you make me strong

[imagineyourotp]

Imagine your OTP going into Build-A-Bear and making bears that look like each other.

[paillettes]

larries: [looks into the camera like we’re on the office]

[ltburner]

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvaR7fZxR65/?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg==

Ginaaaa, this is soooo🥰.. I've seen this n number of times and I hope it's not debunked.. is it??🙇‍♀️ he is taken, he is taken, he is taken, by louissss.. my heart❤️

Ed has done stuff like this for years and it's really one of my favorite "larry proofs"

In 2022 (another comment on the same 2022 event)

In 2018

In 2017 and another post from 2017 and one more from 2017 and yet another from 2017

[hlupdate]

Louis surrounded by pride flags! (x) - 26/06/23

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Hiya, just read this about Lorde & cancelling tours. Seems like it’s more common than I thought?

https://www.nme.com/news/music/lorde-addresses-economic-realities-of-touring-things-are-at-an-almost-unprecedented-level-of-difficulty-3347062

Oh, that’s such an interesting article. Thank you so much for sending it. It does a really good job of laying out the myriad complication involved in staging a tour these days.

“Basically, for artists, promoters and crews, things are at an almost unprecedented level of difficulty,” Lorde wrote in her letter, citing factors like “three years’ worth of shows” occurring simultaneously, global economic downturn, and concertgoers’ “totally understandable wariness” around health risks.

She went on to acknowledge logistical factors such as widespread crew shortages, linking to an article from New Zealand news outlet Stuff about the issue. “Extremely overbooked trucks and tour buses and venues, inflated flight and accommodation costs, ongoing general COVID costs, and truly mindboggling freight costs” were also listed as factors.

“To freight a stage set across the world can cost up to three times the pre-pandemic price right now. I don’t know shit about money, but I know enough to understand that no industry has a profit margin that high,” Lorde continued.

“Ticket prices would have to increase to start accommodating even a little of this, but absolutely no one wants to charge their harried and extremely-compassionate-and-flexible audience any more fucking money.

“Nearly every tour has been besieged with cancellations and postponements and promises and letdowns, and audiences have shown such understanding and such faith, that between that and the post-COVID wariness about getting out there at all, scaring people away by charging the true cost ain’t an option. All we want to do is play for you.”

Lorde went on to say that she’s lucky because profits being down across the board doesn’t pose an issue for an artist of her stature, but touring has become a “demented struggle to break even or face debt” for artists selling less tickets than her – which in some cases, can make touring prohibitive altogether.

[…]

She continued: “I wanted to put all of this in your minds to illustrate that nothing’s simple when it comes to touring at the moment, and if your faves are confusing you with their erratic moves, some of this could be playing a part.”

Full article here

[awesomefringey]

but it sold out didn't it?

https://twitter.com/LTHSOURCE/status/1643234707230826496?t=k2sZInqTa0_JKiI0Gn5J1A&s=19

Mhhmm, yeah they did. Let’s see what will happen.

It is a rumor that started somewhere on Twitter so it’s very likely someone somewhere tweeted “omg I dreamed Louis cancelled the Asian leg” and here we are now… 😵‍💫

[dailytomlinson]

Sometimes it’s hard to give yourself credit when you’re ambitious and you’re thinking about the next thing, really and it’s hard to kinda take everything in so for me I remember the last time that—'cause you know, I watched about 10 different edits and you’re watching with different eyes then but once it was all signed off yeah it was definitely just feeling really proud of where we’ve come from and where we’re at now, definitely.

Louis about the creative process of the documentary at the Mexico Q&A - 20.03 (via dailytomlinson)

[alarrylarrie]

I’m just…

Spinning out, waiting for ya to pull me in

I can see you're lonely down there

Don't you know that I am right here?

She said, "Give me a day or two"

Wishing I could be there for ya

Listennnnn. You don’t want me to do this lol. It’s a CONSTANT theme. I could talk about this for DAYS.

All of Holding on to Heartache? “I called you twice but then regretted it, and changed my number…??!!”

This is a conversation they’ve been having since 1D days, but more pointedly now that they’re solo. HS1? “Even my phone misses your call, by the way.” Fine Line- “it’s hard for me to come home and be so lonely.” Walls- “I cut you off because I didn’t know no better” and basically ALL of Defenceless lol. Don’t even get me started on Faith In The Future.

[skepticalarrie]

Hi Allie

I remember you said a couple times that the whole bbg situation could be worst or could have been worse from the beggining...and i need to know what are the worse scenarios to maybe feel a bit uplifted thank you god bless you

Hey! Well, I'm convinced that the idea from day one was for Louis to marry Briana, it's a massive relief he held that girl's hand in Glasto because god.... I don't even want to think about how things could go from there. Plus, I also always thought they really wanted to involve Harry more into the babygate mess. I absolutely believe babygate happened because of larry and the cherry on top for them would be Harry being happy for his heterosexual bandmate and congratulating him and looking happy about it. I think there are a lot of scenarios where babygate could have gone even worse, honestly, if it wasn't for Louis constantly actively fighting against it for YEARS.

And, if I'm being honest, I do think Louis was given a way out at some point, but the consequences didn't work for him. So I have no idea what options Louis was given throughout the years but it's always very important to remember how everything absolutely happened against his will since the very beginning and what we're watching now is probably the best option available for him and everyone involved.

[ohgaylor]

Taylor: throws an after party and invites all the 🏳️‍🌈

Us: there goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen

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Specifically there’s this lady I used to know on Twitter who is a writer and extremely wealthy, her husband is something in finance and super successful and she is very giving of her wealth which is great. But she also has realized she can spend a lot of money on herself and her family since it’s such a nonissue for them and I live vicariously through her. Anyway she was in New York and she always stays in a suite at The Carlyle and The Carlyle is the kind of place that keeps their notes on you so when she arrives in her room they always know to bring her a cup of earl grey right away. It’s fabulous without being gaudy or pretentious or thinking too much of themselves. Discreet, very high end, definitely will bring you cocktails in your room so you can drink them on the couch in your silk robe. This is what I want for them and that’s why the festival needs to make a LOT of money. They deserve some impeccable service overlooking Central Park!

That sounds pretty great to me. I would imagine they can probably already afford that, but I’m all for Louis’ Festival making him money!!

[hldailyupdate]

“It’s very, very packed in here, on the floor, I want you to take a brief moment, look at the person next to you. We’re gonna look after each other, we’re gonna have fun but we’re gonna do it together, we’re gonna be safe, we're gonna look after each other.”

-Harry asking the crowd to look after each other.

Love On Tour 2022: Bogotá. (27 November 2022)

[usignedupforthis]

LGBTQIA+ fans have found a comfortable home supporting Tomlinson, and this support can be seen by a fair amount of rainbow flags waving in the crowd. His first single off Faith In The Future, "Bigger Than Me," became a defacto anthem, taking on a special meaning to fans that can be felt in their response to it being performed.

sorry i’ll never shut up about louis tomlinson concerts being generally recognized as pride events… like… some of u don’t realize how crazy this is

[hldailyupdate]

“I had this vision for what the statement meant to me, and it’s kind of a feeling as opposed to for me to be able to explain to you in words, but it just never— the songs that we had, with the title track, just never really spoke to what that phrase meant to me, and in the end I actually prefer it now that there isn’t a track there that has that name cause it kind of sets the tone for the whole album.”

-Louis on preferring not having a title track on Faith In The Future. (16 November 2022)

via 102.7 KIISFM

[statementlou]

“I think with most songs you’re inspired by people, you know, other people, and not everything comes from personal experience…sometimes songwriting feels like glorified people watching. There’s a million different stories that happen every day so I find a lot of inspiration through people.”

Louis via Los 40

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If someone told me that we will get Harry singing You're Still The One, I Will Survive, Man I Feel Like A Woman, and Hopelessly Devoted To You ALL IN THE SAME YEAR I would not belive them yet here we are. Like-

Never would I have thought SEVEN YEARS since we last saw them together, that 2022 would be one of the larriest years on record.

Hopelessly devoted to Lou

Harry dresses as Danny Zuko for Harryween, just a few days after Louis reminds us, once again, that he played Danny Zuko in a high school production.

Harry flies a rainbow flag with not one, but three Louis cross-eyed smiley faces.

Harry flies a rainbow flag with a huge Louis cross-eyed smiley face

The peace ring returns and Harry is smug about it.

Harry flies a rainbow flag with Only The Brave on it (after doing a double take and noticing it)

Harry sings Still The One at Coachella (more details on why this is a big deal here)

Harry sang I Will Survive at Coachella (369 weeks after he last sang it on stage)

Harry randomly uses an origami fortune teller as a symbol for his song Love Of My Life. It shows the colors red and black (strongly associated with Louis these days) and blue and green (Larry colors). Louis’ album, Faith in The Future, is set to release November 11th. National origami day.

Harry quotes a song from Leonard Cohen’s album, Anthem, which has the larriest cover art ever.

Louis’ music plays at Harry’s venues before the show

The fish on the Pleasing merch at Coachella have blue eyes/thin upper lip or green eyes/full lips

Harry referenced the poet Richard Lax in his You Are Home promo. Lax has collections of poems with titles like "Love Had a Compass", "The Green Island," "The Blue Boat”, and "Circus of the Sun."

Harry doodles H L on his sneakers while on “vacation” with his beard.

You Are Home coordinates match up to a lot of Louis and Larry locations

Harry seen at Louis’ LA show (more here and here)

Harry has a blue and green moment

The You Are Home website tweets a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote about people destined to meet, 12 years to the day after Harry and Louis’ xfactor auditions.

And just in case you think Harry is the only one obsessed with Larry (like rads do):

Louis mentions Harry being at his show

Louis acknowledges a rainbow flag with a huge picture of the Larry hug on it.

Louis wears a “blue bird” colored shirt

Louis adds I Will Survive to his post show playlist the day before H performs that song at Coachella.

Louis plays Lego House as his exit song twice. The first time the day Harry’s House was announced and Harry’s first Coachella performance (where H also performed Still The One). Then Lego House again on the day Harry’s House was released and Harry performed his ONO in NY.

Louis’ merch colors match Harry’s merch colors

Louis wears Harry’s House colors the day of Harry’s House release

Louis changes his Twitter header to a photo with the Larry hug in the background.

Louis makes a point of going out for sushi right after Harry’s House drops, despite rolling his eyes in the past about the trendiness of sushi.

Despite his theme being red/black/white, Louis changes the arena lights to blue and green and he does it again and again and again and again

Louis acknowledges a larrie in a rainbow TPWK t shirt

Louis acknowledges a fan holding a poster of Harry with a rainbow flag (more confirmation here and here)

Louis acknowledged a fan holding a Sing Walls if Larry is Real sign ( more info here and here).

Louis winks at a fan holding Larry dolls (while singing the “come so far from Princess Park line)

Louis give a thumbs up to a fan holding two photos of him and Harry and points to himself while singing Too Young

Louis’ venue plays Sunflower Vol 6, Kiwi, and Sweet Creature before the show.

Louis acknowledges a fan’s I Can’t Change Tattoo

Louis adds Don’t Stop Believing and Halo to his preshow playlist

Louis acknowledges that Prada released a collection with Larry-inspired tattoos by joining a Prada Twitter space the day of the launch.

Louis uses green lights during OTB for the first time, the night Harry launches the You Are Home campaign. Not just for a moment, but during the whole song

I’m sure this isn’t everything they did this year, but it’s a lot. And some of it may be coincidence or a reach, but all of it? I really doubt it.

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This is such a good article

Oh, it really is. So many good comments from him about what they’re going for.

[…]

The tour has helped a lot because, as we go round the world, we meet media and label partners locally who engage with him and come to the show. The show always gets the same reaction: ‘That’s not what I expected’. So having the tour before we go into the campaign for the new record has been really helpful. It’s been a case of slowly opening the doorway to what he does.

HOW DIFFICULT HAS IT BEEN MOVING HIM INTO A WORLD WHERE HE CAN BE ON THE COVER OF AP MAGAZINE AND CURATE HIS OWN FESTIVAL?

They are things we’re massively proud of on this campaign. Getting the AP cover felt like a big moment for him, because a lot of the reaction was, ‘I didn’t expect that’. But actually, when you listen to the music, it does fit perfectly with that demographic.

I’ve worked with guitar-based acts for 20 years and one of the biggest challenges you have with a British guitar-led act is travelling internationally. To be able to do that with an artist like him, who has that footprint already and can give you those opportunities globally, gives you a really exciting platform to build a campaign around.

HOW DO YOU TAKE HIS ORIGINAL FANBASE WITH YOU?

Well, the campaign always starts with the fans. They’re the most important part of this process. It’s community-led and that very much comes from Louis. Every night on stage, he says, ‘I need you and you need me’. And when you’re in the middle of this, you see that as well, it’s very much a two-way street. So everything we do is geared around what’s good for the fan experience. There are only so many places we can go on a tour, but we make sure they feel included on a global level.

The livestream actually gave us a lot of confidence on pushing the capacities in some territories. It really helped with some of our promoter conversations as well. One suggested we should come and play a 3,000-cap venue. We shared the livestream data and said, ‘Look, we think you’re really under-estimating this’. We ended up selling 20,000 tickets in that city.

IS IT DIFFICULT FACING COMPARISONS TO ONE DIRECTION’S ACHIEVEMENTS?

We don’t really compare to what One Direction did. What Louis does and the music he makes is very different from any other members of the band, and indeed the band’s music. So it’s less of a comparison and more that it’s helpful to us. We use the data from what he did in One Direction, look at the activations they did and how they ran their campaigns and use elements of that which we feel will work within his campaigns. It gives us a healthy understanding of the audience.

HOW ABOUT THE COMPARISONS WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS?

You do get it and he gets asked about it quite a lot. What Harry’s achieved is absolutely phenomenal this year, you can’t deny it’s absolutely incredible. But that’s exciting – and it shows the power of the fanbase. That’s one thing that Louis has and the band had – the audience is incomparable to anything that I’ve ever seen.

With every promoter we’ve ever worked with, we say, ‘You’re going to have to prepare for this, because the fans will be there a week before the show, we have to put on facilities and security – you’re not ready for what’s going to happen here’. And every time they say, ‘Yes we are’ and afterwards they go, ‘Holy shit, we didn’t expect that to happen’! There’s a duty of care that comes with that that we put a lot of time into.

DOES LOUIS ACTUALLY WANT THAT 1D-STYLE MANIA NOW?

Absolutely, he loves it. But he’s definitely got an executive head on him. Within One Direction, his role was not only chief songwriter, he was also the decision-maker. That’s something he wants to employ going forward, whether it be managing artists or from a label perspective and those are all things we’re looking at doing.

With launching the festival last year and expanding it this year, we’ve seen an interesting opportunity where we could help new British acts and give them a platform they wouldn’t traditionally get.

BMG HAS HAD HUGE SUCCESS WITH OLDER ARTISTS. WHAT MADE YOU SIGN WITH THEM?

BMG was an exciting choice, because Louis didn’t want to do the conventional major label deal set-up that he was used to before, coming out of Syco. What took us about BMG is that it’s very much a partnership. With the way the deal’s structured, we’d go into this campaign where we have complete creative control and essentially control over the entire campaign on a global level.

They work with us as partners and with an artist like him, who is so global, having complete oversight over the whole campaign has allowed us to be quite nimble.

We can adapt the campaign on a granular level within various territories – that’s tricky to do within major label deal constructs. It’s the biggest thing that BMG have done, it’s their global priority and it’s been great working with them on that level.

Click link above for full article.