#business louis

[sunshineandlyrics]

Mr Louis William Tomlinson 🙌🏼

[statementlou]

i don’t know if you or anyone else noticed that the tweet announcing the sponsors for afhf was deleted and never put back. i wonder why? 🤔

Hmm!! That is weird... but I would guess it's something like they're going to add another one or just something trivial, most likely. Still, as usual they are a confounding mess of meticulously organized with things being plotted and planned and executed over months and years, and bizarrely sloppy, it's very odd

[elceeu2morrow]

Louis Tomlinson talks success as Faith In The Future hits No.1

by MusicWeek Staff November 21st 2022 at 7:00AM Interview by Charlotte Gunn

Louis Tomlinson is revelling in the feeling of hitting No.1 as a solo artist for the first time.

As the Doncaster singer and his team told Music Week in our cover feature, Faith In The Future was a painstaking process, with Tomlinson poring over every detail. He was obsessed with the physical product and the connection he hoped it would have with his devoted fanbase.

Faith In The Future, the star's first album for BMG, debuted at No.1 on consumption of 35,239 units (14,944 CDs, 9,577 vinyl albums, 1,501 cassettes, 6,790 digital downloads and 2,427 sales-equivalent streams).

Tomlinson’s debut solo album, Walls, debuted and peaked at No.4 on first week sales of 14,729 in February 2020, and has since gone on to achieve consumption of 72,329 units. Faith In The Future, then, sold more than double its week one total.

“I like anything that's tied to a physical release because that's what I grew up with,” Tomlinson told Music Week. “It's nice to have something to hold and we put cool little inserts [into the records].”

Here, in a previously unseen extract from our interview, we look into the future with Tomlinson and talk, success, perception and his Away From Home festival…

What are your biggest dreams and ambitions that Faith In The Future is out in the world?

“To keep growing the festival would be great. The next target will be next year, maybe the year after. I'd love to do it over two days. And I'd love to play on the Sunday, because that will give me a really clear indication of whether it can live outside of the context of myself. Because in an ideal world, if I can keep growing this festival, one day, I won't play it and we could still put it on and that will be really cool.”

Are there any artists you look to in terms of careers you'd want to emulate?

“It's hard to think like that... I don't really compare myself to others. Look, the most important thing for me is that I can keep making the music I love and touring it to the extent I have been. So, in terms of what a dream might be, if I can still be touring in 10 years, I'll be buzzing.”

Faith In The Future sounds in parts like a record made by a band rather than a solo act. Have you ever thought about doing something like that, rather than under your own name?

“Definitely, yeah, and it's a good point. Around halfway through making Walls, I had a conversation with my manager at the time, because I [was thinking about] a number of things, the sessions I was going into and the natural perception and judgement around coming out of a band like One Direction... I had this plan in my mind that was, not quite like a Gorillaz kind of vibe, but something where I could hide who I am, and maybe people like the song first, and then be surprised that it's me. I definitely went through that process in my head. I mean, I might still do it one day, I do like the idea.”

Where did that idea come from? 

“From the fact that I felt frustrated about the perception and the judgement I'm always going to be up against. I understand that I've lived long enough now, that's why I have to play the long game, but it’s about chipping away at this idea of me as a solo artist and someone coming out of a band.”

How do you feel about where you’re at in life now?

“Where I'm quite lucky in my life is that my job keeps me feeling forever like I'm 18, it just has that way about it. We're always moving about. But when I go and spend my personal time with my son in LA, it gives me... That's when I feel, you know, like a responsible 30-year-old. I put my Dad hat on and I'm almost taking on a slightly different version of myself, because that's what's required as a parent.”

[berlinini]

Hey, do you happen to know if BMG is involved in his tour side of business? I remember seeing a clip when he first broke his arm and Matt Vines said/joked he could CXL the tour and snapped back saying that he was fronting all the money for it. I don’t know much about the music business but how much would it take to put on stadium shows. Like will he have to get sponsors? Up until this point I don’t think he’s had them outside of AFHF.

Hello,

No BMG isn’t involved with touring.

Louis is “fronting the money” via his own company called LT Touring. (Unknown wether Louis financially contributed to that company himself and to what extent/ and or the company has loans from banks or investors)(This get more complicated since he has several companies linked to his career and I wouldn’t be surprised if money flows from one bucket to another for accounting and taxes purposes, but I could be wrong on that)

The tour is organized by his booking agency (Wasserman) and the local promoters. Both take a part of the revenues (ticket sales).

He does not need sponsors for stadium. Since it’s a bigger venues there are more seats and the prices are usually higher, which should ensure more revenues.

There are production costs associated with each show but a show that doesn’t sell well will be absorbed by the revenues from other shows. Touring data on twitter sometimes puts the number for louis’ shows. (Check out my touring data tag)

I am usure how merch is accounted for, since Louis now has a LT Merch LLP. This one might be for 28 op though.

In the end, if a tour doesn’t sell well it’s the touring company, once everyone including the crew has been paid, that will be in trouble, not the artist. If the tour makes profits, then the profits are distributed to the shareholders.

Let me know if you have more questions!

[sunshineandlyrics]

& the 28 Official Programme clothing collection

louis is doing so many things like.. not just his own super successful solo career with a number one album a documentary and two massive world tours running his own festival and helping small acts get exposure and release albums. he’s making connections left and right in the music industry and everyone just fucking loves him aaaahhh same

[seancefemme]

would you tell me if you want me, cause I can’t move until you show me

[lizardkingeliot]

Woke up this morning thinking about Lestat’s fledgling (Felix according to IMDb) being all “that’s Louis?!” when Louis first came in and said hello. And, like… how annoying do you think Lestat was mentioning Louis every single night of that poor baby vamp’s life? How many times an hour was the name Louis uttered in that cottage? Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis. Something something the name said over and over until it was pounding in my head like a hammer…

How many fledglings do you think Lestat drove away simply because he would not shut up about Louis Louis Louis…

[casualavocados]

The only fucking person who will look at you is me.

Chiang Tien as AI DI KISEKI: DEAR TO ME (2023)

[spacedlexi]

"sounds nice... having a partner"

[laniidae-passerine]

Louis is such a Catholic good girl btw. Gets courted by a wealthy gentleman for months before they even kiss. Married in a church. Gets himself a precious baby daughter because he’s been dreaming of that perfect family since he was a little girl. Loyal to his man not even multiple deaths can separate them. Says Hail Mary like fifty billion times to cancel out the anal sex he keeps pretending he didn’t enjoy but also calls that dick his personal black tar heroin. Gonna lie to everybody he meets including himself. Feels guilt for a century about things that weren’t his fault but also kinda doesn’t give a shit about the things he did do. God’s gonna see him through <3

[sunshineandlyrics]

The album cover for Andrew Cushin's debut 'Waiting for the rain' (29 September 2023)

[armandyke]

forgot to include this in my memes post

[elceeu2morrow]

Partial transcript:

"The Louis brief hitting my desk, and being a bit confused 'cuz I was like, really? I don't know what to think really. Louis Tomlinson is a name, that is like, Louis Tomlinson could get anyone to direct his video, I'm pretty sure. [...] He really wanted to do something different and adventurous and I'm working on some personal projects and I had an idea that worked kind of with what he wanted to do and we were like okay I'll just pitch on it and we'll see where it lands. I wrote the two ideas and we sent them off and it was like, like yeah cool, Louis loves the first one, let's start cracking."

"And that whole experience was amazing to me. Coming from One Direction to now starting your own thing must be so intense. I look at Louis' life and you have an image of what they're going to be like and you meet them. And with Louis it was really that. He literally is, he's a lovely boy with a lovely heart who's really passionate about what he does."

[On shooting Out Of My Sytem and needing Louis on set for only 4 hours.] "I think he liked the way I knew what I wanted and I knew that we got it."

[On shooting Silver Tongues.] Louis really wanted the band to feature in his videos more. Louis' had a lot of videos where it's been Louis, camera in Louis, Louis sells records, Louis gets the views. Whereas I think Louis now is going, well it's not just me who makes the music, it's all of the guys and they're all friends, and we all need to stand together as a group. And that was one of the themes we wanted to have throughout. [...] We wanted the band to have their own hero moment so to speak. So you saw the band members on their own. And with Louis, it was almost like, literally walking down memory lane. It's what the whole concept sprouted from. What are those characters back home, when you go back home, oh there's the guy that didn't leave the town or I remember being that kid or I remember those guys smoking outside my mum's house. That was all about feeling. And leaving the narrative open for the viewers to sort of take it how they want it. And also, Louis' fans, as all of those guys, you can shoot a shoelace on the floor and they would find a meaning to it. And I was more fascinated by what their ideas and endings to all these stories would be then necessarily the ending that I had in my head."

"I hope Louis likes it. I think he was surprised again that he was only on set for a bit. But I think it was a nice way to bookend that whole year and the madness that had surrounded it. Because it was quite a mad week from shooting the first one to the second one and it just kind of summed up the whole year. It was a great experience."

[The Promonews Podcast, 12.15.22 / 33:30-39:30 min]

Charlie Sarsfield directed Out Of My System and Silver Tongues. Listen to the podcast here (begins at 33 minute mark).

[armandposting]

if you are caught up in what ships are "endgame" in the vampire chronicles or related media you are missing the whole point of anne rice vampires which is that they function like the worst most drama-filled queer community group you've ever heard of while being immortal and having unlimited resources. one of the last books in the series is about drama in lestats polycule because this guy that he pissed off ages ago kidnapped two of his boyfriends and his mom (who he is in love with as well don't worry about it) therefore provoking the ire of several of his other boyfriends because they were also dating those guys so they set aside their differences of opinion on whether or not they should farm the alien species that lives among them for easy blood in order to go steal back the cule members which lestat accomplishes by tearing the kidnapper's eyes out and eating them (which he didn't do before because the kidnapper was hot and so lestat was holding out hope that he would also join the polycule eventually). a side plot to this is lestat meeting a vampire he hasn't met before and bringing him home so the new guy and louis can read tolstoy together because as soon as lestat met this vampire he was like omg I need to bring this guy home for boyfriend enrichment. you cannot BEGIN to comprehend the complexity of vampire sucking and fucking in the anne rice universe

[lgbtiwtv]

if you’re cold they’re cold bring them inside :(

[slapjacq]

just gonna hop on my soapbox again about this show but,

hot take: I actually love the colored contacts that the vampires wear because

there is an uncanny valley look to these vampires, that marks them entirely out of place as at any given time. It actually at some points, in my opinion, makes them more frightening. Their eyes tell us that whatever is going on behind them, that it’s beyond fucked up and animalistic.

I can pinpoint several moments where these stupid, gaudy looking contacts enhance the energy that the actors and the editors are going for. The moment where Madeline says Claudia has eyes like her windows, those contacts make Claudia look like so horrifically scarred, the 100 yard stare is made a million mile stare. The moment when Armand is coaxing young Daniel into accepting death, his words are gentle and honeyed, but he looks like a monster, completely inhumane. When Louis loses his shit in the last episode, the man looks absolutely deranged beyond the point of recognition of the man he was before vampirism. There are so many moments in this show where if the contacts weren’t there, we would be missing a part of the potency that lingers in those truly emotionally challenging moments.

Plus the added touch of whether it be the lighting or the costume department changing the intensity of the color of the contacts depending on whether if they want to convey a character’s theme is just such a cool touch.

Anyways serious props to the entire crew on set, in this post specifically the makeup and costume department. We talk a lot about the acting choices but I COULD KISS whoever came up with the fuckass contacts and didn’t go the traditional route of the colonized “pale/white skin”, the easily gone route of “comically prominent fangs”, or god forbid “sparkles”