“Back To You” is the second song to be released by Louis Tomlinson as a solo artist following the December 2016 release of “Just Hold On.” On the day this song dropped, Louis told Heat this song isn’t closely related to him, because the whole album is very personal so it was nice to take the pressure off with this song. He also said in the same interview that the song represents “the most extreme situation of that kind of relationship”.
On June 24 Louis hinted at the release of a single in a tweet. Later that day he announced the title and revealed that Bebe Rexha and Digital Farm Animals would be featured in the song in another tweet. Following this announced that it would be released at the end of July before confirming the rumored release date of July 21 and releasing the single art. Later he revealed a lyric from the song before sharing clips of the song on his Instagram story and on Twitter.
“Back to You” has been certified Gold in the UK and Platinum in the US.