Louis Tomlinson

Was there a part in the evolution and the journey of One Direction where you had that moment where you go, there's elements of my life that I love that I no longer have access to because of this success?

I would say that it's more gradual than that, really.

You know, you start to lose some of your own independence to a degree.

And then I think...

Also the age I was, right?

So like I was 18 when I first joined the band.

And I always say this, that year of my life before auditioning for The X Factor,

at least up to those 18 years, was the best year of my life.

You know, you've got independence at that point.

I was thriving.

You could go out.

Like, it was just... It was so fascinating socially.

There's always something to do.

So to leave that behind was quite gutting, actually.

That took me a second to get used to at first.

Now, I always felt incredibly grateful and...

really excited every time I was doing something with One Direction.

But any kind of time for reflection, I was really, really missing home.

Like me and Zayn would, when we were younger, we had countless conversations of like, you know, should we just pack it in?

Should we just call it a day?