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ladylouiee · 10 months ago
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Give Me One Good Honest Kiss by thunderwear
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Give Me One Good Honest Kiss
by thunderwear
T, 1k, Wangxian
Summary: Lan Wangji didn’t pay mind to the startled gasps around him, he was too busy gripping Wei Wuxian by the back of his neck and crushing their lips together. Instead of the Phoenix Mountain kiss here's Lan Wangji kissing Wei Wuxian in front of everyone else after Wei Wuxian drinks the wine Jin Zixun was trying to force on him, inspired by that face Lan Wangji makes in the drama like he's four steps past "i hope this doesn't awaken something in me" and moments away from lunging over the table Kay's comments: Hehe, this story was completely fuelled by Lan Wangji horniness and I loved it! It was also just so cute, how he couldn't control himself and just had to kiss Wei Wuxian. Very relateable behaviour by Lan Wangji. If I was him, I couldn't do anything else but kiss Wei Wuxian too. Excerpt: Xichen called his name again, frimer this time, tinged with something horrified that reminded Lan Wangji of his Uncle. Lan Wangji almost made to pull away again, ashamed at his impulsive action, but before he could even ease the pressure, Wei Wuxian’s hands tightened on his waist and pulled him even closer, one palm coming up to cradle his jaw and tilt his head just so. Xichen didn’t actually step forward until Wei Wuxian slipped his tongue into Lan Wangji’s mouth. “Wangji,” he thundered, as stern as Lan Wangji had ever heard him. “That’s enough.” His hand was firm on Lan Wangji’s shoulder as he eased him away, though Wei Wuxian’s hands curled over his waist keeping him from separating completely.
pov lan wangji, canon divergence, horny lan wangji, first kiss, public displays of affection, getting together, lan wangji/wei wuxian get a happy ending, fluff, fluff and humor
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ladylouiee · 1 year ago
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Louis twirling to show off his outfit for the Rolling Stone UK Awards 2023. (23 November 2023)
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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Please enjoy uni-era Xiao Zhan casually crooning Coco Lee's 美丽的笨女人 (Beautiful Silly Girl) in a bar.
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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XMAS PROMPT LIST 🎄🎁❄️
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SCENARIOS;
Decorating the tree
Dancing in the snow
Present shopping
Gift giving
Wrapping gifts
Making a gingerbread house
Gingerbread house competition
Snowball fight
Sledging
Mistletoe
Christmas baking
Christmas market
Making snowmen
Christmas party
Watching Christmas movies
Dancing to Christmas music
Going ice skating
Christmas dinner
Making Christmas dinner
Fake dating for Christmas Ball
Secret Santa
Both reaching for the last cookie
Making Christmas decorations
New Years Countdown
NYE Party
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DIALOGUES;
"Stop trying to get me to walk under the mistletoe.”
"That should be our Christmas card this year."
"Why'd you turn the music off?"
"I know we said no presents this year but..."
“I hate Christmas shopping.” - “I love Christmas shopping!”
“Do you want to put the star on the top of the tree?”
“What do you think? Like the tree?”
“Open your stocking!”
“It’s snowing!”
“What are you doing?” - “Making a snow angel.”
“Do people even use nutcrackers?”
“Do you still believe in Santa?”
“You’d make a cute elf.”
“Look! Reindeers!”
“Is that supposed to be a snowman?”
“Do you have any carrots?”
“This is the best gift you could’ve given me.”
“You have snow on your eyelashes, looks cute.”
“Come here by the fire.”
“Please don’t make me wear this, I look ridiculous.”
“You’ve really made my Christmas this year.”
“I thought you were going home for Christmas.” - “Well, I couldn’t leave you all alone.”
“I’m never letting you convince me to go carolling again.”
“Hey, if we don’t find someone by midnight…you and me…maybe?” - “Ask me properly and I might consider it.”
“Here, you can have one of my gloves.”
“What are you wearing?”
“Did you get us matching pyjamas?”
“You look so beautiful in the snow.”
“It’s bold of you to assume I haven’t eaten my entire advent calendar.”
“Christmas hot chocolate is not normal hot chocolate. Where are the marshmallows?”
“Smell this candle, it’s amazing.”
“Aren’t you going to write your letter to Santa?”
“I’ll let you sit on my knee.”
“You’re my Christmas angel.” - “Wow that was…intense.” - “Just take the compliment.”
“Will you be my new years kiss?”
“But I wanted to be Santa this year!”
“Did you make me a tinsel crown?”
“I can’t get the star on, would you give me a hand?”
“Looks like you’ve had a few drinks!” - “You haven’t had enough if you’re noticing. Come on, bar’s over there.”
“Will you make me a hot chocolate?” - “Name all the reindeer and I will.”
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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Hi!
Could you give any Christmas/Winter-related fluff prompts? I need some inspiration <3
Hope you have a great weekend 💕
Sure thing!
"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire-" "These aren't chestnuts." "... marshmallows roasting on an open fire..."
"Aww come here!" "Nonono your hands are cold! What'd you do, dip them in the snow?" "It's not snowing." "Tell that to your hands!"
"Could we cuddle tonight?" "What else is the point of having a fireplace during the winter time?"
"You're my favorite little snowMAN-" "Don't call me little." "Oh come on, you're so cu-" "Don't call me that either."
"WHY'D YOU PUT THE SCARF STRAIGHT FROM THE SNOWMAN ONTO ME THAT'S COLD!!!" "You said to take it off the snowman because it's yours so I figured you wanted it." "You could have let it warm up first at the very least!!!"
"Sleighbells ring-" "Are you list'ning?" "I mean... I seem to have no choice because even my buddies are singing it now..."
"FREEDOM!! No more Christmas music!"
"Ugh, happiest time of the year my ass. The happiest time of the year is when the Christmas music stops playing everywhere."
"CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS!!"
"Don't forget to write your letter to Santa so he knows what you want!"
"You know what I've never understood?" "Oh, is it philosophy hour with [Name]?" "Not really... I just don't get how Santa could possibly know what children in the entire world are good or bad but would need to be told what kids want. Kids aren't exactly... quiet about their desires."
I hope you found one or two that inspired you, Nons!
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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Winter Prompt List!!!
A compiled list of winter/wintry prompts! Feel free to share and use these for anything that comes to mind! :)
Fair warning--there is almost no organization to this list, enter at your own peril haha
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ACTIVITIES
First snowfall
Building snow people or sculptures
Snow angels
Shoveling snow
Snow down the back of the neck
Sledding
Dog sledding/husky sledding
Skiing
Ice skating
Catching snowflakes on your tongue
Taking pictures in the snow
Sleigh ride
Bobsledding
Mistletoe
Writing letters to Santa--with or without kids involved
Building a gingerbread house
Secret Santa or other gift exchange
White Elephant gift exchange
Giving gifts
Receiving gifts
Family heirloom given as a holiday gift
The Nutcracker--watching or performing
Singing Christmas carols
Cooking holiday foods we only make this time of year
White Christmas (or insert any holiday)
Hot drinks on a cold day
Snuggling by the fireplace
Watching cliché winter movies together
SITUATIONS
A holiday disaster
First family Christmas/other holiday
Tongue got stuck to a metal pole
The first snowfall always brings back the memory of...
Getting snowed in
We're stuck together in this cabin until the storm passes
We broke up but we're still going on this trip because money is money
We broke up and I'm asking someone else to go home with me for the holidays because I know my ex will be there with someone
Fake dating for the holidays because [ex] will be there
Our friends set us up under the mistletoe
Having a drinking game at a party
My family invited an old friend for the holidays and they're my first love
I hate singing carols but I will sing for you
You gifted me a family heirloom
My family invited someone I hate for the holidays
Accidentally slipping on ice and pulling the other down
Holidays in the hospital
You were coming home to me for the holidays, but...
Dreaming of the perfect Christmas/other holiday
I wrote you a Christmas card 15 years ago confessing my feelings. Now it's time to send it.
Making it "snow" in a tropical country because you're from a place where it snows every winter
My flight was canceled and I went home to find my ex cheating on me, so now I'm at this pub
DIALOGUE PROMPTS
"I'll be home for Christmas, no matter what."
"You're the only gift I want to unwrap."
"I know who has a full stocking..."
"Skip Santa, we're both on the naughty list anyway."
"Look! A snowflake!"
"It's going to snow this year, I know it!"
"There's nothing to do!" // "Oh, really?"
"It's tradition!"
"Put your boots on!" // "I don't need boots!" // "There's two feet of snow!" // "My shoes are waterproof!" (actual words overheard at my college)
"Who needs a sleigh when I can just ride you?"
"Someone spiked the eggnog!"
"You gave me WHAT?!" / "They gave you WHAT?!"
"Happy holidays, baby."
"I'm not drunk!" // "Oh yeah? Then why are your eyes crossed?"
"Turn on the heat." // "Oh, I will." // "No, I literally mean the heat! It's like ten degrees in here!"
"Have you been on the nice list this year?"
"I know what you're getting for Christmas..."
"It's just a wish, I know wishes don't come true." // "Who told you that?"
"Yeah, yeah, I know. You hate Christmas."
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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List of “Secret Santa but you draw the name of someone you’re not the biggest fan of” prompts
“I drew their name! AGAIN. It’s been the third year in a row! What the fuck.” 
“I’m going to make sure to get the best gift out there. I’m going to beat their ass by a fucking mile in this.” “…Secret Santa isn’t a competition.” “Well, it is now.” 
“I’m going to buy them the worst gift known to mankind.”
“You mean I have to spend money on them? That should be illegal!” 
“Suddenly, Secret Santa has become the worst tradition out there. Not that it was good to begin with.”  
“You got the exact opposite of what I wanted, you dickhead!”
“I actually put effort into their gift, so they’d better like it or God better give me strength so I don’t end up strangling them on the spot.” 
“I really hope they didn’t get my name.” 
“Did you just…. Did you just throw my gift into the trash right in front of me?” “You would have done the same if the positions were reversed.” “Not true! At least I’m a decent person unlike you!” 
“Are you sure you bought this from the store or did you crochet this yourself? Because it’s really ugly. And I hate the colour blue.” 
“…How’d you know I wanted this?” “Because I heard you talking about it on several occasions.” “I didn’t know you paid this much attention to me.” “I—I don’t. You just happen to talk really loudly.” 
“I actually kind of like this?” 
“You seem to know my taste better than anyone else, which is funny since you claim to anyone who would listen that you never pay attention to me.” 
“Aww, you even got me a Christmas Card? Wait, is that a scribbled out ‘Love, [name]?’” “You’re clearly wrong about that. Get glasses.” (Bonus: “But I already have glasses? Literally wearing them as we speak.”)
“I thought you wanted to ruin Christmas for me.” “Turns out I’m something of a liar and wanted this Christmas to be a good one for you, even with a limited budget.”
“…I actually had a lot of fun picking out your Christmas gift.” 
“You know what, maybe your taste isn’t that bad after all.”
“This looks like you went way over budget.” “Well, I had to get you something you wouldn’t throw in the trash.” 
“…I hate that I like what you got me.” 
“So apparently you asked everyone what I liked so you could get me something nice?” “Uh, that’s bullshit. Why would I do that? I have better things to do with my time.” 
“I’ve looked at your wish list and apparently we have the same taste in most things and I’m not sure how I’m supposed to feel about that.” 
“Why does it seem like you know what I like better than myself?”
“So you’re telling me we drew each other’s names?” “Unfortunately.”
“I’m the Christmas gift!” “…Somebody murder me and bury my body six feet under.”
“You look so excited about your gift it’s almost endearing.” “Am not.”
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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🍎 。:*• ─ IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME !     ›    ( a symbol meme for muses who want to do something special and fun together this christmas / holiday season. )
send a symbol for our muses to:
🌲  ─  visit a tree farm to pick the perfect christmas tree 🎄  ─  decorate a christmas tree together 💋  ─  be caught standing under the mistletoe 🍽  ─  prepare the christmas dinner together 🍪  ─  bake & decorate christmas/holiday-themed sugar cookies ☕️   ─  drink something warm and/or festive ( either at home, at a coffeeshop, christmas market, etc… ) 🏠  ─  decorate a gingerbread house together 🎬  ─  watch a christmas movie 🎭  ─  see a christmas musical/play at the theater 🔥  ─  have an indoor picnic by the fireplace and/or christmas tree 🌟  ─  drive around the city to see the christmas lights ✉️  ─  send each other a christmas card 🎅🏻  ─  be each other’s secret santa 🎁  ─  exchange & open chistmas presents 🛍   ─  go christmas shopping together 👕   ─  go out wearing matching christmas sweaters  🎉   ─  attend a holiday party together 📷   ─  have a holiday photoshoot 🎶   ─  go christmas caroling  💃   ─  dance around the living room to christmas songs 💖   ─  volunteer together at a local charity  ✈️   ─  go on a christmas getaway ✏️   ─  create their own christmas/holiday tradition 😈  ─  decide who has been the naughtiest and the nicest and give each other rewards & consequences accordingly  ( can be funny/platonic or sexy/nsfɯ, depending on muses’ relationship ) 🃏   ─  wildcard !  choose your own activity !
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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Louis performing Written All Over Your Face in New York - 11/11
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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I mean…
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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“Give the audience a smile” - LadBible 
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king of expressions 2/?
ladbible ask the audience edition
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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*meets louis*
me: i like your shoelaces
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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“I’m coping good, man. I’m a glass half-full person because what’s the alternative? I’m not saying that there have not been some dark days, because there have. But I had a really lovely upbringing, and my mum was as good as gold. Even though she’s not here anymore, I wouldn’t want her to feel guilty for what happened. She wouldn’t want that to define my life and my happiness. I’m the oldest of all my siblings, and I knew that I had to put on a brave face. It carries its own weight emotionally and I’m wanting to escape that because I don’t want people f-----g feeling sorry for me.”
-Louis on his personal grief. (9 November 2022)
via Telegraph
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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int: give a smile to the audience
louis: 🖕🤭😇
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ladylouiee · 2 years ago
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Louis on Z100 New York! (11 November 2022)
“I did pretty much the majority of the tour knowing what this album was gonna be, the tour that I finished this year.”
-Louis on already having Faith In The Future finished while touring.
“It’s just a nice feeling to have it out. I’m really excited about— already just watching fans reaction to it. There’s a lot of me in this record so already the reaction has been amazing.”
-Louis on being excited for the fans reactions.
“Just feel really lucky, really proud to have made this record.”
-Louis on being proud of Faith In The Future.
“That’s a constant thing, there has been definitely times in my career where I felt like I was swimming against the tide a little bit and I had to have a little faith.”
“The record as a whole feels like— even when it gets a little bit darker it ends with some kind of hope. I just wanted this whole record to feel record so it feels like a hopeful title.”
-Louis on Faith In The Future being a hopeful album.
“I keep saying this and I don’t mean to sound like a broken record but it’s simply the fans.”
“The reason that I’ve got the confidence to make this record, which then by definition because it’s the record I want to make gives me confidence— I’m only allowed to do that because of the fan base and their incredible support.”
“There has been a bit of a shift musically from Walls and in some situations you might worry about that, you don’t want to alienate the fan base but all I’ve felt from them is support on me doing what I want to do and that’s allowed me to do this record which is why I feel more confident.”
-Louis on feeling support from his fans to make the music he wants.
“I really probably shouldn’t say this but Walls my first record I didn’t listen to it loads, I was really proud of it but it wasn’t as if I’d listened to it loads at this stage of release.”
-Louis on Walls.
“This album here with Faith In The Future I’ve been listening to constantly and every single time I listen to it I have the same feeling by the time I finish, is this is exactly the record that I envisioned before I started and that makes me feel really really proud definitely.”
-Louis on being proud of Faith In The Future.
“Just because of kind of the way that I was introduced into the industry with the band and so much happened in a short space of time, I’ve never really struggled to be honest.”
-Louis on not struggling to be honest with his song writing.
“In terms of like lyrically, that’s like my bread and butter. That’s what I find real easy, if you’re brave enough to write from the heart it maybe is the easiest way to write, you just gotta be brave enough to put those things out to the world.”
-Louis on finding it easy to be honest.
“I wouldn’t say there was anything challenging to write because I wasn’t ready to get that honest.”
-Louis on if he found any songs challenging to write.
“It’s between [Silver Tongues] and Out Of My System and I think what they share in common is energy and tempo.”
-Louis on why he likes Silver Tongues and Out Of My System.
“This whole record was written with the tour in mind, the next tour that I’m gonna go on, and they’re the two songs that when I imagine what that tour might feel like, that’s where I feel the most excited, around those two.”
-Louis on Faith In The Future being made for live shows.
“It’s massively important for me, again, from being eighteen years old and being in the industry, that’s how old I was when I started with the band. There’s been an element of wanting to keep your private life private, there’s a reason it’s called a private life.”
“Sometimes that’s more challenging with my job so I like to kind of open up with my lyrics and some of it is kind of open to interpretation in terms of what it specifically means, but my private life— that’s the way that you stay sane in this job.”
“You’ve gotta have those little moments for yourself. Theres amazing— you know like on Christmas day with my family, it’s an incredible time, never would I be putting any of those pictures up on Instagram cause that’s my time.”
-Louis on keeping his private life private.
“As long as you don’t take no Instagrams you’re welcome, you’re welcome! Alright, let’s do it.”
-Louis when the interviewer jokes about spending Christmas at Louis’ house.
“Yeah, I’m gonna leave that one close to me chest that one. Pretty kind of raw lyric that, that lyric kind of hits you in the heart but nah, I’m not telling you.”
-Louis on what his song Chicago is about.
“I think the first tour for me and I’d like to think the fans would agree, was really fun, it was really exciting. I think my band did a great job of bringing the songs in Walls to life.”
-Louis on The Louis Tomlinson World Tour.
“This album I think even on first listen for fans feels a bit more self explanatory when they imagine what those tour shows might feel like, I think you can kind of tell that these songs have been written for that live context.”
-Louis on Faith In The Future being made to be performed live.
“I haven’t really gotten into specifically what it looks like but it’s important for me naturally, kind of obviously, for it to feel like a level up from my last tour.”
-Louis on wanting fitfwt to be a step up from his last tour.
“What I wanted to do with this record is make an album that meets the fans in the middle because every single show the energy is unbelievable so I wanted to make a record where I could kind of double down on that energy and have an album that kind of enforces that.”
-Louis on Faith In The Future.
“Honestly I think I’m a little bit naive cause I can remember in the first album thinking the same thing, it surprises me every time.”
“There’s a show at Irving Plaza and you know the albums been out however long, I wouldn’t be surprised if they know the words to them tunes which is an incredible feeling. Especially because playing new stuff, it feels a certain kind of way to have that support from the off you know you’re doing something right.”
-Louis on playing songs live for the first time.
“Personally I’ve had loads of incredible memories as a music fan at festivals so I’ve always had this idea in the back of my mind, it was much more a dream than a reality for a long time and then lockdown happened and I wasn’t very creative at the start of it and I was thinking well maybe it’s time to do something and try to cook something up big.”
“The first year was a success, the second year which was this year was an incredible success so hopefully just trying to keep the momentum.”
“It’s in a different country every year, at some point it’s coming over here to the US, when? I don’t know yet.”
“It’s been really fun man, even like curating the line ups and getting into— some of the people that played this year at the festival like The Vaccines, I’ve grown up listening to them as a band so to have them play at my festival it was a massive honor and also a testament to where the festival is at.”
“It’s exciting to— there’s still a hell of a lot to do in my, the music side of my job specifically as an artist of course but it’s nice lending your brain to other things and just trying to work out what that looks like.”
“Especially when I can remember the feeling of the first show and kind of walking out there and it’s very different to any tour show I’d had. Looking around, looking at the concessions in the back, people eating burgers, people smoking in the back and it’s like I made this man, it’s amazing!”
-Louis on the Away From Home festival.
“Just a general thank you. The support has been incredible for years and years and if you’re an old fan or a new fan, I just wanna say thank you for all the support. Again there’s a reason that I’ve been able to release this album that I feel really proud of and that, it really is a testament to the fans.”
-Louis thanking his fans for all their support.
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By: @pop-punklouis
It’s half-past nine, and the air is thick with murmurs of anticipation. Your shoes cling to the sticky, liquor-stained floors as you bump shoulders with someone close to you. A fervent spirit zings throughout the room; the crowd moves in unison toward the stage as the lights flicker. A charming familiarity washes over you while glancing at all the faces who have come to hear the same music as you — to experience this show alongside you. The ringing echo of chants and buzzing chatter bounce off the ceiling. The thrum of the bass sends electricity through your body. Everyone’s energy shifting as smoke from the stage forms clouds that envelop the room, creating an intimate world between the crowd and the band, even if just for a little while. That is the unique thrill live music holds. The elasticity of passion that fuels live music is infectious and all-encompassing, and the visceral sensation it brings causes you to keep coming back time and time again for another taste. To bottle up that feeling is how it feels to listen to the enduring power of Louis Tomlinson’s energetic sophomore album Faith in the Future.
Two years after the release of his debut record Walls, with a year of high-spirited touring under his belt, and after leaving the big machine of corporate record labels, Tomlinson’s sophomore effort, Faith in the Future, is a departure from the slick, pop-leaning production that took root on much of his first album. Instead, the listener is brought into Tomlinson’s musical mind, which takes influence from grittier, more experimental genres. As one dives into Faith in the Future, the album shuffles through indie-rock, pop-punk, laidback grunge, and even a glittery electronic feel alongside fuzzed-out pop familiarity. Unlike other artists that might fumble while juggling several genres in one project, Tomlinson doesn’t flinch as his edged-out vocals, evocative lyricism, and passion for these sonic spaces and how he wants to tackle them blends seamlessly throughout the record’s runtime. This isn’t an artist who has stumbled into these choices but has been waiting to hone his craft and show off his versatility in sounds that feel most authentic to him.
Allowing Tomlinson the control to paint himself as the artist he wants to be moving forward, Faith in the Future’s feverish momentum, optimistic undertaking, and nostalgic identity is a pleasant shock to the system. The album begins with an anthemic opener, “The Greatest.” Feeding off the energy of tour, the sonically ambitious track is hard to imagine not acting as a blazing introduction to his live shows. The stadium rock verve builds to its powerful chorus that is meant to be chanted back overtop its rousing drums. It only acts as a taste of the heat to come as the full throttle of tracks like “Written All Over Your Face,” “Face the Music,” and “Out of My System” enter territories of early 2000’s neon-rock and pop-punk — something that Tomlinson has played with in the past but never fully committed to.
The sass-punk edge of “Written All Over Your Face” is a standout on the record. Its rowdy rough energy rattles about with an air of confidence both in sound and vocal tone. Leaning on the sticky disco-rock feel, influences from the likes of the early works of Arctic Monkeys give this track its bite. Tomlinson knows what he’s doing here, and he executes it well. The heat only grows as one slips into “Face the Music” which is heavily influenced by early pop-punk/alt-rock scenes but tighter in production. The melodic tone alongside fast guitars allows the track to have a pop-rocks type sizzle akin to the likes of Yellowcard and Something Corporate. “Out of My System” follows suit with a haphazard, darker punk soundscape with harsh drums, snarling guitars, and a grittier vocal.
Taking a sharp turn, even the shimmery elements of the dance-inspired tracks don’t feel out of place between the darker rock that surrounds them. Instead, Tomlinson’s confidence rides these mellow tracks, offering a nice pop reprieve. The DMA’s drenched “All This Time” and “She is Beauty We Are World Class” are perfect for downing drinks and throwing shapes in a club or lying in your bed late at night with whispers of self-exploration in the dark.
Yet, it’s in the indie-rock-infused moments on Faith in the Future where Tomlinson truly shines. This genre is clearly his wheelhouse and is a perfect place for him to explore his artistry due to the softer lilt of indie-rock’s edges that flesh out his lyrical identity and strength as a vocalist. He allows himself the freedom to navigate between more electric indie-rock and its hazier counterpart throughout the album. “Silver Tongues” and “Chicago” are built from that electric space. The former, based around the feel-good energy of nights out with friends and those you love, is an indie-rock romp with twinkling keys and an infectious chorus. It has a coming-of-age spirit while evoking the same warm sensation songs like Man Overboard’s “Love Your Friends, Die Laughing” evoke, maybe not in sound but in overall mood. The latter, a wistful remembrance of a past relationship, allows Tomlinson to showcase his range as his emotional performance alongside swelling guitars leaves a lasting impression.
In fuzzier arenas are tracks like “Lucky Again,” “Saturdays,” and “Angels Fly” which all linger with softer elements. “Saturdays,” an ode to bitter nostalgia, is a sweeping ballad that has a soaring quality to it with melancholic undertones while both “Lucky Again” and “Angels Fly” hold hazier blips of reassurance and warmth designed to feel like the sun on your face on an evening drive. And, although closing track “That’s the Way Love Goes” doesn’t hold enough weight to be a perfect closer, its stripped-back feel as a heartfelt albeit saucy conversation with a friend about their relationship woes is endearing and winds the album down by tying it all together, nicely.
When it comes to the departure from Tomlinson’s debut Walls, Faith in the Future feels more deconstructed. It isn’t slick. It isn’t perfectly packaged. The colors are meant to bleed, the scissor lines purposefully jagged, and the lyrics raw. It doesn’t stand out for its polished appeal as Walls does. it stands out for being everything opposite- everything eclectic and anthemic yet self-reflective. It’s an album crafted around the unrefined dopamine of live music. Whether you’re shouting the lyrics from the top of your lungs with your closest friends in a packed out crowd or navigating nights full of the people, places, and memories that reflect who you’ve grown to be, the record is a nice world to get lost in for a little while. Chin up and arm outstretched, Faith in the Future is a reintroduction to who Louis Tomlinson is as a solo artist and has always been, both personally and artistically. So, take its hand and enjoy the ride because the future is only brighter from here.
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