Louis Tomlinson

that maybe I had then that I don't have now, I'm not overly pressed for.

Like a billboard for the album in LA or here in New York.

I don't get those kind of opportunities anymore.

Do I lose any sleep over it?

No, no, not really.

But I think the feeling in general of...

I have to work really hard to compete at the level I do.

That is just a fact.

I just got a number one record and the last record on Faith in the Future.

Never in a million years, never in a million years when I started my solo career did I ever think that I would be getting a number one record.

It's a testament to my fans, testament to the record, the producers, etc.

But I've always had to work on my own anyway.

I've always felt like I've had to work really, really hard just to kind of keep my head above water.

Now, the reality of that statement is, and I realize that as I say it out loud, my version of head out of water or head above water is very different to a lot of people.

Because from 18 to 24, that whole landscape looked very, very different.

That's why I've always found it quite unrealistic to not compare the two.

I completely agree with that because you cannot compare them, the two being One Direction and my own solo career.

But it's something that you can't ignore.

I do a cover.

It's stupid of me to call it a cover.