After being spotted on a romantic date last month, things are hotting up between Zara McDermott and Louis Tomlinson – and she’s even hoping her new boyband beau will be able to help her superstar singing dreams come true.
A source tells heat, ‘Things are getting serious between them. Louis thinks Zara is talented as well as gorgeous. On their first date, he told Zara how he’d been blown away by her singing videos, which was a huge confidence boost. While she initially thought it might just be Louis trying to woo her, he’s made it clear that’s not the case – he’s serious and he offered to help her write some tracks and land a record deal. She’s always dreamed of being a pop star, and is hoping Louis can help make that a reality.'
Love Island star Zara, 28, is no stranger to singing, often posting clips of her belting out her favourite songs on social media. Back in 2019, she appeared on Celebrity X Factor as part of band No Love Lost, alongside fellow Love Islanders Eyal Booker, Samira Mighty and Wes Nelson. Zara previously said, ‘I used to lock myself in my studio for hours every Sunday writing my own music or recording covers.’
Louis, 33 – who shot to fame as part of One Direction on The X Factor in 2010 and has gone on to have a solo career – is certainly the man to help. In 2015, he set up his record label Triple Strings Ltd as an imprint of Simon Cowell’s Syco Music. The company fell dormant in 2021, after Louis parted ways with Simon, but Louis revealed plans to one day start his own music management company in order ‘to help develop new artists’.
And Zara could be his first signing. We’re told, ‘Louis thinks Zara could be the best new talent to launch his company. He says she’s got the potential to be the next big British solo star, in the mould of Dua Lipa or Raye.’
Zara and Louis’ romance went public after they were seen having a meal together in a luxury hotel in Suffolk. The news came two months after Zara split from her boyfriend of five years Sam Thompson. Sam, 32, has since been enjoying single life, reportedly joining celebrity dating app Raya. Last week, he was pictured cosying up to a mystery brunette at Marvin Humes’ 40th birthday.
As for Louis, it’s thought Zara is his first romance since splitting from on-off girlfriend, Eleanor Calder, 32, in 2022. Louis also shares a son Freddie, nine, with American stylist Brianna Jungwirth, 33, who he dated in 2016.
Our insider adds, ‘Zara and Louis have fallen hard for each other, and while Zara’s aware of how fast things are moving, she insists it feels very natural. She feels like everything she’s been wanting she’s finally getting – she’s with her dream man, and her dream career is on the horizon.’