Louis at BBC Radio 1. Two Of Us release day.
BBC Radio 1 have, at this point, been on air in a marathon Comic Relief donation drive, and it is at the tail end of this effort, at the appointed hour of 1pm, that Louis is introduced, with his new song.
*As there are multiply hosts (Scott Mills and Chris Stark) am using BBC as a general term.
Louis:Ā Hello maaaateā¦.Ā Ā Ā
Louis:Ā Apparently Iām your pop emergency, so I want to say thank you for that.
BBC:Ā Iām too tired for this
Louis:Ā You do sound like youāre slurring a bit, you do sound tired.Ā
BBC:Ā Itās Louis Tomlinson everyone..
Louis:Ā How are you mate? How are you, nice to see youā¦
BBC:Ā Itās been a whileā¦I donāt get this - so youāre like a live pop emergency, thenā¦.
BBC:Ā Your new track - I knew that we were playing it, but I didnāt know that you were going to be here.
Louis:Ā Yeah, yeah, well here I am, here I am. Howās it been going?
BBC:Ā Yeahā¦.Iāve not seen you since you were in that bandā¦
Louis:Ā Yeah, yeah (everyone laughs)
BBC:Ā Right, shall we play it then?
Louis:Ā Oh, yeah, please, yeah. My new song. Yeah, thatās actually what Iām here to do, yeah, yeah.
BBC:Ā Tell me, what is itā¦I canāt speak anymore, Louis
Louis:Ā Um, itās me new single. Itās called Two Of Us. Maybe Iāll talk about it after.
BBC:Ā Louis, I might be too fragile to cope with this.
Louis:Ā (laughing) Thatās the first play right there, thanks for that, thank you.
BBC:Ā Ah, just listening to the words and getting all a bit like ahhhh. What other people are saying, Alison in Preston messageĀ āTrying not to cry in the middle of a busy cafe listening to this. Well done Louis. Well done Scott and Chris, amazing radio as always, Cheers, Alisonā
Louis:Ā Ah, thatās nice, thatās nice.
BBC:Ā Yeah, so tell us about the song. What itās aboutā¦
Louis:Ā Soā¦.umā¦.some people may or may not know, I lost me mum, ah, a couple of years ago, and I wanted toā¦..when I released me first single on me own with Steve Aoki, called Just Hold On, it kind of had a similar sentiment in the lyric, and Iād never really had this before, in music, where I got, like,Ā feedback on line, socially, from people who arenāt like your stereotypical fans, and saying that the lyrics really helped them. Iād never really been in a position with music like that before, yāknow, I wasnāt as emotionally invested in One Direction, obviously, in something as heavy as thatā¦
BBC:Ā No, no, this is a much more personal thingā¦
Louis:Ā Mmmm, and I thinkā¦.
BBC:Ā I mean, they had some bangersā¦.
Louis:Ā Yeah, well, they had big time, big timeā¦
BBC:Ā ā¦but I know what you meanā¦
Louis:Ā Um, yeah, and I think, um, the feeling of grief is obviously pretty universal, so I kind of wanted to make something - yeah, itās a little bit sad at the top - but hopefully, people feel the hopefulness in it, yāknow what I meanā¦
BBC:Ā Yeah. I think itās empoweringā¦
Louis:Ā Thank you, thank you. Thatās what Iām hoping for, definitely.
BBC:Ā We are getting loads of messages:Ā āLouis new song has given me actual chills. Sobbing a little bit, not gonna lie. His mum would be chuffedā Do you feel emotional hearing that, out now?
Louis:Ā That was, that was, because thatās, like, confirmation, yāknow what I mean, the first play, listening to it back here in the room. Um, but actually, Iām at a place in my head, and how Iām dealing with a lot of stuffā¦like, when Iāve been rehearsing it, when Iāve been singing it - Iāll do a live performance of it tonight - I feel reallyā¦.it feels like an accomplishmentā¦like Iāve got through this stage ofĀ āwow, was that grief, reallyā ā¦the words empower me, really. Itās not like I stand on stage, and I kind of drift off and get sad. Itās the opposite, it actually really motivates me.
BBC:Ā I think itās amazing todayā¦.today has been a very special day, obviously, raising money and that, with what weāre doing, but with what Greg was saying earlier, at some point today, Scott, weāve all had a moment to just be honest, and have an honest discussion, and itās actually amazing hearing yourself doing something very similar to what weāve been actually trying to do today, so thank you for that.
Louis:Ā Of course, yeah, I think itās, yāknow, I think itās important that people have the confidence to talk about these thingsā¦.
BBC:Ā Louise has been honest, she lost her mum when she was fourteen, so she can really relate. Actually, um, in a kind of odd way, it ties up, because we were saying earlier that grief counselling is something you can actually support by donating to Comic Relief as wellā¦.
Louis:Ā Right, mmm hmm, mmm hmmā¦.
BBC:Ā ā¦because, when you think about it, like, thereās such a strain on these services because thereās a lot of people that need itā¦.
Louis:Ā ā¦of course, of courseā¦.
BBC:Ā so, um, whatever you can give, um, please - sorry I canāt talk - please, for five pounds, text the word lol to 70205. Thereās so many messages coming in. Shall we play it again?
Louis:Ā Yeah, yeah, letās have it again.
BBC:Ā One more time! Itās Louis Tomlinson, Two Of Us.
BBC:Ā Oh, so youāve set Beth off, in the library, in Derby.
Louis:Ā Sorry Beth, love.
BBC:Ā (imitating Louis) Sorry Beth, love (everyone laughs). Emilyās had to pull over. Um, but sheās, like, āwhat a lovely man Louis is, and Scottās tired voice is just adorable. I listen to Radio 1 every day and I feel like we are all a supportive family together. I feel so proud to be part of this. Iāve donated, and I think you should all be really proud of yourselvesā Thank you. Um, I loved your mum. Should we all talk about [?] festival?
Louis:Ā Yeah, she loved you, lad, she loved you, yeah, yeah. You had a littleĀ drink together, I think, did you?
BBC:Ā Yeah, several, several, yeahā¦I think we were watching Rudimental, yeah, and it happenedā¦.
Louis:Ā (in the softest voice) Yeah, that was nice, man, that was nice.
BBC:Ā So, Louis, that was Two Of Us, and Iād like to say, itās been a while since youāve had anything outā¦
BBC: ...so it must feelā¦.it must feel great to get it back on the radio, yāknowā¦
Louis:Ā Yeah, I was kind of just taking it in, really. Iāve beenā¦Iāve been working towards this moment for what feels like an eternity now, um, so itās just great to have it out there, and obviously hearing the feedback from what wonderful people is ace as well.Ā
BBC:Ā Are you right to stay around for a bit longer?
Louis:Ā Yeah, man, yeah, Iām here for a bit.
BBC:Ā Is that alright? I expectā¦I always expect someone to whisk you away, likeā¦
Louis:Ā No, Iām hereā¦
BBC:Ā ā¦like, some kind ofā¦āheās going now, good byeāā¦but it looks like weāre fineā¦are we fine?
Louis:Ā Yeah, weāre fine. Iām the boss (laughs)
BBC:Ā Well, you are, you are, essentially the boss, but Iām looking at the man who might whisk you away, and heās giving me the thumbs up, so itās ok.
End of the main part (they go on to do some general banter after this)
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