#bty mv

[sunshineandlyrics]

❤️ Because ‘Back To You just hit 550 million streams on Spotify on 1 May 2023 x

[silverfoxlou]

a very important question: fringe louis or quiff louis?

fringe 100%

[elceeu2morrow]

did louis do something clever with license plates before? There was the one in DLBYH, but I feel like there's something I don't remember from before then, even.

Thesew are the ones I remember off the top of my head. If anyone can think of others, feel free to add on.

Back To You Teaser

Don't Let It Break Your Heart

Silver Tongues

[thegreatest-livefromlondon]

Thanks for tagging me @justthinkingaboutlouis !!!

when did you become a louie?

probably early 2021? like in april I guess

your earliest fandom memory?

i think louis' hands in eleanor's ig story after not seeing him for 3 months....and ofc the euro kmm vs butter fan war

your favourite song? (one off walls and one off fitf)

fearless ( especially the live version with the claps) and sibwaw

your favourite music video?

bty ( he looked hot af)

your favourite gig?

i think afhf 2021 or ltwt dallas

your favourite louis hair?

prince hair, hedgehog , judge louis, tou mv + promo ,his hair right now and ofc 2013 (frat boy) louis

your favourite louis interview?

the one in australia where he dragged the interviewer "you sound pretty interested maybe you should sign up"

suit louis or tanktop louis?

suit louis

favourite louis tattoo?

his finger tattoos and the :) one

favourite louis bodypart? (c'mon we all have one!)

lmao don't wanna expose myself so pass ( the tummy and his biceps)

Please feel free to join in on the fun. I would love to read everyone's fav things.

i think most people on my tl have already done it but if i find somebody who hasn't i'll tag them.

[dogsliampaynedoesntinstagram]

What were your thoughts on the silver tongues mv? Did you enjoy it?

I've decided to answer all my music video questions, because I love talking about music videos - and I'm going to start here.

I love the Silver Tongues music video. I've often said that I think all a music video needs is a sense of place and some sort of emotion - and it definitely has them in spades. But I think it has something else as well, which really elevates it, and that's tension.

I really like Silver Tongues as a song and its vibe of 'love is a night out/a night out is love' and I think the video extends that idea interesting ways.

The first is that it really emphasises the collective nature of the song. The video starts with Louis singing the first verse in his own space, alone, staring into the distance. In the scenes that follow we see other characters do the same, creating a parallel between them. In each of these shots the character is carrying a sense of weight. The shots are enough to know that they carry weight - that's enough. (I feel like there's another tension with the character with a shaved head - a man who looks like that staring in the mirror - culturally that's a gun in the first act, but it doesn't go off - subverting expectations and undercutting some of the stereotypes).

These scenes are then intercut with people partying together - in a variety of different locations. Houses, pubs, outside someone's house, in the street. I think we eventually see all the people alone in some of the partying scenes. The fact that we've seen other shots of people brings a depth to the party scenes - and emphasises that this collective joy has a purpose - people need this. I also really like the range of party scenes - most for people without very much resources - showing the way people do create space to be together.

The key idea of the video is that people need to come together and have fun, because of all the difficulties that we face in our lives. I think it's really important, post-covid, to value collective joy. By creating parallels between all these people's lives it tells that story in a way that is much larger.

Then, about half way through another mode that characters (Louis and the other featured extras) exist in is introduced - staring defiantly at the camera. We see this intercut with the other types of shots (both the alone shots and the partying shots), until it ends with the characters from the video, together - staring at the audience. There's another sort of collectivity here - a standing together that has been suggested by the parallels. Suggesting I think that there are lots of different ways of being together and lots of different ways of being isolated and they can coexist.

That's what I love about Silver Tongues - I think the energy in the partying scenes is really good, the sense of place is strong and the piece is interesting.

I do think that within Louis' music videos he is hitting some of the same notes over and over again and that that does make it less effective than it might have been if we hadn't had Out of My System, and the Walls Trilogy (not including Walls) hitting some of the same notes. I also think the lightness of BTY is missing from his more recent videos - and hope that he feels a little freer in the future, now he's established himself as serious.

[berlinini]

what does the screen say behind him bc the only thing I can read is "fucked him" 😭

99% sure it says "dragged him down and fucked him" 😅

ahhhh, so that's apparently a new take on the lyrics from BTY ("you drag me down, you fuck me up") that appears on the screen during the song (if I remember correctly, it looks like newspaper cuts, kinda reminescent of the JLY mv)

he should add "gagged them all"

[slvertongues]

But I keep on coming back to you

[2tiedships2]

28 Days of Louis || Day 19: Louis + music videos (as of Oct 9th)

[roseandbee]

Random shout-out to Louis

For all his music videos so far. All. So. Good.

JHO. BTY. JLY. MY. TOU lyric mv. TOU mv.

[sassylouiis]

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[ssfoc]

Back to You Teasers

When the Back to You Teasers video came out, the Larrie fandom noticed this T shirt:

Featuring Michael Jackson dressed as he did from this video:

Featuring these lyrics:

Billie Jean is not my lover She's just a girl who claims that I am the one But the kid is not my son She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son

Then @klanefotop alerted me to this shot in the video:

The words on the building: LEGALGRIND. It’s in slow motion and Louis looks at it steadily. [Louis OTRA voice]: What does it mean? 

Maybe nothing. But then there were other, very obvious Easter eggs in other shots that show that signs and tags are used strategically and meaningfully in the video:

BACK TO YOU

LT TOUR 2018

A yellow and black shirt advertising TOMORROW (July 21):

A billboard with music video information:

License plate:

Skull and bones designs:

Then this interesting background sign:

SPECTRUM. 

The “LEGALGRIND” sign made me reconsider the song lyrics. I have always thought the song was about Louis’ relationship with Simon, but waited to see what the context of the song-- the context of the promo, the official narrative-- would be. And now, with Eleanor, Freddie, and Simon-the-mentor out in full force, Louis supporting this official narrative, and denying that the song comes from personal experience... well, listen to the lyrics. Another post to come, I hope. 

[1dlarryluv]

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[leeminholinoing]

Bebe Rexha for Back to you ✨

[fuchsiasea]

Back To You - Louis Tomlinson ft. Bebe Rexha, Digital Farm Animals

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