Louise won’t “play it safe” on her upcoming tour.
The former Eternal singer is going out on the road next year for her Naked/Confessions concert series, and while her set lists will largely be dominated by songs from her debut solo LP Naked – which turns 30 in 2027 – and most recent offering Confessions, she is also keen to play some new material too.
She told The Sun newspaper: “I get that people will want the hits. It’s about celebrating Naked and Confessions — but I definitely will do new stuff on the tour.
“I don’t want to play it particularly safe. The one thing I have learned in this industry is that you have to keep changing.
“You have to keep finding new ways to motivate yourself. Whether that be music, what you’re wearing, the lyrics you’re writing.
“Now I know the lane that I’m in and I know what I want to do.”
The 51-year-old singer is confident in her own music and doesn’t care what other people think.
Speaking of 2025’s Confessions, she said: “I’m so proud of that album.
“That’s really what spurred me on to carry on writing.
“It taught me that it’s OK not to please everybody.
“I’m enjoying the creative process and not worrying about if people might hate on it.
“Knowing that you just can’t please everyone.
“It’s all about the mindset and the confidence.
“I do think that comes with age as well.”
And Louise has learned the power of saying no after being inspired by Madonna.
She said: “I am a big fan, I loved the show she did with Sabrina Carpenter. As a woman, for me, it’s about celebrating people and their achievements.
“I hated reading anything negative about that because for me, she is a genius. I’m at that stage where I’m trying to embrace everything and go with it, but I am also saying no.
“I just wrote a song about saying no and I love it.
“The basis of the song is when you finally learn to say, ‘That’s not for me.’
“We all live in a world where we don’t want to say no to anything for a multitude of reasons.”
