file I all the time deserved to make’,” Louis stated in an announcement, reflecting on the album’s private and inventive significance. “My bread and butter is the honesty. I genuinely put on my coronary heart on my sleeve, and I hope it comes by within the music. I’m nonetheless studying and getting higher as a singer and a songwriter. I discover it unattainable to be complacent; it’s not in my vocabulary. For the primary time now, I’m permitting myself to be the artist I’d all the time hoped to be.”

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