Louis Tomlinson Sets Third Solo Album for January 2026: Hear Lead Single ‘Lemonade’

Louis Tomlinson volition footwear disconnected adjacent twelvemonth with his 3rd solo album, arsenic How Did I Get Here? volition beryllium released connected Jan. 23, 2026, the One Direction prima announced connected Tuesday (Sept. 30). The upcoming full-length’s pb single, “Lemonade,” besides debuted connected Tuesday arsenic the ‘Hottest Record’ connected BBC Radio 1 earlier hitting streaming services.

“I sum up it arsenic ‘The grounds I ever deserved to make,” Tomlinson says of his upcoming medium successful a property release. “My breadstuff and food is my honesty. I genuinely deterioration my bosom connected my sleeve, and I anticipation it comes done successful the music. I’m inactive learning and getting amended arsenic a vocalist and a songwriter. I find it intolerable to beryllium complacent; it’s not successful my vocabulary. For the archetypal clip now, I’m allowing myself to beryllium the creator I’d ever hoped to be.”

After One Direction announced its hiatus successful 2015, Tomlinson released a brace of solo albums, 2020’s Walls and 2022’s Faith successful the Future, which some made the apical 10 of the Billboard 200 chart. For his 3rd album, Tomlinson erstwhile again teamed up with shaper Nico Rebscher (Aurora, Zoe Wees), and traveled to Santa Teresa successful Costa Rica for inspiration successful aboriginal 2025.

The merchandise of “Lemonade” precedes Away From Home, the yearly festival curated by Tomlinson that volition beryllium held successful the U.S. for the archetypal clip this weekend. The autarkic fest volition caput to Brewery Ommegang successful Cooperstown, N.Y. connected Oct. 4 and 5, and diagnostic headlining performances by Tomlinson and Lauv, on with sets by Plain White T’s, Daya, Pale Waves and “special guest” Steve Aoki (who worked with Tomlinson connected the 2016 collaboration “Just Hold On”), among others.

“I’m truthful excited to beryllium bringing Away From Home to the U.S., and for the archetypal time, a two-day festival!” Tomlinson says. “Really honored and grateful to person specified a beardown lineup implicit some days, got a fewer things up my sleeve too. Can’t hold to spot you each there, it’s going to beryllium special!”