Louis Tomlinson Recorded With Steve Aoki Amid Personal Tragedy

(Radio.com) Former One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson has opened up about doing a collaboration with Steve Aoki soon after the death of his mother Johannah Deakin.

Tomlinson and Aoki recorded "Just Hold On" within days of her passing and he had this reflection in a new radio interview: "When I first found out about the news I kind of did want to throw the towel in.

"But it was my mum who said to me that I've just got to keep going. She told me very sternly that she wanted me to. So I'm not doing it for her, but 'we're doing it for each other."

"It was tough, but I felt like it was nice for me to almost have a little send-off for her," he concluded. Read more here.

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