"Sunflowers" is a song by English singer-songwriter Louis Tomlinson from his album How Did I Get Here? It was released as the album's first promotional single on 5 June 2026.
Background and release The song was written by Louis Tomlinson, Jamie Scott, Theo Hutchcraft and Mathias Wang, and was produced by Wang and Nicolas Rebscher. It was released as an album track on the album How Did It Get Here? on 23 January 2026. On 1 May 2026, it was announced through social media that it would be getting released as a CD single.
Reception "Sunflowers" uses sunflowers, commonly associated with loyalty and admiration, as an embodiment for "returning to the light." Paste likened the song to Lonerism by Tame Impala and Salad Days by Mac DeMarco.
Track listing
Personnel Credits for "Sunflowers" adapted from Apple Music.
Musicians Louis Tomlinson – vocals, background vocals Nicolas Rebscher - keyboards, guitar, percussion Michael Blackwell - guitar Jamie Houghton - drums Alexander Grube - bass Jamie Scott - background vocals, bass Theo Hutchcraft - background vocals Dan Grech-Marguerat - additional programming Tobie Tripp - violin Mathias Wang - keyboards, guitar, background vocals, percussion
Production Nicholas Rebscher - producer, recording engineer George Chung - recording engineer Dan Grech-Marguerat - mixing engineer Sascha "Busy" Bühren - mastering engineer Luke Burgoyne - assistant mixing engineer Seb Maletka-Catala - assistant mixing engineer Luke Gibbs - recording engineer Mathias Wang - producer, recording engineer
Charts +Chart performance for "Sunflowers" Chart (2026) Peak position New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)29 UK Physical Singles (OCC)3 UK Singles Sales (OCC)11
Release history RegionDateFormatVersionLabelUnited States5 June 2026CD singleBMG
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