I study rainbows

Larry, Ziam, OT5, Zquad

[stylestm]

hes not under syco, hes under sony. sony is the umbrella syco/rca are both under

that literally says ‘simco limited’. that is not a sony umbrella. that is syco. that is simon cowell. i’m guessing their contract said that they would remain under syco if they were to leave, but rather than be directly involved in the process, syco licensed that out to rca. “granting a license to (someone or something) to permit the use of something or to allow an activity to take place.” so, syco owns it, and they gave the rights to rca, but they’ll receive licencing revenue from zayn. they still own his music.

this is from wikipedia, but this is what it means: the right, granted by the copyright holder or his/her agent, for the broadcast, recreation, or performance of a copyrighted work. Types of licensing contracts can include: 1) a flat fee for a defined period of usage, or 2) royalty payments determined by the number of copies of the work sold or the total revenues acquired as a result of its distribution. In addition to a basic fee, most music licensing agreements require additional payments to the copyright owner when the work in which it is included (i.e. movie, play) is financially successful above a certain threshold

[thepalmtoptiger]

Anyone else not surprised that Pillow Talk was released under Simco Limited (Simon Cowell’s company) under exclusive licensing to RCA Records?

Meaning (in heavily simplified terms), Zayn is still under Simco and more or less ‘out on loan’ to RCA Records. Simco is still receiving a cut of the profit of this track but RCA gets a nice slice as well. And how would he be releasing music so soon (it’s been less than a year) and not violating his NCA unless Simon were still profiting off it it. Now who was saying that Zayn was completely free of Simon and Co?

[nerds4life]

Let me just remind people about that article released in Feb 2014 that said Simon ENCOURAGED the boys to do solo work as long as they stayed with him & part of 1D. Funny timing that (and people forgot)..

[ohstylesno]

Harry at the late late show has me feeling some type of way…

The way he smacks down the lid after knowing he got chosen.. ugh

Niall’s hands are literally shaking and Harry is here like

and after James was all nervous and kept postponing opening the box, Harry’s patience finally hit the limit so he just went like 

And then right when he’s about to get inked on tv he’s all nonchalant and whatevs about it, and he kinda looks like an asshole and it’s too hot

and MID-TATTOO this fucker is like 

totally unfazed and smug!!  I might love him. Quite a lot.

[goniallandharry-deactivated]

“Once james opens his box you can see harrys face change because he knew at that point it didnt matter if he had it or niall did, he was getting a tattoo.”  xxxxx

[animateglee-archived]

closing the 20 tabs you used for a finished essay = euphoric calmness

[sizvideos]

Woman Surprise Her Girlfriend With The News She Will Be Her Kidney Donor - Watch the full video

[gothicprep]

i love when people say that sexuality is a choice because we all know that if it was, nobody would like boys

[revolutionary-mindset]

😮😳😫😫😂😂😂😂😂👸🏿🌻😍😘😜

[itslaroneppl]

“Salt and pepper to taste” 😂😂😂

[stark-eftychia]

[olieolieoxnfree]

As soon as the guy with the camera showed up, they were like “Nope! Done.”

[too-old-for-this-ship]

That’s Cal! 😂

[random-feed]

Olivia - One Direction (With trumpets, string and bass)

[woawlarry]

me: this school year is gonna be different! i'm going to work hard, do my assignments early and organise my homework by classes with colors and everything!

me: *goes to school for three weeks*

me: *has been absent for 5 days, has done literally no work, has fallen asleep mid lecture and is 15 assignments behind*

[nouiszarry]

I love when Harry is outside because his skin is paler than usual and that stand out his pink lips. Definitely is my favourite thing.

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[louistomlinsonsz-deactivated201]

[that-regular-chick-deactivated2]

Sasha, I'm very disappointed in Harry's behavior towards Zayn. I can understand if he is upset, but Harry doesn't have to be such a jerk about it. He could do what the other guys are doing 1) Liam being supportive 2) Louis staying diplomatic 3) Niall being silent. I don't understand why Harry acts like Zayn was never in the band and like Zayn didn't walk through hell with them for 5 yrs. Harry's attitude is really turning me off of him tbh. And I hate that ppl praise his pettiness.

I think you’re a bit confused nonnie, tbh. Harry doesn’t need to act like Liam, Louis or Niall because he isn’t Liam, Louis or Niall. And his behavior doesn’t need to conform to a certain standard because it pulls people out of their comfort zone.

The problem isn’t that he’s being a jerk. The problem is that this fandom has bought into the fantasy of who Harry Styles is: innocent cupcake who loves everybody. Sweet baby who never gets angry. Nope. He’s not two dimensional. He’s complex. He’s spent 5 years in the pressure cooker of show business. He is one salty bitch right about now and that’s ok. Personally, I say let it out Harry. If I were in his shoes, I’d have permanent stank face come promo time.

Yeah, I think Harry is a very nice guy, but he also has a little…

…in him. I approve.

I don’t think his attitude is directed towards Zayn at all. It’s directed towards the situation. He’s over it. Truth be told, it seems totally in keeping with his personality to be over it. Even though he comes across as very mellow, the wheels are always turning. He’s often in lowkey rebellion mode.

This is the dude that I’m pretty sure brought us Dusty Styles and Ted Tomlinson because he wanted to publicly declare his love for Louis:

Remember when Harry responded to all the fandom chatter about him and Louis breaking up Fall 2013 with several “Still The One” references:

And don’t forget his lyrical twitter warnings. This one was a heartbreaker tweeted just before Eleanor showed up on tour again:

He’s also most assuredly one of the masterminds behind Rainbow Bondage Bear:

Which means he isn’t pleased with the potato stunt as in replace-Zayn-with-a-potato.

So consider when he says stuff like this…

…that he’s being shady. Consider that no paperwork has been done that we as a fandom can verify as far as Zayn leaving. He’s still a Director of 1D’s companies.

And when he reacts like this…

…that’s it’s all he can do not to call bullshit in the middle of an interview.

Or when he “plays dumb” like this…

…he’s really saying I wish I wasn’t about to be forced to lie about someone I actually care about.

I know it’s easy in this fandom to buy into pitting one member of 1D against the other. But look at the guys themselves. They’re doing their best to not give that impression despite that being the exact impression their team wants you to get. Why do you think Harry mentioned the “tension in the room” during the Ellen interview? Why is their team putting them in this awkward situation? Why not blacklist Zayn the way they clearly have with the disaster that is babygate?

Trust, if they wanted to openly diss Zayn they could and the fandom as well as the media would eat it up. Instead, salty fans and the tabloid press are doing their best to put the most negative spin on pretty much nothing. Think about why that is. And think about who Harry has shown you he really is.

[boyfriendyboyfriendswhoboyfriend]

Jonathan Ross Show

[towlersnow-deactivated20210528]

sorry can you please reexplain to me why you think JB bought his own albums? i haven't seen the numbers yet and i don't seem to be understanding

Because the day before the two albums were released, JB had pre-orders open for 3 weeks compared to 1D’s one week. 1D had three times the number of pre-orders digitally.  Physical sales of MITAM were 30% higher than Bieber’s.

Yet somehow four days later he had quadrupled his digital album sales.

The thing is, people who are not huge fans of an artist simply don’t buy the whole album the first week, the main fanbase does, so the pre-order numbers should have essentially told the story. But somehow he switched it up and found another 300k people to buy the WHOLE ALBUM, not just a couple of songs.

100k of those are accounted for by giving away concert tickets with the purchase of an album (can you imagine if 1D did that and let us know in advance?  $20 for a concert ticket. Amazing.)

That said, whatever he did, it worked, he got the #1 in the US. He worked his ass off for it and did whatever it took. 1D stayed chill, had fun and got #2 with nearly three times the sales of the #3 artist (who was #1 the last two weeks btw).

So whatever, it’s all good. Our boys not only have a great album, but they’re really fucking good people and I’m proud to be a fan of them individually and as a band.

[coolbreeeze]

Never expected to see Fizzy talking about things like this on Twitter. This isn’t about whether you agree or disagree with her argument, but she definitely is respectful and well spoken about her opinion and that is nice to see from someone her age.