Mtsogoleri wakale wa gulu la Anglo-Ireland a Touis Loulis wazaka 28 wa Tomlinson akana zonena za imfa ya mayi ake kuchokera ku leukemia mu 2018 ndi alongo ochokera ku mankhwala osokoneza bongo mu 2018. Wojambula amati iye safuna kutimvera chisoni kwa anthu, pomwe kuti sanawayiwatse womwalirayo pafupi. Anadzipereka kwa amayi ake kumodzi atsopanofe kuchokera ku makoma album. Wolemba nyimboyo ananena za "kufunafuna kuwala munthawi yamdima," kuti imfa ya abale a iye - yomwe alongo ndi amayi - adamkonzekeretsa ndi mliri wolemera 2020 ndi Coronavirus.
Ngakhale adakumana ndi zomwe adakumana nazo, woimbayo safuna kuyang'ana paphiripo, koma amakonda kuyang'ana pa moyo wabwino wa moyo wake, kuphatikizapo ntchito ya wojambula wa Sodo. Ndipo za zovuta za tsiku ndi tsiku zokhudzana ndi mliri, zotsatirazi zinati: "Nditakumana nazo, mavuto a tsiku ndi tsiku sakuwoneka kuti ndi woipa." Ndi zinthu zofunika kwambiri pakali pano Louis amatcha zokambirana payekha, zomwe zizifana ndi moyo ku London pa Disembala 12, komanso kujambula kwa album yachiwiri.
Tsopano Tomlinson ali ku Los Angeles yemwe anali ndi mwana wamwamuna wazaka zinayi, Freddie, yemwe amadzuka ndi mtsikana wakale wa Junpirt. Ponena za mafani olota za gulu limodzi, woimba akuganiza kuti ndizotheka. Lolani mawu osachepera amodzi, koma zidzachitika.