Louis Tomlinson

And then thrown in, you probably remember the gig, like thrown into the taxi, taken back to the hotel room and locked in there.

And he was like, I remember him saying to me, stage, car, hotel, locked, stage, car, hotel, locked.

Fuck.

I would say the way that we both handled it, me and Liam, was quite different.

I think that's often why I kind of had a good relationship with Zayn from early on because neither of us are kind of rule abiding.

And not in a way that's like utterly disruptive.

It's just we have our own ideas, you know, and that at least alleviated a little bit of the pressure.

Knowing that deep down, if I wanted to just go and do something, I would genuinely just go and do it.

Whereas I think Liam and the other boys, actually, to a degree, there was an element of a little bit of fear, I think, you know?

And also Liam had, you know, he'd worked so hard from the age of 14 to get there.

Liam's journey was a lot different to mine.

I just felt like a happy-go-lucky guy who won the lottery.

You know, whereas Liam was very, very precise and deliberate and he got there for all his hard work.

So I think we also came from a slightly different point of view.

Another benefit that I had during that time and I still have is I'm not a dweller.

I'm an overthinker for sure, but I wouldn't say like I'm a dweller.

So I wouldn't use this phrase to me very often, but like there's definitely an element of ignorance is bliss during that whole time.

I find it so fascinating that you talk about this idea of you having the minerals or the personality where you would push back against the system a little bit.

Because when I spoke to your former cameraman and videographer, he said that you were the one in the group that stood up against the label.

So you'd be the one to turn around to the record label and say, we need a day off.