Louis Tomlinson

It's a codependency.

Like I, they do so much for me.

And I do, you know, hopefully stuff for them when I do the gigs and stuff.

But like when I feel the energy on stage, this is not a let me show you all what I can do.

This is a look what we've done together, you know, and I really, really feel that.

The size of the venues that I'll be playing on this next tour.

These are things I never considered for myself and only made possible from the fan base being there.

like really really loyal but also like real patient real patient for me to just kind of you know work all these things out on the fly while they keep buying the record the other thing that really surprised me that a lot of people didn't know about is that you are also a pretty prolific entrepreneur in your own right and you've you've founded a music festival called the away from home festival which was which originally in london but has expanded internationally around spain italy mexico and

um you got your clothing brand as well 28 i saw 28 tattooed on your arm there i believe which is a streetwear brand um and that's done tremendously well the the brand has sold four sold out drops worldwide and hosted some incredible events well i'm very excited i'm very very excited about your um your album very very excited by i'm i'm i guess um do you have a name for your fan base yet everyone seems to have a name for their fans you know what that's so funny because they're like the tomlinson i don't know what's it there must be though that

Oh, I think, no, they call themselves the Louies.

The Louies, okay.

So I'm a Louie.

There we go, there we go.

It just rolls up its own.

We have a closing tradition on this podcast where the last guest leaves a question for the next guest, not knowing who they're leaving it for.

And the question left for you, it's been a paragraph, but I'm going to give it my best shot.

If you are truly prioritising the most important things in your life, brackets, e.g.

family, and we only have limited time and effort to give, if you are a high achiever and performer, have you prioritised the most important thing?

No, no, I haven't.

I haven't.