About Two of Us

"Two of Us" is a song by English singer and songwriter Louis Tomlinson, released as a single on 7 March 2019. It is his first release on Arista Records after signing with the label in early 2019. The song is about his late mother, Johannah Deakin who died in 2016 after battling a long fight against leukemia. It is the lead single from Tomlinson's debut studio album Walls, released on 31 January 2020.

Tomlinson's mother, Johannah Deakin, died from leukemia in December 2016; she was 43. Tomlinson had previously spoken about the bond the two shared and said in an interview that "My mum always knew what I was feeling and what I wanted." In his interview with BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat Tomlinson talked about how he used to lean on his mum for a lot of things - "anytime I needed advice on something she would be the first call I made." "Two of Us" is a song that honours Johannah's memory and describes the impact her death had on Tomlinson. In his interview with iNews Tomlinson said: "To be honest, I’ve wanted to write this song for a while. But it’s a bold thing to do, and when I had those thoughts, I wanted a few more years of experience as a songwriter before writing it. This is one of the most important songs to me, and I had only one chance to get it right." In his interview with BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat Tomlinson said that writing the song for him "therapeutic", "empowering" and "something [he] needed to get off [his] chest." He said: "I'm not at the stage in my grief where I'm going to open the first verse and burst into tears... I don't want people to get caught up in the sadness of it. The song should be hopeful.