Still processing my first time seeing Louis live last night. Holy shit he was close! Like three feet away.
He looked playful and relaxed. Bopping across the stage, messing about, looking at so many signs and people and interacting.
Idk how he manages all of that while singing. Never thought about it before I saw it in person and how constantly he does it. Giving so much to the fans.
There was a moment when he made eye contact with me and I thought I would feel overwhelmed or nervous but I just felt like a friend, trying to give him what he needed in the moment.
The show was so different from HSLOT, which I loved too. This was...shockingly intimate. Wide open. He shows everything on his face and in his body language. After years of media manufactured Louis, this was just jaw-dropping.
The crowd was different from other concerts - they weren't there to get the Louis experience - but to offer their hearts and energy to him. Anything he needed. As if we were helping him. And he was so humble and gentle about accepting. Which made both of us happy and satisfied. It was this incredible feedback loop. I've never experienced anything like it.
Edit - so I saw a gif post from the concert and it occurred to me that I kind of described a sort of dom/sub relationship maybe? - I didn't mean to and have not seen him that way before but it's not totally inaccurate.
I was involved with the rainbow lights project and in handing out pride flags. I handed out hundreds. And every single person was excited and grateful. I never had the slightest negative reaction. I even drafted people on the spot to help hand them out, and everyone was happy to help. My favorite was a mom with a young daughter, and the daughter took one but looked nervously at her mom. So I smiled reassuringly at the mom, who hadn't yet reached for one, and I just asked her, would you like one too? And she looked surprised, glanced at her daughter who was holding hers and desperately not looking at her, and still staring at her child, she said, yes thank you, and took one. It felt important.
His vocals were SO great, even better in person than any video. There's something about seeing him work for the notes that just...makes me emotional and proud of him.
I about fell over when I saw the stage lights flash rainbows through the second half of KMM. I still think we are not making a big enough deal over LOUD Louis putting rainbow lights in his show for the first time ever.
How it happened: I was on the far right of the venue on the main floor, 2 rows back from pit. I could see the entire left side of the stage. The bar lights had been mostly off during the show except for the big songs with lots of flashing lights.
I had stopped recording a few songs earlier. Then I saw the stage bar lights on the left begin to flash a acrolling rainbow pattern. My phone was in my pocket, so I figured I'd lost the chance to capture it. But they kept going.
I then had to get out my phone, unlock it, find the camera app, and then I accidentally tried to take photos and not videos. And it was still rainbowing, so I recorded it.
