november eighteenth is going down in the history books as “the best day EVER for larries.”

AJ, kill them with hammers, please.

honorable mention by @twdg-textposts 🩷

anyone want to do a little tumblr fan project/ experiment with me today? You know how Louis trends on here every time he plays a show, right- even though neither I nor 98% of my extremely active louie dash ever tag a single post with his name. I'm pretty sure the margins on this site are small as hell and I was thinking I'd try just tagging all the show posts today for the heck of it and see what happens. If you, my fellow show watchers, do it too I bet we can get him to number one like nothing, how about it?

defenceless my beloved 🫶🏼 louis’ falsetto in this song my beloved 🫶🏼 his raw voice my beloved 🫶🏼 his vulnerability my beloved 🫶🏼 everything abt this song is so chefs kiss 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

Faith In The Future is no. 1 in this week's Official UK Record Store Chart 15/12/23

The UK's biggest albums of the week sold through 100 UK independent record shops is compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on sales of CDs, vinyl and other formats - in partnership with Record Store Day.

Faith In The Future also made a re-entry at no. 61 in the official UK album chart this week (Dec 15-21) as well as at no. 16 on the Albums Chart Update and no. 17 on the Official Sales Chart

“nothing but love exists between them” never seen a truer statement in my life

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE 1.05 “A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart”

why? because fuck you that’s why

from the instagram stories of louis greatorex, nathan collins, sam gittins, max hastings, bobby johnson, josh bolt, and jon ewart this morning!

18Nov22

The Greatest Edition Lou put out an album that’s stunning Resulting in his Number One-ing! He was always the boss (Sorry, Bruce, for your loss)— The world never does see us coming!

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🥹 I never knew these existed!

i feel like i've let louis down being top 24% and #3 top artist 😔

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should we do a tag game with this? i'm curious about everyone's stats 🥺

@delicatepointofview @1dhq @somuchstrdst @faithinthefuturedeluxe @holyshit @deludedandlostcause

Louis might not be chucking bricks at No. 10, but people are responding like he’s never displayed leftist politics or challenged a government position on anything. He supported demands to the government about a fix for UK touring musician post Brexit and Marcus Rashford’s petition about food insecurity. He fought the police about their social media use in 2018 and criticised the UK government position/support for factory workers in the pandemic. The things he speaks about are usually UK issues and meaningful to him or his family and friends. He’s also most likely to speak when he isn’t working. Also that specific anarchy has a punk anti authoritarian message as well. That statement fits Louis pretty well. He has been a poster boy for not sitting down and shutting up and doing what you’re told since 2012. If he was he probably wouldn’t have a solo career and he definitely wouldn’t have sold out the O2.

I like this point about him speaking out more when he's not working, I think that's a really great and useful observation and makes so much sense. I feel like it makes sense in two ways right now: like first, I don't blame him for not wanting to do things that would jeopardize how beautifully everything is going for him right now after the number of setbacks and troubles he's had to get here, it must feel so precarious. And knowing for a fact that any political statement you make will spawn a dozen tabloid stories and all kinds of outrage is bad enough, but add to that the fact that it's simply impossible to predict which thing will turn into a huge viral mess- it's a lot. And second, he's not just working, he's been on TOUR! I've been around musicians my whole life and one constant is that tour is time outside of normal time and life, it's a bubble, it's only paying attention to right where you are and what's in front of you and the people there with you and everything else is put off and neglected, is for when you get home (and have massive post tour letdown depression and fatigue). I'm not saying he can disconnect with the outside world entirely... but putting everything on pause? I would be surprised if it were any other way, and I would be surprised if he's been following the news and counter news and so forth closely enough to feel comfortable speaking out publicly about anything when it will be so scrutinized and picked apart. I would add to your list supporting the rail strike (something we wouldn't even know about if it hadn't been tossed in as an aside by an interviewer in the print only version of a piece, he didn't post about it or anything) and attending and posting about the BLM protests (not to mention telling people to pirate his stuff come on how punk is that), and I agree he is much more likely to speak out about UK issues which makes sense: most people are most moved by issues that are close to their lives in some way, and it's his brand. And I agree that even though as an anarchist I love talking about what anarchism as a political ideology actually is, the symbol does also have a common meaning in the world as just basically standing for anti-authoritarianism, and Louis as a guy who rejects authority and the status quo is nothing new at all and one of the reasons we love him, and in the last few years I feel like he's been going further in that direction both aesthetically and politically, and we love to see it! Plus he has pretty much always sported this slightly punky aesthetic to some degree, even when he was being dressed up like a little ken doll he snuck in skater looks and indie band tees and so forth (something something it's part of why his fanbase was so primed to love his new sound and it wasn't the risk he feared it was because people were always drawn to him who were already into that aesthetic even when his sound wasn't that yet) it's not like it's just a brand new out of nowhere side of him or something.

18/11

Genuinely asking what’s the fine line between being fame and attention hungry and being obliged to stunt? The more he participates in stunting the less sorry I feel for him and his situation, it seems that it’s his choice and hes fine with it and doesn’t want to change it and cares currently only about his fame and money. I love hl so much but it’s so difficult to accept their priorities and the way they manipulate the fandom

I think you've got to draw your own lines. What you are comfortable with and not, based on how much agency you think they have or not have. Only you can make that decision.

I agree that Harry the last couple of years have seemed very Hollywood oriented, yachting, living the life of the rich and famous and just generally taking advantage of all his privileges. Hanging around people with questionable morals, making fake friends and helping others with their image rehabs. Launching Pleasing off of his own brand at blood prices for a quick buck. Pricing his tour at ridicous levels during a cost of living crisis. All of this are examples of things that makes it harder to give him any sympathy at all. His current image is a rich, privileged white dude who's faking his way to the top while also trying to make money. He's queerbaiting enough to get that queer dollar, but presenting straight to get the parent dollar too. We thought he was different, had morals and lines he wouldn't cross. I wish he had someone around reminding him of his ankle screw tattoos. He might have, and this is all an image he's selling. Everything he does off stage is such a turn off though. So much of what he's preaching and saying seems hollow. There's become a discrepancy between what he's saying and how he's acting. He's trying to be everything to everyone all at once and nothing seems authentic anymore. I think his current behaviour is pushing people away. At least it should be.

It's all generally worse when he's off tour. It has always been like that. This stunt in particular seems not so bad actually. I just think we all have major stunt fatigue and we are tired of his face. It's also worse for us fans when he looks happy and not miserable. He's majorly overexposed and he's gonna end up like TS, needing an image overhaul if he's not careful.

If you don’t agree with their priorities and manipulation the best thing (and only thing) you can do is to call them out on it and don't buy the things they are selling you. Don't feed the monster.