#Louis January 2023

[savebylou]

January 26 2023 May 21 2024

Louis went from drinking the Tecate beer in México to make the company sponsor his own festival in México the next year.

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literally sobbing why am i not in los cabos, mexico right now aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[hldailyupdate]

Louis meeting a fan in Mexico! (January 2023)

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[fashionlouist]

Louis wore a Leones The Band Black Tank Top recently.

The Leones are a Mexican Rock & Roll Band, originally established in Mexico City and now performing across the country. We believe Louis bought this Tank Top locally — there’s no link for it as of now.

It has some details we missed to include in the graphic due to the way the first picture was taken — like fire flames at the bottom of the letters.

We apologise for the delay — due to the lack of online availability for this item, we made the graphic displayed next to Louis’ picture. Please credit us if you repost :)

📸: ale_sartorius123, samanta_imperial

[louisupdates]

📷 cto: at the beach (13.1.23)

[larrylimericks]

13Jan23

Who thought in 2-3 we’d achieve this?! The sunnies! The scruff! Beauty ceaseless. Scar placement’s exact So the stag is intact ... In Cabo, Lou’s sinfully sleeveless.

Photo via ale_sartorius123

[leeminholinoing]

January 2023: timeline

01.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is MIA 02.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is MIA 03.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is MIA 04.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is MIA 05.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is MIA 06.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is in Los Angeles 07.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is in Cabos 08.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is in Cabos 09.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is MIA 10.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is in Cabos 11.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is MIA 12.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is in Cabos 13.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is in Cabos 14.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is in Cabos 15.01.22: harry is in London // louis is MIA 16.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is in Cabos 17.01.22: harry is in Italy // louis is MIA 18.01.22: harry is in London // louis is in Cabos 19.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is in Cabos 20.01.22: harry is in London // louis is MIA 21.01.22: harry is in London // louis is MIA 22.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is MIA 23.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is MIA 24.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is MIA 25.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is MIA 26.01.22: harry is in Los Angeles // louis is MIA 27.01.22: harry is in Los Angeles // louis is MIA 28.01.22: harry is in Los Angeles // louis is MIA 29.01.22: harry is in Los Angeles // louis is MIA 30.01.22: harry is MIA // louis is MIA 31.01.22: harry is in Palm Springs // louis is MIA

[lou-always-lou]

So many pics in 58 seconds vid 😭

Joshua IS the best Tour Photographer 📸

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Link

[seasurfacefullofclouds1]

Hey sea! Can you please give me the interpretations on each song from FITF?

Hi there!

I was looking at the FITF tracklist again, and something struck me that other people have mentioned but which didn’t really crystallize in my mind before. But this post made me realize that something really snapped in Louis’ mind during the pandemic.

In Louis’ Alt Press interview, he said, “I wondered if this was going to be my narrative for the rest of my life, where I'm just constantly frustrated that life wasn't dealing me the hand that I wanted.”

Louis talked about a few factors motivating him, and once he got started with writing Faith In The Future, things went really quickly. He got most of the songs done within 3-4 months of writing. The factors were:

1. Being able to sell 160k livestream tickets: he realized that he could “do this at a high fucking level.”

2. The influence of John Frusciante and Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose Live at Slane Castle documentary Louis watched FIVE times. Frusciante had left RHCP during a period of personal struggle, only to return to the band while making solo albums over 32 years. 5x is an obsession.

3. Moving away from the heavy, confessional balladry of Walls toward the lighter, more dynamic stage-driven Faith In The Future. Louis not only felt that he could do it (“Self-doubt, worry and a lack of confidence have, at times, plagued Tomlinson”), but that he DESERVES it. Louis feels his worth. The boosted confidence injects wry humor into much of FITF: despite the heavy themes, the album is ticklish with laughter.

So, just keeping this in mind, I realized that the songs on FITF generally had a theme of Louis’ saying, “You can’t have me anymore.”

In Walls, Louis was writing about going through a breakup, feeling forlorn and lonely (Only The Brave), wishing for reconciliation (Always You) and begging for love (Defenceless). Being alone was something he was afraid of, something that made him feel darkness and insecurity. Even when Louis was reconciled to being alone and trying to be brave about it (Walls, Fearless, Copy of a Copy of a Copy), there was still a feeling that he was responsible. Maybe he was not worthy of love. He woke alone with the same “problems under the sheets.” He had been Too Young. He was addicted to a Habit that had long ago stopped giving him happiness. Louis’ reaction to the pain: Kill My Mind.

In a way, he was working through the stages of grief (many types), but hadn’t really made it through depression.

In FITF, Louis’ attitude has flipped a switch. He is no longer scared or insecure. Louis has become aware that he’s amongst The Greatest. He knows that his journey is worthwhile; he can build his life for his own happiness, and he will no longer beg ex-lovers or any lovers. Whoever wants to come along with him is Lucky to be on this trip. There’s a feeling of light, wind, openness, amplitude, a hope for Paradise, the relief that he can look at any thoughts of suicide in the rearview mirror with gratitude for having survived, a grace and delicacy to his spirit, a distancing from personal anguish. On this album, Louis is nonchalant, effortlessly cool, calm, mature, sexy. It’s what makes him irresistible in every recent photo, and what gives his Instagram selfies an elegant, feline quality. Louis has defined success and peace on his terms, and love seems both sadder but also more attainable, calmer, warmer, because Louis loves himself more.

For Louis’ Track By Track explanations, you can read them here. These are my interpretations.

The Greatest: I’m never going to be in the cold again. We will never see the setbacks we saw in the past. No one will make us disappear again.

Written All Over Your Face: these petty fights are stupid. Whenever you feel like it, you can find me on the other side waiting. And by the way, both your anger and your desire for me are written on your face.

Bigger Than Me: I needed a bigger perspective. Time gave me a chance to rethink.

Lucky Again: there’s no use wishing things were different. Fate has other plans for me. I’m worthy of love; I will find it again.

Face The Music: forget consequences and anxiety. Live in the moment. Your instinct will tell you what’s right.

Chicago: our breakup hurt me incredibly deeply. No matter how much time has passed, it feels just like yesterday. But I learned from it, and I can rise above it.

All This Time: no matter how hard I try, part of me will never be “normal.” But what stays won’t be reminders of the pain of trying to fit in. It will be the love. Pleasure is pain. But pain is a lesson, hard won.

Out Of My System: A wall is a wall but sometimes it feels fucking good to smash it down.

Headline: you thought you could judge me and pin me like an insect, but you were wrong. We could have had a love like a poem; instead, you treated our love like the fucking tabloids. If you had tried to understand me, we could have made our own forever. Now I’m free; I have flown.

Saturdays: my heart might be broken and I’m a grade-A sap tbh, but my hometown is my secret weapon. Whenever I feel lost, I will always find myself there: “there” being the metaphor of Home that I carry inside. My childhood memories will always tell me who I am.

Silver Tongues: I’m a 90’s kid. I guess I’m a 90’s man now. Part of me still lives there. And I want to tell the kid in 2004 and all his friends, you’re gonna be alright. Hang on. Be good. Things will work out.

She Is Beauty We Are World Class: a brilliant night out

Common People: Doncaster is my touchstone. It grounds me and makes me who I am, reminds me what’s real.

Angels Fly: sometimes you have to table your grief and share a drink or ten with a friend.

Holding Onto Heartache: sometimes hearts don’t heal. Life feels like death. Every day feels worse than the previous day. Bad things pile up. What can we do? I am an artist, and I can write a grand, magnificent bridge to scream it all out, and it feels pretty goddamn cathartic! And maybe, maybe I can help others feeling the same way. My high is higher than most, and my lows are darker, but we can resist the pull of darkness together.

That’s The Way Love Goes: it’s their loss 🫡

You can see that many of these songs have the theme of recovering from loss, from heartache, but with an ebullient lightness that was missing from Walls. Most of all, Louis is also stepping back from sadness and self-blame, and giving himself some value. He knows he’s put in the work and he deserves good things, and he’s willing to wait for the payoff.

Forgot to add these photos of Louis looking thirty, flirty, and fucking hot.

[sunshineandlyrics]

*major developments in the band (10 January 2023) x

[hldailyupdate]

Louis via Instagram story. (6 January 2023)

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[louisupdates]

Louis on the screen of a restaurant in Cabo (12.1.23)

[lou-always-lou]

'Chicago' covered by The Marcians, an indie band from Leicester

[thewhimsicalwales]

~Wishing Mia Tindall a happy 9th birthday!~

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