"[5] In his interview with BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat Tomlinson talked about how he used to lean on his mum for a lot of things - "anytime I needed advice on something she would be the first call I made.
"[7] In his interview with BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat Tomlinson said that writing the song for him "therapeutic", "empowering" and "something [he] needed to get off [his] chest."
"[1] Later in the month, he posted a teaser video for the song, writing on a piece of paper, "It's been a minute since I called you," as a piano plays.
[9] Trey Alston of MTV called "Two of Us" "a stirring tune that warms the heart with its strong atmosphere of love" and "a somber, reflective ode" to Tomlinson's mother, "his star in the nighttime sky".
Trey Alston of MTV called it "simplistic" and "stirring" and praised it for "going farther [than] typed words in Arial font fading in and out of the screen" and "adding an extra thematic level to an already emotional number"[10] "Richard's Bucket List Official Video" was released on 24 April 2019. in this video Louis helps a man named Richard who lost his wife to Alzheimer's disease in 2016 (the same year Louis lost his mum) to fulfil items on his bucket list: fly a helicopter, drive a race car, give Louis a tattoo, go on a rollercoaster and sing in front of a live audience.
Louis said that the video feels "particularly relevant and powerful" to him and called Richard "a classing example of a fearless man who in light of tragedy still pushes himself to live with as much laughter and happiness as possible".
The song was deeply personal to Louis as it’s about his mother passing away a couple of years ago at a very young age.
I didn’t want to go for anything over-stylised and just let the pictures and Louis performance speak for itself, and I feel Olly really managed to translate that onto screen.Writing for Rolling Stone, Claire Shaffer praised the music video for "capturing the weight of the song" and "firmly establishing Tomlinson’s talent and appeal as a true solo artist and frontman" [15]