Louis Tomlinson World Tour: Milan // 10.04.22

Rainbow project during only the brave

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NO THOUGHTS ONLY HARRY DANCING LIKE THIS

Harry Styles

As It Was (2022)

TWO YEARS OF WALLS // 31.01.20:

While Tomlinson has a history of glossy pop hits with One Direction, he’s addressing some more mature subjects on Walls, such as anxiety, mortality, and self-integrity, which also sets the album apart from the solo work of other ex-1D members. Yet such ideas aren’t always taken seriously in a pop music world that prioritizes groundbreaking sounds and more provocative themes. Even with the album’s stellar production, Tomlinson stands out by stressing the importance of taking your time, honoring yourself and your self-worth, feeling your feelings and finding your footing as you go. After all, we have to wobble before we stand. x

YEAR 1

2 YEARS OF WALLS + SINGLES

charlielightening 2 years ago today we were in the desert building sets and shoot the promo with @louist91 for Walls in #Morocco 🇲🇦. Amazing team and crew @commonpeoplefilms made it all possible with numerous sets built over 2 days. Louis smashed the performance. Good times and look forward to doing something of this scale again this year. 

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harry and louis + laughing

happy birthday @jalboyhenthusiast!

I’ve got scars Even though they can’t always be seen

Lou 💕

walls promo (5/?): louis gets quizzed on yorkshire slang by BuzzFeed uk

“We drop a lot of words and a lot of letters. Me mum always used to say ‘our accent to be fair, if it’s thick sometimes you do sound a bit common’.”

WALLS

louis during ready to run // otra detroit, 29.08.15

One year of Walls:

Walls works because it’s a culmination of Louis Tomlinson’s best assets—the distinct edge of his vocals and his commanding lyrical prowess. Tomlinson’s voice has a knack of making a listener feel as though he’s sitting across the kitchen table, speaking directly to them. It’s personable, tender, comforting, and it’s endearing. His peaks as a vocalist breathe through his debut, nailing airy falsettos and parading his raspy edge. Lyrically, whether it be him tackling adversity in the title track with, “These high walls never broke my soul,” shedding the tightly constructed public image tied to his boyband past in “Habit” with, “I took some time ‘cause I’ve ran out of energy of playing someone I’ve heard I’m supposed to be,” directly asking a friend the heavy question, “[are you] strong enough to get it wrong in front of all these people” in nostalgia-chasing’s “Fearless,” or sticking true to his clever symbolism found in “Defenceless” that details, “We’re sleeping on our problems like we’ll solve them in our dreams / we wake up early morning, and it’s still under the sheets,” it’s obvious that Tomlinson is a true songwriter. All in all, it’s in the conjoined efforts of these two aspects of his artistry that lays a solid foundation for Tomlinson moving forward. Walls has proven that he has what it takes to stand on his own, and looking towards the future just like the record’s closing lines, Tomlinson has shown that “it’s [his] solo song, and it’s only for the brave.” x

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