Transcript to Louis’ IGTV reel (16.12)
Breaking my arm on release day was obviously— it wasn’t in my plans. I definitely— when I pictured this album, I didn’t picture that in my future. So we had to move the signings. And actually, although that was a bit of a graft to do with a broken arm, it was amazing doing it after the number 1. It felt like a celebration between me and the fans. Because the live show’s one thing— obviously I’m out there doing the show— it was great during the signings to kind of meet people face to face, get a vibe for what their favorite songs are, shows they’ve been to, stuff like that. And it was nice, that whole signing tour, just felt like a celebration, and the same with these shows. [Interlude] I didn’t really know what to expect. This tour as a whole this year, has kind of blown me mind. I’d be lying if I wasn’t quite confident— but at the same time, I wasn’t expecting this level of success. To get number 1 in the UK, it was never on my radar. Just another example where the fanbase have just shown how important they are to this whole thing. As my confidence has grown, it’s giving me a chance to really lean on the boys onstage and even offstage. Those types of relationships are vital, obviously, to a good band, but also to a touring crew, because a lot of us are away from our own families, and away from home. So to have that kind of connection, it definitely makes everything loads more fun. The whole show, now we’re introducing some new songs, just feels tighter. It feels more— feels more organic and authentic, to be honest. That’s not to say that I was playing a different role with the Walls songs. I just think everything about these new songs— it just sits better vocally, it sits in the pocket for me nicely. I think we play and sound better as a band, as a collective. I mean it’s like that anyway, when you introduce new songs to a set. I really feel that these songs have given the shows a new lease on life. [Interlude] There was a time, during making Walls, where… not where I questioned whether I wanted to do this, but I questioned my own fulfillment in what it was I was doing, and what’s been so amazing with this project, Faith In The Future is finally the album that I want to make. To do that on my own terms and to have the blessing of the fanbase, and then to get the success that I’m lucky enough to have got from it… There has been an element of, you know, swimming against the tide. I’d like to think that I haven’t made the conventional, straight-down-the-middle pop record. It makes me feel really proud, definitely. It wasn’t necessarily something that… I didn’t expect to feel this good and this accomplished and this excited about what’s to come. I’d say I’m more excited to do something like Face The Music that’s got that kind of uptempo feel that’s, again, written for those live, exciting moments. So a couple of those songs I’ve deliberately kept off these sets. I hope they’ll just come to the show next year, and also feel like there’s evolution from these shows to what the next tour shows are. [Interlude] Yeah, I’m really excited. This is a venue I really love, actually. I came to watch Sam Fender maybe about three years ago. It was a brilliant, brilliant sounding venue, and super prestigious. So yeah, I think this is the perfect venue for Faith In The Future, definitely.
