The Peace ring hits tabloids • Harry’s LOT NYC 10 • 07.09.2022
Never in a million years I could thought of these pearls drop on the media. We are well aware of how tabloids work; how what we see is mostly fitting in a promo narrative or used for click baiting… but for once, lets enjoy these:
Fans are going wild as Harry Styles wore his famous peace ring in New York this week for the first time in months.
In “Only Angel” H uses the angel metaphor -general knowledge: angels don’t have gender- encouraging himself to reflect on it without prejudices.
He knows “he is stuck” with both genders’ essences, he appreciates it & wants to enjoy them, he desperately asks for an invitation into the bedroom, as a representation of his intimate & private area, where to be him & her indistinctively, freely.
This is a very revealing part of Harry’s discovery journey, since we have listened to references of both identities considered but not coexisting. They literally meet in the hallway -when one goes out, the other rests in- almost as unfolding one person in two.
“She is my angel, my only angel” Harry clearly accepts and welcomes this figure, stablishing how she is the only “female” he will ever own.
“She tells to her brother” “bro”/“pal”/ “male side” his intention of finally setting all the containment out, leading to face a passionate no “goodness” angel at all, she is free and uncontrollable. Not to ever be ignored again.
EVOLUTION
Gender fluid realization. His feminine & masculine sides are not coexisting in his public persona, he even tries to ignore it.
“I will be at your door” - Meet me in the Hallway
Both genders acceptance. Need the intimate connection to exists between them, becoming one. He comes down to let the feminine exploration grow in him.
“Broke a finger knocking on your bedroom door. I got splinters in my knuckles crawling 'cross the floor” - Only angel
Gender fluidity can’t be no longer ignored. She has became a bigger part of him, more relevant. She is now part of his universe, but still hidden to the outsiders.
“She sleeps in his bed, while he plays pretend” - She
According to the path that Harry is following, it won’t surprise me that HS3 gives us more present of his feminine side, completing his persona also towards the public.
Many are the coincidences & inspirations obtained from this novel that can be seen around Harry & Louis, especially recently. Come and let yourself look through the rabbit hole, this time literally.
The author-name
Lou, Louis, Lewis... Jenny Lewis... Lewis Carroll...
Queer vs Peculiar
In Alice in Wonderland, everything is described as "queer", which meant to be odd or strange to the late 1800s readers; until the early 1900s, when queer was beginning to be used to address a person's sexuality as being gay or lesbian.
Having that in mind "peculiar" is just taken literally, but also can be used to refer to someone's sexuality too, as in Adore You & it's “peculiar” boy
Painting white roses red
The rose and the dagger, the roses... always the roses, so they would catch out attention easily. In AIW the representation of two sides confronting a battle and how this metaphor was brought into LOT & AFHF.
Harry wore roses on 5 different occasions During LOT: white, red, black & green. Also did Louis in his green customized shirt for FAFHF (Aug 21) & during his 28 programme customized on World Tour 2022.
“Eat me”
Psychotropics are something extra to be considered present in many ways in this novel. Giving Alice sometimes the "little push" she needed to get out of certain situations.
From the beginning of Fineline, we find several stories related to psychotropics such as that time when Harry bit his tongue under the effects of shrooms while composing sessions. It's not a new topic to be related to AIW nor Fineline, plus Sunflower live had hippie vibes sounds & aesthetic.
Who does the pig represent?
The Pig Baby appeared in The Duchess's house as her baby. for some minutes Alice was also its nanny. It is a baby that constantly howls and sneezes because of the pepper. Once Alice takes the baby inside, it turns into a pig.
Eroda’s fisherman pub: “The only rule of the bar? Don't mention a pig in the pub.”
This baby pig was almost unnoticeable for me because it doesn't appear in Disney's version seen many times during my childhood but gained relevance by linking it to the boys once I reread the novel.
Who are you?
“Who are you?” said the Caterpillar. Alice replied, rather shyly, “I—I hardly know, Sir, just at present—at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then"
Fineline is a self-discovery and inner look into who Harry is. He carefully chose his slogan "do you know who you are?" while still teasing on the unreleased album and end up answering every night on tour "When I am in front of you I do" o "now I do".
👉🏼Gender Fluid Journey
Love makes the world go around
`'Tis so,' said the Duchess: `and the moral of that is — "Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love, that makes the world go round!"' `Somebody said,' Alice whispered, `that it's done by everybody minding their own business!'
Every night Harry explained to his audience how the new 360 stage design worked: face vs arse. Fans literally danced around him.
The fish
“No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise." "Wouldn't it, really?" said Alice, in a tone of great surprise. "Of course not," said the Mock Turtle. "Why, if a fish came to me, and told me he was going on a journey, I should say 'With what porpoise?”
Harry talked about "a special fish" in Adore You during the secret sessions for fans in NYC back in 2019, he let the fish go for good at the end of the mv, for 1 year, now we know it has a specific purpose.
Queen's croquet game
“the croquet balls were live hedgehogs and the mallets live flamingoes, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches”. Alice has a difficult time breaking from her preconceived notions and adjusting to life in Wonderland, this echoes Carroll’s sentiment that everything in Wonderland is absurd and feels like some sort of cruel game.
We have seen Harry playing golf 7 times during LOT... what a curious number: 7 times.
Alice through the looking glass
I have to look deeper into this second part of the novel, but the first link to it is already interesting having in mind the situation Harry is rumored to be in.
The story starts with how Alice is promised, that she will become a queen once the promotion takes place — for that to happen she must advance, step by step, to the eighth rank in the chess game.
We have seen the chess game in Harry's game and recently in Louis's shirt in his WT22 European leg at Copenhagen.
As It Was
On April 1st this song & video was released. It is fair to say that both are not direct & simple representations of each other, however, I recognize how time & motion are key elements in both. How one's inner path can entail different stages, mean evolution & growth, trying to understand their role in a world that keeps spinning and taking them to the same places being a different version of themselves.
LOVE ON TOUR II
The queen of hearts ♥️
As a ruler of Wonderland, the Queen of Hearts is the character that Alice must inevitable face to figure out the puzzle of Wonderland. In a sense, the Queen of Hearts is literally the heart of Alice's conflict.
The art paint over Harry’s bts pictures dropped today is Sposalizio del Mar, or Marriage of the Sea ceremony.
This ancient ceremony’s - honoring Venice sea dominion over XII century- dynamic is similar to the well known and common nuptial wedding for many reasons; but this detail is really highlighting: the story tells how the Pope gave a ring to chief magistrate of Venice and established it should be repeated every year on the same date, and that is how the doge & the sea got married.
Harry Styles • Marc Jacobs x Magda Arch • May 2022
Harry & his team perfectly knows & understand how the communication with the fandom works. If he is not sharing concerning and contradictory messages honestly, come in and explain me how does it work.
also have you looked at tracey emin, birds from 2012? 👀
Hi lovely,
We know Tracey Emin’s art and popularity is totally contemporary to Harry. Plus, he is an admirer!
We know that in 2012 she was commissioned by Art on the Underground to make a pocket Tube map cover for the London Olympic and Paralympic year, making her art very accesible and visible.
Also, her birds are interpreted as self-portraits. The art piece you are asking about, is a project to celebrate the 2012 Olympic Games too, birds feature with Tracey's depiction of two birds kissing and the Paralympic symbol.
We know Harry’s tattoos (Nov 2012) are SWALLOWS: These birds are monogamous and symbolize peace, loyalty and love and Louis’ and Harry’s eyebrows & one being bigger than the other…
Can’t assure what really inspired Harry to ended up with that specific design, probably many things to consider in the process, inspiration is at the end that… a brief trigger that awakens something in oneself, to later turn it into something of one’s own...