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[berlinini]

bye 😭

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[berlinini]

Timeline of Louis' projects - 2021

🔎 Let's recap what's happened so far (as of September 1, 2021)

I started writing down the important info/dates related to Louis working on LT2, but then ended up adding faith in the future, 369, the merch, the fest... so it's really a timeline giving a general overview of his work projects in 2021.

📱 means twitter/announcements

🎤 is for studio/LT2

🎉 is for the AFHF

📱Feb 14, 2021: Louis tweets "I've been doing a lot of thinking about my next record. It's going to be special!". About a potential release date, he replies "No concrete plans (...) I'm sure I will have something out this year but unlikely that will be the album. Who knows though!". He also replies that he's "doing good. Really motivated!

📱March 6: Louis announces via twitter his idea to create a management company.

📱March 22: Asked about his projects, Louis replies "lots of stuff in early stages". He also replies "Seen a few I really like. Potentially" to a tweet asking him if he ever considered making a visual album. Finally, he replies "369" to a tweet asking him if he has ideas for new tattoos.

☀️ March 25-April 10: Louis is in Mexico with Charlie Lightening.

📱March 26: Louis tweets "Faith in the future"

📱March 30: Louis replies "Got a decent chorus idea down" to a tweet asking him what he's been up to. He also replies "369" to a tweet asking him to explain... 369. This is the same day he mentions the documentary while he was in Mexico... for the documentary.

📱 April 15: Louis replies "Faith in the future. Keep your head up" to a fan on Twitter (a few days after getting back from Mexico)

📱April 19: Louis tweets "Got something BIG planned later this year! It's going to be special!!" (in reference to the Away From Home Festival)

🔮👕 April 28: 369 merch drop

📱💼🎵 May 10, 2021: BMG global deal announcement. Confirmation that Louis is actively working on LT2 : Jamie Nelson from BMG UK is quoted saying "(Louis) is already busy working on new music". The press release mentions that "recording is already underway for his second solo album".

This means that Louis could have been working on the album anytime between mid-February and mid-May. No information on that was shared (by Louis nor his collaborators), probably because it was under embargo at the time.

📱🌏May 10, 2021: Louis announces that his worldwide tour is rescheduled, with dates now going from early February to late April 2022.

📱May 11: Tour promo video sponsored by Samsung UK posted on Louis' IG.

📱May 25, 2021: Louis tweets "Another great day writing"; he follows Robert Harvey on Twitter

🎤 May 28: studio (via wearesuperhi on IG)

🎤June 4: studio (via random dude on the street; June 6 on Louis' IG with caption "studio"; picture also shared on Dave Gibson's IG and Charlie's IG with caption "Mega tunes being put down, can’t wait for this #LT2")(the t-shirt Louis is wearing is the one from June 4, hence the IG posts are from that date and not June 6)

🎤 June 9: studio (via fans)

🎤June 10: studio (via fans)

⚽️ (Louis was pretty busy with the Euro Cup through late June to mid-July)

🎤 July 1: studio (via Robert Harvey on IG)

🎤 July 2: studio (via wearesuperhi on IG)

🎤 July 9: studio (via wearesuperhi on IG)

🔮👕 Mid-July: surprise 369 merch is sent to 369 fans

😜👕July 28: summer smiley merch drop

🎉 July 29: The Away From Home Festival is announced.

📸🎤 August 5: papped at the studio (via fans); Daily Mail article (published on the 6): "The outing comes as Louis recorded new music for fans"

🎤 August 16: ??? David Gibson on IG - cryptic picture of the sea captioned "LT2"

🎤 August 17: studio (via Robert Harvey on IG)

🎤 August 18: studio (via fans and via wearesuperhi on IG)

📱🎉 🌏 August 25: The Away From Home Global Streaming Event is announced.

🎉 👕 August 27: Festival merch drop. Additional items added on the 29.

📱🎉 August 28: Louis tweets about today being the last day of rehearsal for the festival. He teases the name of his new song by replying on Twitter that the setlist will be "mostly the same as tour with the odd change".

🎉 🧍‍♂️🎉 August 30: Away From Home Festival!!! Louis introduces his new song Change and mentions "it's going on the new album". No further details about LT2 are provided during the show. "Faith in the future" briefly appears on screen when Louis walks on stage. Exclusive merch being sold on site.

🎤🏢 For reference, all pictures of the studio point out to Louis recording at the Wendy House Production in London.

[berlinini]

oh it's such shame, nothing stays the same 🎵

[berlinini]

no because we've first heard Change(s) in London more than half a year ago, this is so special 🥲

[berlinini]

I miss change :(

[berlinini]

Copy is really that bitch. The main girlie. BUT it never got stuck in my head like Change. It just goes on allllll day long.

I know it’s not your fav but omgggg it’s got some hooks

I agree - Change really stays with you, and I think that shows Louis' talent at making music, because it's a nostalgic song, and it lingers on. I love the slight Beatles vibe too. As I've said before, I think the lyrics could be improved a little. But that doesn't mean I don't like the song haha - I do!!!

As for Copy, I always thought it was such a heavy, somber song, but the live version is so good - it's like the song takes on a new rhythm. It makes sense with Louis saying he wrote it having in mind it would be played live. I LOVE this little change in the live version, and it makes me love Louis' music even more when there are little tweaks in the live songs - musically or lyrically - because it shows he's thinking about live performances and putting on a good show (hello, guitar solo in fearless).

Someone on Twitter said:

copy = walls + otb

change = fearless + walls

And I agree! I love that there is always this common thread in Louis' songs - from his first songs with 1D to Just Hold On, even Just Like You, to Walls and now onto the new album. It's storytelling. It's also him showing how vulnerable he is.

Anyways, if these 2 songs are any indications of what's coming on LT2, we're gonna be very lucky! I can't wait!!!

[berlinini]

hi clem!! i hope you’re doing well!

now that louis has officially announce there will be another album, when do you think it’ll be released? when do you think the first single will come out? do you think copy or change will be a single or do you think they’ll all be other songs? (sorry this is a lot of questions i just wanna chat lol)

Hello Sophia!

Thank you for these questions, which have sent me to Clown City and made me do the timeline post help.mp3 in order to properly think about it.

I have one (1) issue with AFHF and it is that Louis casually mentioned Change "going on the new album" and that's it!!! SIR!!! Give us details about LT2!!! (ok that's wrong, I have another issue, it's that he had the crowd sing my favorite verse in Defenseless and I will never forgive him for robbing us of hearing his perfect voice in this perfect song I hate him)

Now about your questions... I have no way to know so these are just 🔮thoughts 🔮

About Copyx3 being a single: I don't think so, and I don't even think it will be on the album - based on Louis' tweet saying he wasn't sure a studio version would ever exist. He performed the song in December 2020, which meant he has written it before. I think he's unsure how it would fit on LT2 and we know this man likes the album to tell a story. My guess is that he's "outgrown" the story of Copy and it would not fit with the theme of the new album.

About Change being a single: while this song breaks me every time I hear it, as I said here, it's not a favourite of mine. I personally don't think it would make a good single; it's too long (5 min) and a bit of a lackluster. But these criteria are based on a single having promo, including mostly radio, and we know how that goes for Louis... Also we know about the song now, so having it as a single wouldn't be a surprise. I'd much rather have new songs to discover!

About the timeline of LT2: look, I'm clowning very hard and strongly believe that we will get a music announcement during/at the end of the documentary on Saturday. Is it going to be about a single? An EP? An album? Who knows...

I don't know how much time Louis spent in the studio for Walls so it's hard to say if his studio days (that we know of) in 2021 are enough to make enough songs for an LP.

The theory of a EP makes sense - it gives music, you can have promo around singles, it gives him more songs to play on tour...

If Louis is working towards a proper album, I see potential 2 strategies:

- release the album before tour; making the tour's setlist a mix of Walls and LT2 (which would make me happy because he could finally drop the 1D covers but if I can't see him cover Beautiful War live I will cry). This would mean anytime between now and March 2022, which gives proper time for releasing 1 or 2 singles during the fall and maybe the album in early winter? Maybe the man got emotionally attached to January 31? haha

OR

- release the album after tour; but introduce some new songs on the tour's setlist. Album would drop in the summer 2022. That gives time to Louis to finalize the songs in the next couple of months before tour starts. In this case, I'm begging for a longer album - around 14-16 songs, to make it worth the wait. There could be a few singles released between now and the start of the tour.

I'm also still considering the idea of visual album (or most likely EP), because Louis mentioned "considering it" in a tweet and he never does anything for nothing ("odd change" my hated), because of his working relationship with Charlie, because he made 3 of his MVs for Walls into a mini-film, because Louis has a great sense for visual storytelling, because there's so much we don't know about 369 and the whole 369 merch drop's imagery was so intriguing (in the line of Walls MV). But making a visual album involves a lot of people, so it would be hard to keep it secret. So maybe it's a future project? I hope he does consider it, because I know it would be extraordinary.

There's a lot of possibilities... my worst fear is that nothing happen, in which case I will crumble. It would be mad not to use the momentum of the festival/stream event to announce some big news... we'd have to wait until tour starts and that would be really hard. At the same time, with the COVID situation, I believe everyone knows that worldwide tours are still a big question mark. I think the US leg of the tour will happen as scheduled. Anyways, what I meant is that if Louis knows that the tour is still up in the air, he's gotta work on other stuff and consider the timelines properly. Which could point to option 1 above.

Insert the meme of that crazy guy with papers on the board and the red strings and all.

What do you think will happen? Curious to hear your thoughts, and everyone's on the question!

[silverfoxlou]