Regarding the post you reblogged with the question of why they skipped over 2016-2018, when the doc was first announced I wondered if they’d include those years and when they didn’t I can’t say I was too surprised. Mostly bc I assumed those years were too difficult for Louis to talk about. He was grieving his mom at the time, being harassed mercilessly online over his paternity, Larry and being a liar bc 1D still wasn’t back, he was also stepping into his new role like he said with his grandparents of them being the parental figures for his sisters, I assume this was also the time period when Felicite’s battle with addiction began bc Lottie had said at one point that she and Louis tried for a long time to help her and not to mention the constant stalls to his solo career, being an xfactor judge was a huge waste of his time, the album he talked about was completely thrown out and then Felicite passed away. It was just hit after hit of him not being able to catch a break, which he touched on a bit in the doc, but I feel like he didn’t want to sit there and list off all of that happening so he just skipped over it. Plus, Louis himself has never actually talked too much about losing his sister, even in the doc it was very brief and Lottie did most of the talking so I think it’s still a very hard thing for him to talk about. I’d love for one day for him to discuss what happened during 2016-2018 career wise, but that itself I feel could be it’s own multiple part series bc so much was happening behind the scenes.

If they start asking about what was happening professionally 2016-2018, then they’d have to ask why Sony yanked Back To You off radio while it was climbing charts, why Miss You’s music video and Royal Variety performances were done (all while “grieving,” mind you) but never promoted.

Why was LT tour already teased 2017? Why did Louis talk about a “change in sound” when songs on Walls (Always You, Don’t Let It Break Your Heart) came out of songwriting in 2017- early 2018? These songs were written and ready to go for the original album.

And. All the while, he was “grieving.” He was taking care of Fizzy. But still working.

He performed three days after his mother passed away. Hits Live was two months after Fizzy’s death, and he did it.

What the fuck was Sony switching him from Epic to Arista? And then assigning PR people who called him “a small artist who can’t get played on American radio”? Was that Louis “grieving?”

Because if we start talking about all the inconsistencies, because fans were here and we LIVED it in real fucking time? Because you can’t wave a wand and all the blatant industry fuckery gets blamed by Louis’ “grieving” or whatever Larries called it back then? Because nothing can be blamed on Sony, and by extension, on Harry and Rob Stringer.

Cut me a break.