Louis Tomlinson is a "full-time dad" to his son Freddie whenever he is in Los Angeles

Louis told The Independent newspaper: "I'm pretty much playing full-time dad when I'm out there. I don't do loads of work or even [much] socialising ...

"[Freddie is] good as gold."

The 33-year-old singer added of school runs: "I'm still the youngest dad there. It kills me in the mornings though ... I've never been great at early starts."

Louis was just 24 when he first became a dad but he recently admitted he always felt "utterly confident" about bfatherhood

During an appearance on The Diary Of A CEO podcast, he said: "I was 24 when I had Freddie ... I never was intimidated by the idea, I've always been excited about it, even from being a young lad.

"A lot of the emotions that people go through when they've become a new parent, some of those will be different for me because I was so excited about the day, but also truthfully, I felt utterly confident.

"I felt like I was going to be a good dad, I really, really wanted to play that role."

However, Louis will never take a selfie with a fan when he is with his boy. He added: "I'd like to say I'm pretty good with fan photos, I'll take them eight times out of 10.

"But whenever I'm with Freddie, there is a 1000 per cent no chance, that is just not happening."

Louis is now dating UK reality star Zara McDermott and she has been a huge inspiration for music on his upcoming album How Did I Get Here?

During the podcast, he said: "I'm a deeply, deeply romantic person. "It's also easy to be romantic when you are a creative ... I really struggle to write in a fictional sense, I really struggle. "For me, I have to have been living it, it has to be real to me.

"So, if I wasn't feeling so good, like right now, I wasn't feeling so in love ... the record probably would have a slightly different feel to it ...

"One thing I was thinking about with this record, my intention is just to maybe feel good.

"I know that's a really cliché and obvious thing to say, but I'm not sure some of my other music did that.

"It made you feel, it was honest, it was painful at times, but it didn't feel good. So, I think now I've got this almost new sense of life, a new sense of happiness, and purpose, and fulfilment, all those things."