billboard(@billboard):.@Louis_Tomlinson on One Direction's impact: "I still don’t think there’s been anything similar, really, to One Direction. I’m sure people are trying, but I think what was really interesting about One Direction [was] pretty much every boy band that had come before us would fit into a quite specific mold. There was a way of doing boy bands back in the day — dressing in the same outfits, dancing. We broke free from that mold." Read his full Q&A for his digital Billboard cover story:

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.@Louis_Tomlinson on One Direction's impact: "I still don’t think there’s been anything similar, really, to One Direction. I’m sure people are trying, but I think what was really interesting about One Direction [was] pretty much every boy band that had come before us would fit into a quite specific mold. There was a way of doing boy bands back in the day — dressing in the same outfits, dancing. We broke free from that mold." Read his full Q&A for his digital Billboard cover story: