Louis Tomlinson appeared on The Tonight Show to perform his recent single, \u201cImposter,\u201d and to chat with host Jimmy Fallon about his new album, How Did I Get Here?, which is out today.<\/p>\n
The former One Direction member took the stage alongside his band to showcase the pop song, released earlier this week. Tomlinson built the mood with flashing colorful lights and artfully-arranged piles of cords.<\/p>\n
More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n The track was written by Tomlinson with Nico Rebscher\u00a0and Dave Gibson.\u00a0\u201cImposter\u00a0was written in the jungle in Costa Rica,\u201d the singer explained of the song in a statement. \u201cConceptually it leans into the idea of identity. It\u2019s probably the most melodic moment on the record, I\u2019m really excited for the world to finally hear it!\u201d<\/p>\n Tomlison and Fallon discussed the creation of How Did I Get Here? and the sense of \u201crelief\u201d the singer feels having now released it. \u201cI\u2019ve been sitting on it for a while now,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of anticipation, a lot of tension, but a lot of excitement too.\u201d<\/p>\n The singer reflected on whether being part of One Direction prepared him to be a solo artist. \u201cEvery moment, every memory I have of One Direction is incredibly special, obviously,\u201d he said. \u201cBut that experience, it was relevant, but somewhat. Being in a band and doing things collectively and sharing the pressure it\u2019s a very different version of the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n He added, \u201cThis is the record where I feel really comfortable with it. And I felt really comfortable making it. I really enjoyed the process. I\u2019m even enjoying the promo, which is a new thing for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Tomlinson has been dropping Easter eggs for the album for a while. He told Fallon he tries to \u201cimagine what it\u2019s like to be a fan\u201d so he likes to create \u201cas much excitement around it\u201d as possible. He noted that the Easter eggs did confuse Taylor Swift\u2019s fans.<\/p>\n \u201cI think they were thinking it was somehow related to her album,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I got free promo for a couple days.\u201d<\/p>\n How Did I Get Here? is Tomlinson\u2019s third solo album<\/a>. The singer will embark on an extensive world tour<\/a> in support of the LP, which will visit Europe and North America. The North American tour dates kick off on June 3 in Vancouver and continue through July 24, when the trek wraps in Miami.<\/p>\n \u201cI sum up it as \u2018The record I always deserved to make,\u201d Tomlinson said in a statement. \u201cMy bread and butter is my honesty. I genuinely wear my heart on my sleeve, and I hope it comes through in the music.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Louis Tomlinson appeared on The Tonight Show to perform his recent single, \u201cImposter,\u201d and to chat with host…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":536708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[171,1029,139277,141470,16683,173,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-536707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-jimmy-fallon","tag-louis-tomlinson","tag-one-direction","tag-the-tonight-show","tag-tv","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115943717373240670","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}