"Back to You" is the second solo single released by Louis Tomlinson after the announced hiatus of One Direction.

[3] On 26 June, it was announced via two consecutive tweets from Tomlinson's Twitter that the song would be released at the end of July.

[10]A music video for the song was filmed in Tomlinson's hometown of Doncaster, England in May 2017,[11] subsequently being released alongside the single on 21 July 2017.

[13] Mike Wass of Idolator wrote in his review, "As far as 1D solo offerings go, this is fairly solid.

"[7] Mark Savage of BBC Music described the track as "a brooding pop concoction.