Louis Tomlinson teams up with Steve Aoki for US television debut on The Tonight Show of song Just Hold On
Louis Tomlinson teamed up with DJ Steve Aoki on Tuesday for the US television debut of their new collaboration Just Hold On.
The 25-year-old English singer and Aoki, 39, performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Louis donned a striped jacket over a black T-shirt and black trousers for the performance.
New song: Louis Tomlinson and Steve Aoki performed their new song Just Hold On for the first time on US television on Tuesday on The Tonight Show
Aoki kept it casual in a white hoodie and baggy black and white trousers.
Just Hold On was released on December 10, 2016 as Tomlinson's debut single since his pop boy band One Direction went on hiatus.
The dance song was first performed last month by Tomlinson on the season finale of UK's The X Factor where he first shot to fame with One Direction in 2010.
Tomlinson debuted the song just a few days after his mother Johannah Deakin died of leukemia at age 43.
Debut single: Just Hold On was released last month as Tomlinson's debut single
Dance tune: Louis and Steve collaborated on the popular dance tune
Into it: The One Direction star veered away from pop with the new song
Spirited performance: Louis and Steve reacted after their spirited performance
The X Factor judge Simon Cowell praised Tomlinson after his performance.
'What you've just done... the bravery... I respect you as an artist and I respect you as a person,' Simon told him.
Fallon introduced Tomlinson and Aoki before their performance at the chat show studio in New York City.
Boy band: The song was released while One Direction remains on hiatus
Fan favourite: Tomlinson shot to fame on UK's The X Factor
The host: Jimmy Fallon welcomed Louis and Steve as musical guests
Tomlinson arrived in the Big Apple on Sunday after partying in Los Angeles.
He attended Craig David's concert on Saturday before heading to another club.
Tomlinson recently split from 21-year-old actress Danielle Campbell after dating for more than a year.
Canadian comedian: Mike Myers was a guest on The Tonight Show
New book: The former Saturday Night Live star was promoting his new book Canada
The singer also celebrated the first birthday of his son Freddie Reign on Saturday with ex Briana Jungwirth, 23.
Jungwirth shared a video on Instagram of Tomlinson holding the former couple's son and looking on adoringly as he blew out a single candle on his birthday cake.
Fallon also welcomed comedian Mike Myers, 53, who was promoting his new book Canada onto the show.
Dance off: Mike and Jimmy competed in a dance-off together
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