2020Released
3:21

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Here, Louis Tomlinson combines a love story with a message to his fans about finding his true musical identity. The first verse and second half of the chorus is about his early days with his girlfriend Eleanor Calder; the second verse and the rest of the chorus nod to Tomlinson's One Direction days when he felt undervalued. 'Cause we made it Underestimated And always underrated Now we're saying goodbye Tomlinson explained to Billboard he is referencing his first year-and-a-half in One Direction, when he "struggled to find my place."

Tomlinson actually wrote the song back in 2017. He expresses his feelings about his first two solo releases, Steve Aoki's 2016 track "Just Hold On," and his 2017 Bebe Rexha duet "Back to You." When you're here, don't need to say no more Nothing in the world that I would change it for Singing something pop-y on the same four chords Used to worry 'bout it but I don't no more, yeah Said Tomlinson: "I'm really happy with the collaborations I released, but as I look back, I don't think those songs sonically were as true to me as they could be. I was making music for other people, as opposed to making the music I love." The ex One Direction singer added that his fans have been "really patient" waiting for him to come up with own sound.

Tomlinson grew up in the North of England where guitar bands like Oasis and Arctic Monkeys were huge. He has said that Oasis sound was an influence on this tune. "I think I'm always just trying to kind of find a middle ground between where I've come from and what I know the fans really want to hear," Tomlinson told MTV News.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of We Made It.
A♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
155BPM

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Syco Music
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