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[matildanorris01]

Another swiftie point for Styles/Twist family

[this-daydream-is-dangerous-13]

Do you think there are songs that Ed wrote that were inspired by Harry and Taylor?

Absolutely.

I think 18 is Ed getting in Harry’s head and writing from his perspective, writing a song whose title could pair with 22.

By 2014, he and Harry had been tight for 4 years (since 16 and 19, respectively) and Ed called him “his rock”.

In this article below, we read some aggregate quotes.

Speaking to Yahoo, Sheeran confirmed that he wrote the tune with the thought of One Direction members' experiences in his head. He said: "I kinda wrote it from their perspective."

Talking previously about the track, the British star told Capital FM:

"I'm really happy with the record that I wrote for them. It's the first record I've actually specifically written for them.

Ed Sheeran Says “18” Was Written From Perspective of One Direction Members: Pressparty

Ed Sheeran says he penned the track

And this is total spec but even though Ed says that Tenerife Sea was written about “him and his blue-eyes girlfriend at the 2013 Grammys”, that story does not seem to line up. His girlfriends of that era were brown-eyes ladies.

There are Sweeran fans who think Ed secretly loved her, but I never got that vibe. And when I realized that already-in-love Harry almost certainly introduced them, it clicked. Ed would NEVER do that to Harry.

So I think Tenerife Sea is from Harry’s POV after the 2013 VMA after party:

[womanexile]

I also think Photograph could be Haylor too. Taylor & ed wrote about TS giving Harry a pic of them in Run.

I also think Dive & Happier on divide (I don’t have the symbol on my phone lol) Happier is just like the song Someday Harry wrote.

[illicitaffairs1989]

I'm getting haylor vibes from Perfect too.

[illicitaffairs1989]

The thing I don't understand is if they both really want to be together and are sending a lot of signals.. why are they staying apart when his tour is over? Do you think there's a good reason for that?

His tour finished not long ago and Taylor is currently touring in the US, both of them are in different continets right now (Maybe? I don't think we know exactly where Harry actually is). I also don't think that if they meet up we'll hear or know about it. If they're thinking about getting back together they'll definitely keep it hidden behind the scenes and make sure that what they have is solid first before ever allowing the public to know. But who knows, we might see them hanging out with friends or something, you never know.

[illicitaffairs1989]

Aside from the music videos, have you noticed any other signals that they could've been sending each other or any coincidences this year? Also, if there's been any indication they have met up or are talking behind the scenes?

So much has happened this year that I can't remember everything at the top of my head, but other than the music videos I would say they're sending signals through their choise of clothing, on tour especially. Quite frankly Taylor is in her Era's Era so it's fitting to be giving out many Easter eggs on which TV is next, some of those would obviously be for 1989 TV, however when she wore the Gucci lion ring that's similar to the one Harry has, that one was so out of nowhere and obvious, it was SCREAMING Harry from miles away and it was a little after she broke up with Joe too, meanwhile she was preparing to announce Speak Now TV, it didn't make much sense for her to be teasing 1989 TV at that point in time. Another example is Harry wearing a lot of clothes with nods to purple and purple lighting around the SNTV release date as well as his Saturn t-shirts.

Their speeches during tour. Harry saying 'moving swiftly on' even though there are so many other words he could've used instead. Taylor saying that the song Questions...? brings her a lot of happy memories right before playing it on the day of the 1 year anniversary of Harry's House. Referring to James' love interest to which he apologises as the love of his life and Harry has a song with that title.

There are also so many coincidences between them too. It's a haylor world and we are simply living in it. The way the universe is conspiring in their favor and linking them together one way or another it's just so 🥺.

I'm sure they are talking to each other behind the scenes. I don't even for a second believe that them wearing blue outfits with stars on them in the same night is coincidental. When they started talking, whether they've met in person or any other questions regarding that I don't have the answers to, but they're definitely communicating with each other.

[haylor-mom]

Sweet Nothing. From the first time I listened to this song I always felt it had a Haylor vibe. Two lines make me think I’m right.

The first one:

And in Sunflower Vol. 6 we have Harry saying:

Then Taylor goes:

She had mentioned it before in Mirrorball:

That links to SOTT:

Besides that, I can’t picture Joe humming in the kitchen or complimenting Taylor on a poem she wrote on the way home. But Harry, I not only think he is totally the hum in the kitchen type, but he admires her work, her talent and her wit from day one and he never hid it. And I believe that nobody could understand better than Harry how hard it is to deal with the “industry disruptors and soul deconstructors and smooth talking hucksters”.

Any thoughts, guys? Did everyone know all this except me? :) If you have any other ideas please share.

[illicitaffairs1989]

I like your interpretation of the song! It's more positive from mine lol.

The way I see Sweet Nothing is more of a sad song, passive-aggressive perhaps too, then it is a sweet love song, especially in the wake of Taylor and Joe's breakup and her releasing You're Losing Me. After releasing YLM the entire album feels different, it's like it's her going through her past relationships trying to figure out what is going wrong with her current one and just reminiscing on old ones that she might regret letting go of, like the guy who struck her like a meteor strike and it's a fucking legacy to leave behind, but not letting Joe know about how she's feeling about things.

There's a sad undertone in Sweet Nothing that leaves me feeling very uneasy after listening to it (Like, there's nothing sweet about it, it's more bittersweet than anything), and I might be a bit harsh saying this, but it's more of a snooze fest to me. It's a lullaby-esque song that'll put you to sleep and it's boring, and probably that was the intent (lullabies are relaxing), but also putting it in context of Taylor's and Joe's relationship it's like it depicts how stale it was and these were her last attempts of trying to idk gaslight? herself into believing that everything is fine and that things are good. (In Lavender Haze she wants to stay in the lavender haze and doesn't want the 1950s shit people want from her, but does she really not want to get married? In You're Losing Me I get the feeling that she wanted to, but Joe wasn't making the move, hence the 'And I wouldn't marry me either' lyric. Seems like she was trying all along to convince herself that this is something she didn't want.)

In You're Losing Me we found that she was the one who ended up trying to save the relationship meanwhile Joe was doing nothing and wouldn't even notice all of the signals she was giving him. He didn't notice any of this:

Every mornin', I glared at you with storms in my eyes

How can you say that you love someone you can't tell is dyin'?

I sent you signals and bit my nails down to the quick

My face was gray, but you wouldn't admit that we were sick

Also the way she changes how she says 'sweet nothings' during the song, especially the one where she sings 'All that you ever wanted from me was ...nothing', it's no longer sweet, it's plain nothing and she says it with this 'idk what to do anymore', exhausted sounding tone (or at least it sounds that way to me). In the beginning of the song she's looking at this pebble remembering potentially good memories that they had, but they seem far away in the past

I spy with my little tired eye

Tiny as a firefly

A pebble that we picked up last July

Down deep inside your pocket

We almost forgot it

Does it ever miss Wicklow sometimes? (Does it ever miss that happy place that they visited in the past?)

Even writing the song together could be her trying to spend time with him and bond with him through music, and do an activity that once might have brought them happiness, or at least brought her happiness (if WB is actually Joe, then in her grammys speech she said that she had fun writing songs with him in quarantine, maybe she was trying to go back to a happy place in their relationship where everything was fine).

Then, she's writing all these poems and she's showing them to him, and this is all she gets back from him:

You say, "What a mind"

This happens all the time (It's repetitive, the tone with which she says it it's as if she wants him to show more interest in those poems and be more enthusiastic instead of just brushing them off with just saying 'What a mind'. This is the guy who compared writing songs with her as being as basic as some other people making sourdough lmao😭😭)

I get the idea that Joe got too comfortable and stopped putting effort in the relationship in general and was just taking up space without doing anything.

I like to think that Harry would definitely have to say a lot more than just 'What a mind', plus I think that all of Taylor's songs about him have a lot more personality and color in them.

P.S. I don't know if I articulated myself properly, I hope it makes sense 🤣

[this-daydream-is-dangerous-13]

Let’s talk another shocking HSLOT song on the European leg: STOCKHOLM SYNDROME

I legit though I was hallucinating watching the May 13th livestream from Horsens when the opening chords started. Even though he wrote this one, Harry so rarely adds 1D songs to his setlist. He played it occasionally in 2017-2018 since HS1 only had 10 tracks.

And this summer, though he sometimes alternated with Daylight, he played it consistently starting May 13th.

It’s one of his more…suggestive 1D songs, talking about how happy he is to be ensnared in the bedroom of his captor (guess who?). And as he plays it more this summer he fiddles with his Gucci ring while singing “holding your hand and talking about your eyes.” He also changes the emphasis of some lyrics right from May 13th, singing “he used to sing about being free but now he’s *changed his mind!*” The change reminded me of Blondie’s new vocal emphases in The 1 (*take her home*) and Illicit Affairs (you showed me colours you know I *can’t* see with anyone else).

Here’s an example from Frankfurt (night before SNTV was released, glimpse the purple):

Harry Styles - Stockholm syndrome, Frankfurt N2 #harrystyles #hslot #onedirection #subscribeformore

Harry Styles - Stockholm syndrome, Frankfurt N2 #harrystyles #hslot #onedirection #subscribeformore

And for some fun, here is the world’s most chaotic 1D promo video when FOUR was released, filmed in early November 2014. The song was a fan fave on this album. Ben Winston fights a valiant fight, but trying to keep these 5 on track is…a lot.

Timestamp 26:07-27:30 for Harry’s attempt at describing his inspiration.

One Direction: FOUR HANGOUT

To celebrate their new album FOUR, the guys did a live stream and everyone was invited. Answering questions they'd never answered before, th

Am dead. He likened her to a nymphomaniac. Bet that went over real well with all the publicists.

In other delightful highlights, Timestamp 28:35-29:05 is his familiar response to how he feels about the (alleged) songs written about him by Taylor.

And this TOTAL GEM at Timestamp 32:16-32:33.

Harry tells Ben that his fave 1D song is Got To Be You (about reuniting with a former love). They all agree it’s for personal reasons.

Then, Harry claps and says “Well done, Taylor!”

Niall chuckles and mutters “Your boyfriend’s back!”

And Liam shushes Niall, telling him “You’re going to get in trouble…”

Niall Horan, Haylor AF.

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I have not said this here before tonight but I don’t think AOTGYLB is about Joe. And I don’t think Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield does either…

“Taylor has wept in so many bathrooms, across so many songs, but there’s something tres “New Romantics” about the way she sings, “Crying in the bathroom for some dude whose name I cannot remember now.” This Lover outtake is the flip side of Ariana’s “Thank U, Next”: she’s so grateful for this guy’s ex-girlfriends, and all the women in his past, because they taught him how to treat her. Even his mom gets high praise—“your mother brought you up loyal and kind”—which is a first in her songbook.”

Rob usually directly calls out a Joe song; he doesn’t here. And he’s highlighting (a) this dude’s wonderful treatment of her and (b) the role his MOM played. And who is the kindest pop star raised predominantly but a wonderful single Mom?!?!

And like “teenage love taught you…” - Joe was 25 when the started dating, but Harry had a LT girlfriend pre 1D with whom I think he still talks even now. And all the stuff she describes from her own life - sounds like JM and JG and JJ (and spring 2012 HS maybe). And the “forever feels” reminds me of “forever is the sweetest con”…

[illicitaffairs1989]

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[illicitaffairs1989]

Harry just never ceases to amaze me!

Listening to Harry's House from the 13th -> 1st track makes a lot more sense (The tweet also about a familiar soundtrack, played in reverse.

Not to mention that if some of the songs are played in reverse and some of the production is removed there could be other hidden messages too. The way Boyfriends has "Ooh, fool, you're back at it again" in reverse.) and it feels more like a rekindling of an old flame, starting with "Baby, you were the love of my life" and ending with "You know I love you babe".

It further reminds me of when Harry and Taylor went out for dinner at a sushi restaurant in September of 2012, right when she was ending things with Connor and reconciling with Harry.

The Music For A Sushi Restaurant track is such a double entendre to me too. "Just a little taste" is so reminiscent of "Just a little bit of your heart" for example. Having just a little taste of your lover would be enough perhaps, but also the industry sucking you dry and everyone wanting to have a taste of you just because they feel entitled to you since you're in the public eye.

Also there's this feel of continuation going from Fine Line to Love Of My Life.

[harrysblackcoat]

The Peculiar boy found his place in the world after all ❤️

[illicitaffairs1989]

Taylor: Deep blue, but you painted me golden

Harry: You're so golden

🙃😭

[womanexile]

https://twitter.com/PopBase/status/1682464916329095171?t=UH4RKyYy_9mcL-c57XYYvw&s=19

LOOK AT TAYLOR'S SHIRT WITH THE SKY PRINT WITH THE CLOUDS AND THE YELLOW BIRDS AND HER HORSE EARRINGS DHHFDKDK

OMG this explains the yellow bird outfit

[illicitaffairs1989]

This could explain why the box that Harry gets in looks like that too. As well as why the horse in the mv makes the same position as the horse on her earrings. 😭

[illicitaffairs1989]

I was listening to seven and had a light bulb switch on inside my head 💡 So, I think that Harry is also making references to that song in the daylight mv and here's why:

This could not only be referencing Only Angel's lyrics: 'I got splinters in my knuckles crawling across the floor', but could also be referencing Seven's lyrics: 'Please picture me in the weeds'. Harry also during this is singing: 'Get the picture' so it makes sense.

The clown getting mad and Harry pretending to cry could also be small nods to the lyrics: 'Your dad is always mad' and 'Then you won't have to cry' respectively. Harry is also making childlike expressions all throughout the video

AND is also reenacting a dance from when he was little and the song is about 2 kids so that's that.

Lastly, when he gets in the box, the 'Or hide in the closet' lyrics pop in my head and the box could might as well be a hiding spot like a closet, and later on when he gets out he screams, alluding to these lyrics: 'Before I learned civility I used to scream ferociously any time I wanted'

[illicitaffairs1989]

Can you tell me what he's referencing with that horse and arrow picture

Taylor's zodiac sign is Sagittarius

Harry's also doing the archer pose

[illicitaffairs1989]

Harold never beating the 'I'm still thinking about Taylor' allegations 👀🤧

[harrystylesdaily]

Backstage at The Forum Photography by Philip Macias

[illicitaffairs1989]

That joke card name (Sophia Rose) made me think of these girls names - Sophia Grace & Rosie- Tea w/ T. youtu.be/-QmyTsJcfZY Grownup (one has a baby now) youtube.com/watch?v=rW9-h7eWoXM youtube.com/watch?v=f9573kGBtuE

I love this so much, they're adorable! The names are totally a coincidence, but I find it interesting how wether it's a coincidence or not, the universe one way or another links haylor together. They're just simply meant to be.