{"id":162114,"date":"2026-03-19T13:58:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=162114"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:58:59","slug":"one-directions-louis-tomlinson-says-what-makes-you-beautiful-felt-corny-to-perform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/one-directions-louis-tomlinson-says-what-makes-you-beautiful-felt-corny-to-perform\/","title":{"rendered":"One Direction\u2019s Louis Tomlinson says \u201cWhat Makes You Beautiful\u201d felt corny to perform"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Louis shares why the song never felt natural to him<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Louis Tomlinson<\/strong> revealed in a recent <strong>BBC Radio 2<\/strong> interview with Scott Mills that his least favorite One Direction song to perform was always \u201c<strong>What Makes You Beautiful<\/strong>.\u201d Speaking on the show, he explained that the pop hit felt too sugary and too polished for his taste. He labeled it as One Direction\u2019s most pop-driven and bubblegum pop era, even though he understands how important the track was to the band\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QJO3ROT-A4E\" title=\"One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (Official Video)\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QJO3ROT-A4E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>The early years of the band shaped how he saw the song<\/h2>\n<p>The singer also explained that performing the song felt awkward when he was younger. Revealing that being in a boy band did not always feel cool when he was 18 years old, and especially during the group\u2019s beginnings.\u00a0 According to him, singing lyrics like \u201cBaby, you light up my world like nobody else\u201d felt a little corny on stage. He even said the line sounded like something that could belong in a Disney film.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LT91UPDATESIT\/status\/2034210864274735498?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfa5| \u201cI: Qual \u00e8 la canzone che ti piace di meno?<\/p>\n<p>L: What Makes You Beautiful. Per sempre. <\/p>\n<p>I: Louis, \u00e8 una buona canzone. <\/p>\n<p>L: Okay, ti credo sulla parola. [\u2026] Non sto mettendo in discussione il percorso perch\u00e9 alla fine \u00e8 andato bene. Per\u00f2 anche quando la cantavamo, mi \u00e8\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R1Td648Qal\">pic.twitter.com\/R1Td648Qal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 LT Italy \u0ed1\u0323 (@LT91UPDATESIT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LT91UPDATESIT\/status\/2034210864274735498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;Performing that always felt so eggy,&#8221; he revealed. &#8220;At the time I was 18, and it wasn\u2019t the coolest thing to be in a boy band, and then we got really big, so it was cool&#8230; But for the first couple of years it wasn\u2019t really like that.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>But these revelations about &#8220;What Makes You Beautiful&#8221; are not new. The singer has previously opened up about his feelings on the song. Back in late 2025, he had a Q&amp;A with Capital FM. During the segment, he shared that he was not sure there was a single time &#8220;he enjoyed&#8221; performing the track, saying it always felt like a &#8220;bit of a challenge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouisWT91World\/status\/1994428673546506509?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfa5| &#39;What&#39;s the one song you hate, hated performing?&#39;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing is with this, the irony of this game of like shredding is like I am an open book. I will just give you every answer. So maybe some people wouldn&#39;t answer this, but I&#39;m not sure there was a single time I performed\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EVWobinTxR\">pic.twitter.com\/EVWobinTxR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; World Tomlinson (@LouisWT91World) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouisWT91World\/status\/1994428673546506509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>He still respects the song\u2019s success and the band\u2019s history<\/h2>\n<p>Released in 2011 as the lead single from their debut album \u201cUp All Night,\u201d \u201cWhat Makes You Beautiful\u201d reached #1 in the United Kingdom and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. In the same interview, Louis Tomlinson admitted his favorite One Direction song is probably \u201cStory of My Life,\u201d which he described as a real moment for the band. For those who might not know, One Direction was formed in 2010 and remained active until the group announced an indefinite hiatus in 2016. The group members are still releasing their solo project, including Louis himself. This January 2026, Louis Tomlinson released his third solo album, How Did I Get Here?, and he is expected to begin a world tour later in March 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louis shares why the song never felt natural to him Louis Tomlinson revealed in a recent BBC Radio 2 interview with Scott Mills that his least favorite One Direction song to perform was always \u201cWhat Makes You Beautiful.\u201d Speaking on the show, he explained that the pop hit felt too sugary and too polished for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":162115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,4],"tags":[3849],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-162114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-news","9":"category-pop","10":"tag-louis-tomlinson"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162119,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162114\/revisions\/162119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162114"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=162114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}