#i love it when we're discussing about harry's music

[becauseheartsgetbroken-hs]

I feel like, and this is gonna sound terrible but like in the least worst way possible, we want to see his heartbreak/pain/negative emotions in HS4?? cause HS3’s obligate sad song was Matilda but that wasn’t His pain to speak of ya know? But Fine Line had peak angst in Falling and Fine Line (song) and patheticness in cherry, Tbsl… I’m hoping that he dabbles back into the murky waters of melancholy and brooding for artistic purposes only for HS4 lol

yeah, i get what you're saying!! it's not like we want him to be sad of course (his happiness is very important). but harry writes sad songs (even if they have a happy beat- like as it was for example) most of the times anyway because he finds healing in the writing process. When he is emotional, his writing is very raw and genuine ("crisp trepidation i'll try to shake this soon" ??? or "what if i'm someone i don't want around"??? or "i get the feeling you'll never need me again"?? i mean it's devastating). Also he is a human being with great depth and it's always beautiful to have the opportunity to take a look in his mind through his music.

p.s if he writes something about his baby niece in the album i think i will burst into tears. 🥹

[harrysfolklore]

dog love - blurb

day 3!! if you’re still following along ilysm okay?💗

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MASTERLIST | MY PATREON

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Yours and Harry's relationship was still a secret to the world.

Even though both of you were famous for your careers and fans and media were always following your every step, you have managed to keep what you had to yourselves for six months now.

Rumors were out there, for sure. And they started when you decided to be in the crowd with Harry's friends for his final show in Reggio Emilia, instead of hiding from prying eyes backstage.

However, no one had really caught up that you were in a relationship, people just assumed that you were friends and you wanted to see the show.

Right now, you and Harry were spending a few months together in his London home, you decided to do that since soon you both would have to go back to your busy careers and be away from each other. You basically moved in to his place, with your dog included.

"Milo! Come over here buddy!" You called out for him, sitting on the den and watching play around Harry's backyard, "You're such a good boy!" You cooed at him when he curled up to you.

"What are you pals doing?" Harry asked, walking through the sliding door that connected the kitchen and the backyard, sitting down next to you and pecking your shoulder quickly.

"We're just hanging out over here," you turned your face to look at him, matching his soft smile, "But I think Milo is eager to go outside, poor thing couldn't go on his walk yesterday because of the rain."

"I can take him for a walk," Harry said, and you noticed that he was indeed dressed up to go outside, "I'm actually meeting with Brad in a few minutes, I can take him with me."

"Would you?" you asked, and he pecked your cheek, standing up and offering his hand so you could join him.

"Of course, love. I can pick up some wine and food on the way back for dinner, you stay here and relax."

You pecked his lips softly before speaking, "You're a dream," he smiled and pecked your lips again, "And you, be a good boy for H, okay?" you knelled down to pet Milo, and with a final kiss to Harry's lips they were off.

You took in Harry's words and decided to relax since you had the house to yourself, you filled up the bathtub, lit up a scented candle and put on some music, leaving your phone behind as you took a bubble bath.

When you were done in the bathroom and clad in one of Harry's soft hoodies, you grabbed your phone and decided to lurk on social media as you waited for Harry and Milo to come home.

You opened Tiktok, your explore page showing you some Harry videos, cute dogs and even some edits of yourself. When you got bored of scrolling there, you decided to open Twitter, which wasn't your favorite platform at all but every now and then you got there to see what fans were on about.

However, you were surprised to find out that what fans have been discussing over the last few hours was Harry walking your dog.

At first, you found funny that his fans were trying to decode if he had adopted a dog, or where did the dog had come from, not knowing hat it was your dog and you were practically living with him.

However, your mood changed when you scrolled down and saw that they somehow connected the dots and found out that the dog with Harry and Brad was your Milo.

You shook your head, surprised by how quickly fans could put the  pieces together, and not sure about how to feel about yours and Harry's relationship being exposed by your dog.

As in on cur, you heard Harry and Milo walking up the stairs to the bedroom, and soon you saw both of them enter the room.

"We're back, love!" Harry cheerfully said, sitting on the end of the bed and Milo staying close to him, "Brought the wine and some food, are you hungry yet?"

"I think Milo just exposed our relationship." You simply said, laughing and how comical the situation sounded out loud.

"What do you mean?" a confused look appeared on Harry's face, and you showed him your phone so he could see.

After a few minutes of scrolling to your Twitter and seeing what fans were saying, Harry couldn't help but find the situation comical too.

"Well, that's better than TMZ, right?"

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[daisyblog]

Hormones

Our Story Masterlist Summary: YN gets emotional listening to Louis’ interview.

34 weeks and 5 days pregnant 

YN was watching Louis’ recent interview with Foquinha, where he was discussing music, tour, writing and his One Direction days. It was her favourite pass time, watching the boys old and recent interviews. She loved reminiscing on the One Direction days that seem like a lifetime ago. 

She was smiling happily to herself as Louis discussed his relationship with the boys, comparing it to brothership. YN couldn’t help but think back to her wedding day, where all the boys had come together to celebrate YN and Harry’s big day. No matter what happened in the past, it was soon forgotten about when they stood together and shared a drink. 

Louis was asked about his thoughts on a One Direction reunion and if he thought they would get back together one day. This question always got YN excited because she was one of their biggest fans and always tried to encourage a reunion. 

"I hope so. Do I think it's likely? I don't know. Honestly I have no idea. I think the tough thing is that as time goes on it kinda feels harder to foresee. If I had a gun to my head right now I would say yes. I do think we are gonna get back together. But you never know. There's a million different things that could happen. And also at the moment we're all making such different music so how does that collect back together? It'd be interesting, it'd be interesting."

Tears started to run down YN’s cheeks, wet streaks being left behind in their memory. “The answer is yes, Lou! It’s always yes”. She mumbled to herself.

Harry entered the room, his smile soon disappeared when he could see YN crying as she looked intently at her phone. “Babe? What’s wrong?”. It wasn’t unusual lately for YN to be an upset. Her pregnancy hormones were definitely heightened. 

Last week she cried because Harry wore a grey hoodie instead of his black one. The following day YN cried because of the way Teddy was looking at her, she was adamant the little pug didn’t like her anymore. Two ago, her tears erupted because Harry tried to walk over the freshly mopped floor. 

“Lou-Louis said…sa-id One Direction…I-is not get-ting back together!” YN managed to sniffle out in between her tears. 

Harry sighed knowing Louis probably tried to scoot around the question being asked without giving a yes or no answer. “Babe…you know how interviews are…sometimes we just have to give an answer in a way without giving an answer”.

YN shook her head, wiping away her tears. “No…even the baby is sad about this…I can feel her sadness”. 

Harry tried to hold back his laughter at how dramatic his wife was being, but he had learnt the hard way when it came to YN, pregnancy hormones and laughter. But right now he was glad he wasn’t Louis. 

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[zarry-ot5]

Love You Goodbye

This will be discussing March 2015 and include whatever I can find on all of the boys in that timeframe. I believe Truth lives in the middle. I don't want to spread opinions, so these will contain facts only. If there are pictures I will indicate, but due to limitations of Tumblr can't post them all. There is a 6-7 hour time difference between Asia and London.

Another thing of interest, at this time, Dan Wooton is over The Sun and The Daily Mail. Simon Jones is the Publicist in charge of the image of all the boys in One Direction. Simon Jones is still the active publicist for Perrie Edwards, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan.

March 10, 2015:

Lou Teasdale, Lux, Gemma Styles and Lottie Tomlinson arrive at Changi Airport in Singapore. Pictures with fans.

Niall tweet

H pictured leaving LAX on private jet

March 11, 2015:

H pictured arriving at Changi airport wearing Red Velvet Star Jacket.

Louis is pictured with fans in Changi airport.

Z pictured on private jet with cousin Jawaad. Upon landing in Singapore takes pictures with fans.

One Direction performs at the National Stadium in Singapore.

Gemma is seen at Singapore show with Lou Teasdale and Baby Lux.

March 12, 2015:

H arrives in Bangkok. Pictures exist of Harry at Nightclub with Gemma.

(Pictured Jawaad Malik, Zayn Malik, Martina Olsson, and her friend). Notice his and Jawaad shirts are the same night he's pictured with Laura.

Of note, Seduction Nightclub is an adult themed night club, with scantily clad women dancing on tables. It is not a strip club, just adult themed. This Nigh Club permanently closed in 2019.

According to The Daily Mail, Maria Olsson says Zayn and Louis went to Seduction Night Club where she met and left with Zayn, had a one night stand, and met up with him again the next morning after Lauren had left.

March 13, 2015:

I do need to make a side note, the distance from Smalls to the Sukhothai Hotel, where everyone stayed, is 3 min in a car. Literally just around the corner and up the street. The distance from the hotel to the stadium where they performed is 22 miles in a car.

Smalls is a 3 story building with a restaurant in the lower floor, where they have live music and a DJ booth. The upper two floors consist of an enclosed bar and a covered outdoor bar.

According to my research, Harry had gone to Smalls Live Music Nightclub.

Gemma pictured in Bangkok with Lou Teasdale and a fan.

Pictures also exist of Gemma and Harry at a Nightclub together, which I am going to assume was Smalls.

Zayn went to Seduction Night Club with Louis and cousin Jawaad, to watch DJ Examples set. This is where he met and was photographed with Lauren Richardson. She later stated she was invited to a Villa at a Hotel that Louis and Zayn we're renting in Phuket.

March 14, 2015:  

Louis Tomlinson photos kissing Lucy Julian were reportedly taken at the same all-night pool party at Bangkok’s Sukhothai Hotel at 6:30am on the morning of their March 14 concert, The Daily Mail reported.

There are pictures of Louis exiting the pool and returning to the lobby of the hotel.

H is photographed with DJ Buddha and DJ ONO before the show

The band played in Bangkok, Thailand at the Rajamangala Stadium.  

H photographed with Model at dinner.

Gemma and Lou Teasdale photographed with with a fan in Bangkok at a restaurant.

According to Joe Cummings, after their concert, Harry came back to Smalls and was told by Harry he and Zayn had a falling out.  

The timing of this is the concert started at 8:00 pm local time. Their set was 20 songs and and encore of 3. Their opening act was DJ ONO, and DJ Buddha was his promoter at the time. So 1D would have gone on by 8:30-9:30 pm. 1D set would have been about 1.5 - 2 hour set...they would have been done by 11:30 pm. 25 min drive back to the hotel, gets them back close to midnight. Which is when Joe says he started talking to H. There's some wiggle room in there for showers and what nots.

My Assumption - The argument has have been before the concert and before H was photographed with DJ Buddha and DJ ONO. DJ Buddha is the one who told H about Smalls and made introductions to Joe.

March 15, 2015:

Louis, Ollie Nightclub in Phuket, Thailand

March 16, 2015:

March 17, 2015: 

Harry tweets

Cheating rumors run in media as pictures of Zayn and Lauren Richardsons are published. Richardson will later say nothing happened between them, they met and enjoyed each other's company while together, then went their separate ways. Richardson eventually lands a role in June 2015 on Love Island. For years she is attacked online as the reason One Direction broke up.

March 18, 2015: 

Pictures exist of Lou Teasdale, Lux, Gemma Styles, and Lottie Tomlinson in airport in Hong Kong.

Picture of Lottie, Gemma, and Sophia taken at 1D concert.

Zayn tweet

Band plays last performance with Zayn in Hong Kong

March 19, 2015: 

Zayn is photographed in Heathrow airport in London, England at 5:00 am, Perrie is the one who picks Zayn up from the airport. The flight from Bangkok to London is 14 hours and 15 min.

Gemma and Sophia drinking a glass of wine posted on Gemma's IG.

News of Zayn's departure runs through media. Cited as stress, assumptions made about drug use.

March 20, 2015:

March 21, 2015:

Perform in Manila, Philippines

March 22, 2015:

Perform in Manila, Philippines

March 23, 2015:

Louis Tomlinson pictures published kissing Lucy Julian. 1D publicist indicates E and Louis have been broken-up for 2 weeks.

March 24, 2015:

March 25, 2015: 

Performance in Jakarta Indonesia

Statement released via Facebook that Zayn has left 1D.

Perform

March 26, 2015:

Media starts reporting Harry wants to branch out in his own solo projects, Harry crying on stage during March 25 concert.

H tweets: All the love as always. H

Liam: So glad to hear in bed after a strange 24 hours.

Niall: Been a mad few days and your support has been incredible as per usual ! This in turn Spurs us on to make the best music we possibly can

Louis: Been a crazy couple of days but know that we are going to work harder than ever to deliver the best album we've ever made for you guys !

March 27, 2015:

March 28, 2015:

Pictures of Harry in Johannesburg airport carrying guitar case

Perform at Johannesburg, South Africa

March 29, 2015:

Perform at Johannesburg, South Africa

March 30, 2015:

Pictured with Perrie in London, house hunting with Tricia Malik.

[raven-the-claw]

A Complete Guide To Chaotic Academia

bc its my fav aesthetic and there is not enough content about it

Outfits

most people say that chaotic academia is just dark academia but a little bit more messy, and, well, chaotic. the truth is, chaotic academia is A LOT more messy than dark academia. you can still use dark academia as kind of a "base", but you are going to replace your blazers with flannels, your turtlenecks with tshirts. as for pants, you can go with litteraly anything: cigarette pants, tailored trousers, ripped-up jeans or normal black leggings. i personally really ike ripped up overalls bc they give that "i dont really give a damn, im so misunderstood, my parents didnt love me, im a crazy lonely introverted teenage child" vibe...idk. whatever you wear, make sure you feel comfortable in it! even tho in chaotic academia there are almost no rules at all, here are some things that might help you!

colours: any earthy tones are fine, brown, caramel, dark green, dark red, white, etc etc

fictional characters that might inspire you:

-remus lupin

- any dpc character

- jess mariano

- sydney novak

accesories: flannels (a personal fav + they make even the most boring fit look better), cardigans, converse (bonus points if you draw/write on them or if you have them laced in a weird way), bracelets or necklaces that mean something to you, harry potter back packs, tote bags...

hairstyles: whatever you want, just make sure your hair is ALWAYS messy, looking like you just fucking woke up

Activities and Traits

ok now we're getting to the actually important part bc (repeat after me): chaotic academia is not about how you look, its about how you live and how you act. so here r some thing that might help:

- annotating books with the most unhinged random thoughts

- learning poetry or speeches word for word but not remembering most of the things for school

- studying in the (school) library and being besties with the librarian (optional)

- leaving notes (on trees, mailboxes or library books) for strangers to find

- "studying while listening to classical music" and then instead of studying you end up agressivly mouthing your favorite song

- im sure yall already heard this one, but yes, swearing and slag while discussing deep academic topics is incredibly important

- speaking of important topics: posting something important on social media knowing no one will read it

- doodles on your hands 24/7 (NO SUSAN, I DONT GIVE A DAMN THAT ITS BAD FOR MY SKIN)

- sarcasm. a lot.

- random thoughts

- random quotes

- knowing a ton of conspiracy theories that you dont even beileve in by heart

- listening to all different types of podcasts

- one day reading the classics, the next ya fantasy and day after that ao3 smut

- multifandom, multishipper

- tea/coffee addiction

- adding b.c. to todays date when writing it in school

- random thoughts and the weirdest annotations in your school notebooks, especially the classes that you find boring

- "going to the bathroom" and then spending half of your math class drawing/reading/smoking/crying/thinking/whatever the fuck you wanna do there bc ur tired of everything

- stealing random stuff from stores (tho it is not encouraged blah blah blah)

- watching gilmore girls every fall

- telling people ur favorite colour is green even tho it isnt just to let them know that ur gay

- reading in class, on breaks, at home, parks, meetings, aethletic events, and generally all the fucking time

- doing (mostly) everything last minute

- bad at photography, but you enjoy it

- cold tea my beloved

- wearing one item every day: it can either be a necklace, a flannel, a bracelet, a badge, headphones, earrings etc etc

- extremely messy handwriting, always writing with black pen

- crying at least once a day, but only when ur alone, being super emotional but never showing it

- hobbies include reading, screaming in your pillow, learning unique languages that you will probably never use, rewatching dead poets society, harry potter, enola holmes, end of the fucking world and gilmore girls

- massive bookworm, reads all the time, always has a book with them

- skipping class, not that often tho

- 💫anger issues💫

- hyperactive and lazy at the same time

- uses big words but makes fun of other people when they do it

- writes (rebellious) book quotes everywhere, every single one of their notebooks had IF WE BURN, YOU BURN WITH US written in them lol

- random useless powerpoints

- analysing taylor swift's folklore and evermore instead of sheakspeare because its just better

- retired almost-emo, had a phase when they wore black and acted all mysterious but were never really emo i cant explain it

- likes mcr. this one speaks for itself.

- gay and sad. no explanation needed.

Books, Movies and Music

Books:

- Harry Potter by you know who (WE DONT SUPPORT HER THO)

- The Secret History by Donna Tartt

- Night School by CJ Daugherty (is that how u spell it lol)

- The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

- Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

- Emma by Jane Austen

- Hamlet by Do I Really Need To Say Who

- The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

- The Picture of Dorain Gray by Oscar Wilde

- Frankenstein by Marry Shelley

Movies/TV Shows

- end of the fucking world

- heartstopper

- harry potter

- enola holmes

- dead poets society

- gilmore girls

- httyd (no kidding lol)

im not really a film girlie so if yall have any recs please lmk

Music:

- Mother Mother

- Taylor Swift (obviously)

- Lana Del Slay

- Conan Gray

- Olivia Rodrigo

- My Chemical Romance

- Lovejoy

- Bowie

- Queen

- Radiohead

- Björk

- Those random Disney songs i know you scream to at 3am

also whoever sings the IMJUSTATEENAGEDIRTBAGBAABBYY song

here is my playlist if yall wanna listen to it

hope that helps lol

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #73 (The Finale!): 2022

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And now we're at the final poll. Much like the previous years, many of the songs featured here are from previous years. This is mostly due to how Billboard calculates their hits and there are other methods of calculating the charts. But since this blog focuses in Billboard, that's the metric we're going with.

It's hard to know for certain which direction pop music is headed at this moment since we're still in it. Depending on how things go, it seems like TikTok is going to continue to be a taste maker when it comes to popular music. This could also account for why pop songs are getting shorter. The "verse chorus verse chorus bridge chorus" format is not set in stone. In fact if you followed this blog since the beginning, you've seen the beginning and rise of this pop song format in the late 1950's.

Also from what I can see, it looks like pop music is taking a more meta direction, with overt influences and references to recent pop music history. This can be seen in both stylistic choices, such as the synth-pop influences in Harry Styles' As It Was, to the way samples are used. Jack Harlow's First Class samples previous poll entry, Fergie's Glamorous, and Latto's Big Energy samples Mariah Carey's Fantasy -- which samples The Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love.

The charts are admittedly in an awkward place right now. I'm looking at the Hot 100 right now and I'm having trouble putting together a narrative (other than "wow, people forgave Morgan Wallen fast lol"). Between the lockdown, shifting tastes and listening habits of audiences, economic factors, and the splintering of the streaming industry, "pop music" doesn't mean the same thing it did fifty years ago. Or even twenty years ago. But between influences from the changing political climates, the rise and fall of different genres, developments in music technology, and the question over the cost of music, the one consistent thing about pop music is that it isn't consistent.

Thank you to everyone who took part in these polls. I'll post a follow-up post shortly wrapping things up and discussing the future of this blog.

[a-larry-retrospective-blog]

When I say "Louis Tomlinson haunting the Haylor narrative is my favourite genre" I need people to know that I mean it. And I mean it when I say the dude HAUNTS the Haylor narrative, like he's the ghost of Christmas past; there are so many examples of it, but my absolute favourite is the compass, because it's just... So much.

So. H got the ship, right? At the peak of Haylor, when they were the IT couple everybody knew (which. Isn't it ironic that then Mr Styles spent the consequent... 5 years of songwriting? Or something?, talking about a relationship that was mostly secret? And everyone was like "this is about TS"? Anyway).

And the thing is. The thing is. The Haylor narrative had always been hilarious to me bc they truly did The Most. Honestly, no one did as much as those two pr teams combined did to make a relationship believable, and no one did such an AWFUL job (with the exception of hiddleswift, which was more tongue-in-cheek and self-aware anyway) in the history of pr relationships. Their story was so backwards and convoluted it doesn't even sound like they proofread the blurb of the narrative they were going to put out. I'm sure miss Tree is still having nightmares about it twelve years down the line and she wasn't even involved.

And I truly truthfully love how they both embraced it completely. Like, miss swift does her little thing where she'll write a song about someone, and sometimes she'll be very tongue-in-cheek about it, but nowhere she did it as much as she did with Harry, and H was Definitely up for the challenge, considering he named a whole ass track 'Trouble' and the nonsensical mentions of 'thirteen' just for the fun of it.

They had their fun building a narrative from scratch and I love that for them!

Because there is no fucking way IKYWT is for Harry. Like. It's 2024, I hope we all know that song was not for harry and I'm sure HE knew the song had nothing to do with him, but by god did they TRY to convince us of the contrary.

Did it make sense timeline-wise? Absolutely not, even if you try to grasp at straws, but oh, did they try.

Now, I'm sure we all remember the VMAs, highlight of my career, cameras panning to Harry absolutely unbothered, moisturised, clapping and chewing his gum as Miss Swift dedicated the award to the person who inspired the song, all while our homeboy was seething with passive-aggressiveness (dude didn't even clap! Their one-sided feud gives me life). Truly L was one with the larries in being a Haylor anti.

But we're not here to discuss that.

Because at least by then TS and H had broken up and it made some modicum of sense for her to be dedicating a song about a failed relationship to him. I mean, it made no sense to think she had written it with Harry in mind (Red was made while they maybe had seen each other once, not to mention it's famously about another relationship), much less to think she had made the video with him in mind (they were off gallivanting together! Why the fuck would she make a video like that about him). But that's the narrative that was circulating! And the funniest part is: the ship was used as evidence.

I'm sorry if I bring back some unwanted memories, but this is like. My absolute favourite thing. No headline has headlined the way this headline headlined. Notice that the ink was basically still fresh on the lovely boat (six fucking am in the morning, L hadn't even done his yet i think) and they were already putting out feelers so that H's tattoo would be linked to the video, which would link him to the song.

I'm not even saying he couldn't have been influenced by that tattoo (maybe he saw it and thought it was a cool idea), but you do see how "the removable tattoo a guy had for the music video about a sad song my gf wrote" is so far removed from "romantic tattoo idea to remember said gf" it would almost be insulting? They didn't care. They were doing The Absolute Most in pr terms, and it didn't even work!

Because, like a real presence haunting the narrative, Louis Tomlinson got the fucking compass that very same day. He truly was like "did you think this was about his fling with Blondie? Think again!" and that? That is so lovely to me. That is such a good way to haunt and counteract the narrative. Nothing will ever beat that and I'm grateful I got to witness it.

[alarrytale]

I’ve been reading all the discussions about H&L’s careers and their possible contractual obligations. H is on a constant rise, achieving everything that’s the ultimate popstar dream™️. He’s presented as fully embracing the pop/rockstar lifestyle and seems to love and relic the fame, but then he does interviews saying things like, *“Everything people say about you isn’t true,”* whether it’s good or bad, which feels quite contradictory (idk if that's the word dychotomic maybe).

Meanwhile, Louis was the heart of the band—the key songwriter with the distinctive high voice that shaped several songs. Yet, despite how essential he was, management, the label, and producers always seemed to work against him. When the band broke up, it hit him hard. He felt like he’d only just started finding his place.

FITF debuted at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. In the U.S., it hit No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart and No. 5 on the Billboard 200— The push to carry on with his music career, his hard work—both personally andnmusically, the album’s success, combined with sold-out shows on his tour, proved not only that directioners (larries&louies) still had his back but also he’s gained plenty of new fans along the way.

And yet, for some reason, all this success doesn’t seem to get celebrated in mainstream media. Maybe that’s why Louis, in interviews, tends to downplay what success really means to him (maybe he believes it but I think he also would like to be achieving other more mainstream milestones).

But honestly, when you think about his journey—from boybander to solo artist with his personal history and everything—his PR team should be launching him into the stratosphere. Still, it feels like something’s holding it all back, and I think we all have an idea what that *something* might be.

Hi, anon!

Yes, Harry seems to have it all, but at the same time he's doing things like the MFASR video that leads us to believe everything is not as rosy as it may seem when you read the papers.

Louis is succeeding despite his image. A good part of his fans are larries, not buying into his image, and we're carrying his career lets be real. If he had an advantagous image like H does, dating celebrities, showing off with your Hollywood friends, driving fast cars, vacationing in Italy and at the same time had the budget that Harry is given, things would be different. If he also weren't sabotaged, Louis would do as well as Niall does, or even better.

[sacredflorist]

Get to know the mun

What made you pick the current muse(s) you have ? I always like to say the muse chooses, I don't choose them 😂 But of course, I always write characters I love! If we're speaking about Aerith's case, I wrote her for a few years and I had a lot of fun, and I felt like writing her again. She's such an interesting character to explore because she's very complex :3

Is there anything you don't like to write ? I don't write smut ? This is the first thing that comes to my mind, but also extreme violence or physical abuses. It's not my cup of tea at all!

Is there anything you really enjoy writing ? Everything that allows me to deepen my character! Very strong feelings, for example. Anger, sadness, love... anything thing, but when they feel strongly, it's always very interesting to write! And I also love to explore parts of the canon that was briefly mentioned but not shown, for example.

How do you come up with headcanons ? It's very random, actually 😂 Sometimes, it's because I'm playing the game and it makes me think of something, sometimes it's because of something that happens in a thread, sometimes it starts with discussing with irl or rp friends... it really depends!

Do you write in silence or do you play music ? I mostly listen to music because I think it's relaxing and it allows me to concentrate, even if sometimes I'm too passionate about the songs I'm listening to 😂 I like to make playlist for my character, too! It's always interesting, and I love listening to my mixes on Spotify, too, depending on the mood of the thread.

Do you plan your replies or wing them ? I mostly wing them, but sometimes when I read someone reply, I might have an idea right away so I note it in the drafts. It doesn't mean I'll keep it in the end, but I often do.

Do you enjoy shipping ? I do, but I prefer to ship with people I talk with ooc at least a bit. It really is just for my own comfort, nothing personal haha! And I prefer to have a small number of romantic ships because I love to explore different kinds of dynamic. I'm open to it though of course, and I absolutely adore my ships :3 I like when they come naturally through interactions, these are the best kind 🥰

What's your aliase/name ? Sam

Age ? 28 but 29 very soon 😂

Birthday ? In late March hehe!

Favorite color(s) ? Red ❤

Favorite song(s) ? It's very hard to pîck one! But I'm a Swiftie so I'll go with a Taylor Swift song! These days I'd say it's "my tears ricochet" 🥺

Last movie you watched ? I'm pretty sure it's The Eras Tour when it was released on Disney plus! I saw it before but I needed to watch it again, and that full version haha :3

Last show you watched ? I did a Cardcaptor Sakura rewatch for the first time in so many years LOL

Last song you listened to ? "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles

Favorite food ? I'm a seafood girl! Anything with seafood, and sushi too! These always make me happy!

Favorite season ? Summer! When it's warm and comfortable in the evening, not when it's humid though 😂 Swimming late in the evening is the best though!

Do you have a Tumblr best friend ? I do and I'm vey grateful. I don't think I need to name them, they know who they are ❤

Tagged by: @origami-assassin, thank you 😊 Tagging: YOU ;D

[veryfancydoilies]

hello there merry christmas!! i was your secret santa. i had such a lovely time getting to know you and i hope we continue to interact from here on out! i love the vibes of your blog. i saw in your description that you might be a harry potter fan as well? (correct me if i’m wrong) but i am a proud gryffindor myself. tell me, have you read all the harry potters/films? if so, have you got a favourite?

i didn’t want to mention a very important detail about me/my blog as i was afraid i would be giving my identity away too soon but, i am a massive 10cc fan. i have a bit of a thing for their lead guitarist, eric stewart, who is tremendously talented and just the most adorable thing i have ever seen. i would be more than happy to tell you more about 10cc if you are interested, but they are a lot like the beatles and for me personally, they are my soulmate band. i’ve only known about them for about a year but i can tell you that it feels as if i have known them for as long as i have known the beatles.

well i hope you are having a wonderful christmas season, my dear. thank you for such terrific discussions, and of course you are always more than welcome to swing by my blog whenever you like. anyways, i will talk to you soon. may all your wishes come true ✨

Oh hi there!! Merry Christmas to you!! I hope you're having a wonderful Christmas! I've been spending time with family since yesterday and got a lot of good presents! So you like classic rock AND Harry Potter! AND you're also a Gryffindor!! Yep we're going to get along just fine lol. I actually got a HUGE book fot Christmas that has behind the scenes pictures from the HP movies and concept art. Truthfully I've only watched the movies. I tried to read the books in the past but I never got into them though. I'll try again at least little. I could skip around if I want too. Also I've been sort of distancing myself from HP merchandise because of JK Rowling's bigotry. Have you read the books and watched the movies? Whay do you think of them? I didn't really like the ending to be honest (ugh those terrible wigs) but themovies are still very special to me.

I've never heard of the band 10cc so it's unlikely I would have looked them up but thanks for being cautious anyways! I've been careful to not reveal too much about my interests myself when talking to my Secret Santa partner. Yeah I’d love it if you could tell me more about them. I like exploring music. From blog your blog I can tell you also like George Harrison and John Lennon :). I really like them too. I’d love to talk about them with you too. I’m still lacking in Beatles knowledge so if you could help me out I’d really appreciate it! You remember that ask game I posted? Iwant to post a new one and I’d like you to ask me those questions because I want us to get to know each other even more and I thought it would be fun? I told my Secret Santa partner the same. If you’d like me to ask you those questions, I’m happy to do that too! Talk to you later and thank you for being my Secret Santa! Merry Christmas!

[goldenfharry]

Everything is been taken so seriously. What he posts, who he's hanging out with, WHY is he hanging out with them, if he's fucking them, if there's a bigger plan behind it, why he did this? why he did that? People fighting eachother all the time! We have lost the plot.

REAL. Some people have reached the point where Harry is not just an artist they love but an object for projection and the parasocial relationship with him is getting out of hand. What Harry is giving us is MUSIC. And we should stick to that. We have not the right to know what he does in his life, openly discuss it, scpeculate it and act as if we know because WE DON'T and we SHOULDN'T know. Some people feel entitled to know as if they have any say in it. None of us has. I get why people acted the way they acted with Holivia. It was a stunt and he did it for the public to see. That was the purpose in the first place. But now this Harry and Brad discussion is making me feel uncomfortable because I feel like we're intruders to his privacy. Whatever his relationship with him is, we shouldn't put our noses in it. In case they are just friends and nothing more, people blow it up and make it into something that it isn't like Larries did. And in case there is something more in between them, people are talking about his private, romantic, sex life openly on the internet which is gross. It's WRONG and intrusive. We are not his friends. We might feel close to him because we love him and think we know him but it's not the same for him. For him we are STRANGERS discussing his life on the internet. His MUSIC is for our entertainment. Not his life. We have to learn to separate the two and let him live.

You are absolutely right but this will never be consensual. People think that they respect him, but they really don’t. The fact that someone posted a tiktok of him today where you can see and hear him kindly rejecting a pic request says everything. If he denied the pic, why would you think that it’s actually a good idea to record him without his consent and post it for the whole world? And before someone says that it happened before because he’s a celebrity, well, we can’t spent our lives justifying our actions based on others. That’s just wrong. Don’t record him when he clearly doesn’t want to. Don’t post it for everyone to see it. And sadly, my impression is that people are getting worse and worse with him. He is not public property, he’s human!

[kimyoonmiauthor]

Heartstopper review Netflix

So more like a quick rundowns of the positives and negatives of the show. I'm not doing a summary. Mild spoilers ahead, but no plot specifics.

Positives:

It shows very well how coming out is a process, rather than all at once. This eliminates the straight gaze pat-on-the back.

I think it shows how being an ally and allies saying things is sometimes really awkward really well.

It shows queer joy very well. I enjoyed that.

It addresses sexual assault well by labeling it for what it is.

It features a lot of different identities at once.

The music is spot on

The explaining of what prejudice feels like is really spot on. Especially long term prejudice.

The parents are also lovely in the show as most of the adults. Honestly makes my queer heart hurt since I didn't get that for the majority of my life.

I like the shades of queer acceptance from family members--that's more realistic.

Honestly, Tao is my favorite character. Feels effortless. I'd love him to be pan or omni... ^^;; If the actor consents.

I love how queerness kisses the line between casual rep yet not token, but never veers into kill your gays, or queer tragic. It's queer joy with a side of nuance.

I like that the jerk is called Harry, seems like a reference.

I like it shows what comes after coming out, so it's not I've come, out now fight with the straight people, and then movie is over feeling. It shows there is hope and process, etc afterwards.

I like show it shows queer adults so it doesn't end with being teens. It talks about being a queer adult and discovering it late.

There are multiples of the identity shown and it talks carefully, but smartly about "passing".

The reference to Pirates of the Caribbean making a lot of people realize they were Bi, I appreciated it, though honestly, hated it for the racism and said so when I watched it. 'cause really disliked the rep on Voudou, and was called uptight for it. (We're no longer friends) And if I'm complaining, and read objections, then yeah, gotta be worse for the ID.

The smooth insert of a wheelchair user. I appreciated that.

Yes to queer solidarity.

The code switching is done really well in both French and Cantonese.

I like how it's mostly discovery, and the conflict is mostly undercut, but if they are together, they feed each other rather than it being one note all the time.

Asian boy gets to date I also like rather than the usual desexualizing.

The discussion of mental health and the intersectionality with queer teens, in particular, I liked.

Talking about consent is some of the best.

Talking about the unpleasantness of being outed without permission is done well.

Negatives:

I think for identities that are not completely one way or another, it kind of skims past them. It's the prominent LGBTQIA (though missing the I and two As.) For example, nonbinary (including agender etc), intersex of any kind, aromantic (She's working on it I think), gray-a (demi included of either ID), pan and/or omni. Feels more like mainstream queer identities. There's also generally queer rather than one. at. a. time. I'd like more shades for series 3 and intersectionality. The creator is not one at a time either. So I have faith they'll get there.

Questioning isn't shown very well. I'm not a fan of that. I thought it was shown by half and how confusing it all is with Nick, but for some reason I felt it was undercut a lot by Ben because he was questioning for much longer and was an AH about it. I thought shades of questioning were left out as well. I did like the whole doom and gloom feel after feeling joy at having a label. I felt that. Some nuance I felt was flattened for this ID. I sometimes get akoiromantic or apromantic from Ben, but I'd prefer him not being an A about it.

Tao mostly mentions American and UK movies. He speaks Cantonese, and Cantonese movies have subs, so I'm kind of surprised he's not shared them with his friends. I mean Kung Fu Hustle, objectively is a great movie. Stephen Chow? There's also plenty of Cantonese Language Rom Coms too for him to love. We live in an era where you can get subs on anything. Take advantage of it. For me as an Asian I also like watching shows with people of my own nationality and face. He has the internet and computer.

I feel somewhat 50/50 on some of the animation because sometimes it feels added as if it doesn't trust the actors to deliver, rather than added because it adds something. I think in series 2, it got a bit better so it enhances, rather than shows a lack of trust. That said, the animated cut aways I really like--where it animates around imagined things said in prejudice, etc.

Asexual extroverts also exist? Almost all of the Aces I've seen on TV tend to be introverts, outcasts and weirdos. But I'd also like to see ambiverts, aces that like flirting (which also exist), gray-aces (including demis), and aces that get along with other people in their friend groups very well. Black Stripe isn't the only way to "prove aceness" the majority of aces just don't feel primary sexual attraction or it goes away later (demis and some gray-a's feel secondary sexual attraction). It doesn't come with other personality traits like "hating other people" or are all introverted. I'd like to see this challenged. What's step 2 after coming out? 'cause there is ace joy too.

Race isn't handled as well as the queer rep. I don't feel the same degree of race joy that I do queer joy.

Where are the desis besides Farouk?

All of the PoCs are paired with different race PoCs? The only same race couples are white. And I'm not saying that PoC/PoC interracial dating is "wrong" but I'd like to also see the reality that some PoCs also date same race too.

[septembersghost]

The reason why this is bothering me is also because she is literally with a man who was doing nazi salute, is a racist, is a misogynist while she herself spoke up against it and said " There’s literally nothing worse than white supremacy. It’s repulsive. There should be no place for it." As a POC WHY IS SHE WITH A MAN WHO DID THIS WHEN SHE HERSELF IS AGAINST IT? Dont even get me started on the disgusting comments he made about her

i know it, and i hear you all and share in this distress and empathize so much, it's just really hard because we can't affect or change it, which makes me unsure where we go from here.

my inbox was overflowing, but i didn't publicly talk much about the breakup because i was hesitant to speak about something we honestly have next to no information about, and for me (i know a lot of fans haven't felt this way, and that's fine, just speaking for myself), joe has never done anything to warrant vilifying him that we can concretely point to. inferences from surprise songs don't actually tell me anything. inferences from PR-speak articles don't either. i cannot claim to know what he/she/they did or said or what happened between them that ended their relationship, nor do i feel it's my place to do so. i can also admit honestly that i fell into the trap of romanticizing, because the songs she wrote were so beautiful and moving that it captivated my hopeless romantic heart in wanting to believe it would last and in rooting for their happiness (and some of that is projection, which i can also admit, because i don't know what it's like to experience a love like that, so it was a golden ideal in my head). if we eventually get more information or the situation changes in some way, then we can discuss it more, but as it stands, joe's only "crime" is...not being able to cope with the intense spotlight anymore? being too introverted (an accusation that hurts my feelings personally lol)? not showing up for her (definitely would be an issue)? we have no real idea, but to our knowledge, he also has no abusive or harmful behavior on record, and i'm still grateful she had him in her life, and that their love existed, and that the music still exists forever.

matty's whole deal is...like the opposite? which maybe that's what she's seeking right now, again, we don't and can't know. but it would be one thing if he was, like, a ~bad boy~ reputation with no verifiably harmful words and actions, and that isn't the case. he's said and done rancid stuff, and it's off-putting and confusing at the least, repulsive and bigoted at the worst.

i assume the misogynistic comments he made about her (which! ironically fans were accusing joe of thinking somehow, even though he's never once said anything close to that. um?), he apologized for or they worked out amongst themselves years ago directly, and i said this to animalanon in a comment yesterday (😞 we love you, animalanon!), but the problem here is that, while there absolutely should be space to forgive people for mistakes and for grace following growth and recognition and whatever apology might be warranted - if matty had only done these things when he was in his twenties, i'd say, hey, people change, let's not immediately judge here, but it's all very recent. we're not discussing antics from a decade ago, we're discussing abhorrent comments from, like, six weeks ago. what he said about harry, what he said about ice spice which then extended into further racism, the n/zi salute, the edgelord behavior, it's all current, and the closest thing he did as far as remorse goes was an "i'm sorry if you're offended" apology, which isn't an actual apology. so. yeah. it's not great!

(i'm also very selfishly sad as a fan that all of this has taken away from tour and the celebration of her career and now even the joy for SNTV, which we've been waiting for so excitedly!)

he 100% deserves to be called out on these things, and we should question her willingness to associate herself with him when the things he has done are antithetical to everything she says she stands for and has spoken against. idk it feels demoralizing and helpless since there's nothing we can do but watch it unfold and hope for the best (she comes to her senses and emerges unscathed). we can allow her room to be human and flawed while still disagreeing (and feeling concern, which i do) where need be.

[ear-worthy]

Songs My Ex Ruined Podcast: Our Memories Defined By Music

When someone says, "let's start a music podcast," that path can take multiple forks in the road. You can end up with a music podcast that's like a thousand others, only you think because you and your high school friend are on it, it's special. Or, your music podcast can be so arcane that only fans of 80s Hairband Grunge, quai-blue grass, jazz fusion, bubble gum rock will listen. 

Then you have bright, lively, clever, and outspoken music journalists who devise the most devious and awesomely ear worthy music podcast developed since Song Exploder. 

Here's the premise of the Songs My Ex Ruined podcast. It's a podcast about songs people can never listen to again because their terrible exes destroyed them forever. Now, that's inspired because of the anatomy of music, and how we consume it.

Consider that we may see a movie a few times (Star Wars, Harry Potter) and read an excellent book several times. But songs we can listen to thousands of times. Over and over and over. We ascribe songs to specific events in our lives. People remember the song playing when they kissed their first romantic partner, or when a boyfriend or girlfriend broke up with them. Songs can enrage us, engage us, make us feel sorry for ourselves, or just force our bodies to move on a dance floor as if we're out of control.

So that's the emotional F5 tornado that Songs My Ex Ruined taps into every episode.

The podcast, which began in November 2022, just celebrated its 50th episode last week with guest Allison Wolfe, founding member of Bratmobile, a punk rock band from the 90s and early aughts.

What's so good about this podcast? Besides the premise. First, it's the co-hosts.

Courtney E. Smith is the editor of Eater Dallas. She's a journalist of 20 years who was born and raised in Texas, with bylines in Pitchfork, Wired, Esquire, Yahoo!, Salon, Refinery29, and more.

Melissa Locker is a writer (Time Magazine among others, for nine years), editor and producer. She is the co-founder of Nevermind Media, which produces this podcast. The podcast network specializes in music podcasts, and is an all women team.

Locker and Smith are experienced music journalists with an impressive depth of knowledge on artists, songs, trends, and reactions. The co-hosts work well together on the show like peanut butter and jelly, each complementing the other. They're funny, and they're perceptive. In the first episode with Avery Trufelman (great first guest, by the way) Trufelman explains a song by the group Grizzly Bear called "Yet Again" and relates the tempo and crescendo to an orgasm. 

The co-hosts point out that orgasm can be a wildly different experience for people based on a lot of factors. The co-hosts then describe one possible orgasm as "quietly beautiful, like an Edith Wharton novel." That's awesome. I believe even Ms. Wharton would laugh if she were alive today.

The November 8, 2023, episode with T.J. Alexander about her excursion into goth culture in college allows listeners to understand more about indoctrination into college life, especially for those from rural areas. She had started dating an older guy who was into goth music and who loved the band Type O Negative, especially the song "Love You to Death." Alexander explains how she outgrew her first boyfriend on campus and his ridiculous claims about the 1922 film Nosterfu and a Type O Negative album he claimed could be played perfectly in sync with the movie. Spoiler alert: He was full of shit.

In case you're wondering, it's not only women on the podcast as guests. On the December 7, 2023, episode with podcaster Ronald Young, Jr., he discusses his relationship with a younger woman who was crazy for rapper Lil' Wayne and would rap his lyrics incessantly everywhere. Other notable guests include musicians Marnie Stern, K. Flay, Sadie Dupuis, and Abigail Barlow; comedians Kyle Gordon, Ivy Le, and Gianmarco Soresi; authors Lane Moore, Nabil Ayers, and TJ Alexander; and podcaster Jane Marie. The show is using the occasion of its 50th episode to launch a newsletter and Patreon, where listeners can vie for a shot to tell their own stories about songs that were ruined for them. 

That's the beauty of this podcast. It's like renewable energy. You've never in danger of not having enough material. Everybody has a story to tell linking music to a breakup. Remember the 1981 single from The Greg Kihn Band, The Breakup Song, where Kihn celebrates the quality of breakup songs in rock's earlier times, as the narrator laments both his recent breakup and the fact that they don't write good breakup songs anymore Songs My Ex Ruined scores a big recommendation from me. First, it's terrific for music fans who get a listen to a wide variety of musical genres and artists, from Spice Girls to Justin Bieber, Modest Mouse to Magnapop. 

Second, the music is the launch point for deeper discussions of relationships -- sustaining them, ending them, and reinvigorating them.

Third, the co-hosts are a delight to listen to and are adept interviewers, handling episode guests with skill, sensitivity, humor, and curiosity.

Finally, the concept sparks our memories from months, years, or decades ago and how we felt at one point in our lives -- sad, disenchanted, confused, heartbroken, or relieved.

[ntenvs3000f24]

Hi there!

I loved reading your post. Your post resonated with me deeply, particularly in how you describe the blending of music and nature. I also find that these extremely distinct worlds often overlap in ways we don't fully realize until we pause and take the time to notice them. Growing up surrounded by nature and animals, I didn't notice the sounds and in some ways felt "immune" to them. Later in my life I took notice of them, and found there was a beat that quietly hums beneath everything. This example you discuss about the whales and their songs really stood out. You're right about the idea that music, something I've always thought of as a human experience is also a shared language between species.

I've often found myself reflection on how nature has shaped my own relationship with music. When I walk through the Arboretum, for example, I now notice the sounds of leaves, birds, or even the wind sounds through trees. All these sounds feel like the background music to my thoughts, making those walks feel more musical than just a stroll. Just like Ben Mirin's idea of using bird calls in his work, I think sounds of nature offer a way to remind us of the bigger picture, being how connected we all are.

Your story about the hike in Cape Town reminded me of a time I was by a lake near my home. I had a playlist on, and when a certain song came on, one that I've always loved but never linked to anything specifically special, I suddenly found myself attaching it to being outside with nature in that moment. Since then, every time I hear that song, it takes me right back to that feeling of such perfect weather and peace. Just like you, with your family on that hike, music has the power to take control and fill us with emotion in certain moments, creating memories we carry. I've always loved the song "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", what a great song. Thank you for sharing that memory. We're there any more songs that came to mind? One of my favourites is Canyon Moon by Harry Styles.

I can't wait to hear more from you!

Blog Post 07

This week's readings, especially the articles, really pulled me in and interested me. As a bachelor of arts and science student at UofG, I am particularly intrigued when nature and art come together as we analyze the relationship between the seemingly very different subjects in our core arts and science courses. When I tell people what my program is at guelph, I often get the response of “arts and science, wow those are two very different things to be doing at the same time,” and while yes they are very different subjects at face value, they intersect constantly and there is often not one without the other. The relationship of music with nature is a perfect example of these intertwined worlds, and as a lover of music and singing (even though I’m not a great singer), as well as a lover of nature and wildlife, this week's topic is very exciting to me.

The first question is “where is music in nature?” One of the articles for this week titled “The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music” gives many fantastic examples of music within nature. This article describes different animal species and their version of music, such as humpback whales and birds. When discussing the whales for example, it was so interesting to discover how similar their version of “music” is to ours, as the article mentions that humpback whale songs have similar structure and rhythms to songs made by birds and even humans (Krause, G.P. et al., 2001). This is crazy to think about as whales, birds and humans do not seem to have much in common at all, yet somehow we all make similar music? The article even says “they use phrases of a similar length to ours -- a few seconds -- and create themes out of several phrases before singing the next theme ((Krause, G.P. et al., 2001).” This sounds like whales, a part of nature and wildlife are spending time forming these songs, intentionally making them sound pleasant and performing them throughout the years, passing them on to their children just like humans have done for years. Whales are just making random sounds and humans are interpreting it as music because they chose to, whales even prefer to use the technique of repetition just like music artists do (Krause, G.P. et al., 2001). They discover what works well, sounds nice, and is easily remembered and they use that material many times over. In an evolution course I took last semester I learned all about the evolutionary crossing of whales and humans, but this has not happened millions and millions of years, which makes this even more outstanding that our creations of music are so similar. This is a perfect example of music within nature, music is a universal thing which is why it is so beautiful as almost anyone in the world has some sort of relationship or connection with music, and this article provides proof that this extends further than humans, almost every species within nature has a relationship with music. 

Here are some photos from when I was whale watching in Victoria, BC.

The next question is much the same but different, “where is nature in music? If you are someone discovering the world of music within nature, then you are likely someone who seeks out learning about nature and is passionate about the treatment and well being of nature, as well as a lover of music. Well, how can we get more people to pay attention to nature, to get excited about learning about it and to become educated and involved in the protection and well being of it. As we have discussed, music is a giant phenomenon and more people than not love to listen to music, play music, or have music as a big factor of their religion or culture. This means almost everyone is engaging in music in some form or another, much more than people are actively engaging with nature other than existing passively within it in their everyday lives. Incorporating nature within music is an extremely beneficial way to get people thinking about nature when they wouldn't have otherwise and is an enjoyable way to learn. An example of incorporating nature within music is described in the course content within this week's lesson. A musician named Ben Mirin found attempting to bring these two things together an exciting challenge, and he began to incorporate wildlife sounds such as birdsongs into his musical work. This is a genius way to plant a seed in the minds of the audience as they will enjoy the music, and find the mystery sounds intriguing. Most people won't be able to recognize what these sounds are or why Ben incorporated them into his song, but they will be interested enough to go find out, softly leading them more into the world of nature by curiosity. As said within the lesson, “How can a person connect with endangered species that they’ve never seen nor experienced? Create modern music featuring animals' sounds, calls, and songs, of course! (Hooykaas, 2024)” and this is such a great point. For non-native people, music is a great gateway as it touches so many people in so many ways. This create a positive ripple effect, leading to more attention towards issues surrounding nature and a bigger push towards nature and environment protection. 

Finally I will touch on the third part of this blog prompt, a song that reminds me of a certain landscape. I have many examples come to mind when asked this question as I attach memories to songs constantly. This actually helps me remember more meaningful moments, as I am reminded of memories all the time when I listen to music. In 2022 I traveled all around Africa with my family for the second time. When we were in Cape Town, South Africa my cousins and I decided to go on a hike. Some of my cousins are very adventurous and definitely fearless, but me, not so much. This hike up a mountain had very narrow paths on the edge of cliffs and extremely steep areas that we had to climb up. It started to rain and become slippery and I was pretty scared. My cousins and I started to sing “Aint No Mountain High Enough” by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson to distract me from my fear of heights and to get us to the top of the mountain. All of us singing this song while taking in the beauty of the nature surrounding us, and the view once we made it to the top was something so magical. I don't think I would remember it as vividly without this connection to a song, and everytime I hear it, I am taken right back to that moment singing with my family and experiencing the beauty of nature.

I am excited to hear about all of your connections with music and nature!

[harrysmimi]

No More Hiding

Synopsis: One where YN joins Harry at his first Venice Film Festival

CW: Smut and a shit load of fluff.

Ps. Not proof read. Hihi.

More of my work

Harry was sat on the sofa with Juno snuggled up on top of him watching YN on the TV. It was her Zane Lowe interview, and she isn't home as she's got more press to do. Juno was a bit under the weather so she was clinging on him, which he loved. He loves to snuggle with her, but hated that his baby is sick.

"Are you going to sleep now?" He asked caressing her silky brown hair. Her hair is the only thing which she got from her mother, she just looks like him. Juno just nodded in no as she stared at her mother on the TV.

"Mummy!" She sighed, but in excitement.

"Yeah, that's your mummy." He smiled.

"Pwetty." Juno smiled. She can say quite a few words and Pretty is one of her favourite one to say.

She'd call her breakfast pretty when asked if she likes it, she's call her toys pretty, her dad and mum pretty.

"Oh she is very pretty, isn't she?" Harry chuckled softly. He doesn't blame her, he's head over heels for the girl on his TV too. "But you're the prettiest." He booped her nose, "don't tell mummy tho."

He looked back to the TV, watch hi wife and baby mama talk about her new project, she seems so proud of.

"When Taylor messaged me on Instagram about this song, I kinda sorta might have pissed my pants." YN chuckled answering Zane Lowe's question. "I'm gonna use my pregnancy as an excuse, here. But she wrote this whole paragraph about how she likes my music and congratulated me for the Grammys, and that she has this song on Reputation she wanted to collaborate with me." She let out a squeal.

"I can't believe it even happened. Reputation, is hands down my favourite album. I ate my husband's ears out for like the whole time I was working on this project with Taylor." She looked like a child at a candy store.

"I'm gonna assume you had a great time working with Taylor. Now you have a song on your new album of yours with her as well—it is an amazing song by the way, I love it—how did that came along? Did you guys sit down after finishing up song on Rep and decided to write another? Because you said you wrote this song after you were done recording the Rep song. What was the process?" Zane asked his elaborated questions.

"Oh I really did enjoyed working with her, especially when she's the first one I'm collaborating with. And thank you." YN admitted, "recording song on my album just happened really, I was just showing Taylor this song and she was like 'you know what? Let's finish it up.' that's how we wrote this song. She's been nothing but such an amazing friend!"

And the conversation about her music went on, they discussed every song on her new album as they were sat in her house in Australia. She was there for press. Harry and Juno were napping in their shared bedroom in the same house, so she could have this time and work without Juno running after her for everything.

"Your song Heaven is so, so, so, so— urgh I don't even know how to put it into words, but when I was listening to this song felt so loved in a way. My kids loves this song by the way, they say it feels like a lullaby." Zane shared.

"Yeah it is, I wrote it after I got to know I'm having a daughter. I can't even explain how special I felt knowing she chose me to be her mother. God it was so surreal." YN ranted, the radiance on her face from talking about her daughter was brighter than the sun itself, "I just couldn't fathom—in a cool way—that my baby is going to be a girl. I am sort of religious when it comes to this. It is said daughters bring good fortune and good luck and love and joy along with them and it does feel like that. My parents got four daughters and they say the same thing.  She's more attached to Harry I will say, that makes me jealous. But we're, we're on good terms."

Zane chuckled, "that's a beautiful thing." YN took in a deep breath knowing what question was coming forth her, "you never talked about your daughter, why so?"

"It was definitely to protect her from everything which comes with, with my career. I didn't felt like wanting to put her in lime light when she can't really understand what good and bad for her. When she's grown up maybe she'd want to be a part of what her parents do or she's maybe not to want to be part of this. And as much as I like social media, it is really one cruel place to be. Same came with my relationship, my husband and I did not wanted to talk about it openly mor did we wanted to hide, so that's that."

"No, I totally agree with you. Social media can have a bad influence most of the time." Zane said, "I've talked to Harry about it too in the past."

"Yeah, I've seen those interviews. You're really amazing by the way, best person I've been interviewed by ever. Thank you." YN praised Zane.

"Of course," he smiled at her compliment, "now we have this next song..." And they both diverted back to talking about her album. They still had 8 songs to talk about which were party and love songs.

Juno was up the entire interview. He put on Cocomelon for her, it helps her to to sleep somehow. To be honest he'd sleep watching that show too as to how boring he finds it.

"Oh we're watching Cocomelon?" It YN, she shut the door behind her as she took off her shoes. Juno's head shot up, as she climbed down the sofa leaving her dad in a heartbeat and waddled to her mother. "Hi baby love." YN gathered her in a warm hug as she scooped her from the ground, checking her fever with the back of her hand.

"Muma!" She smiled in content. YN just hugged her tighter. "Kissy." She held her mum's face in between her tiny hands as he pressed sloppy kiss on her mouth. She gets the face holding from her dad.

"I love you!" YN said, "more than you Papa, don't tell him though." She whispered the last part making Juno laugh cheekily.

"I heard that." Harry commented, "come here you two, now!"

"Demanding, aren't we?" YN said as she made her way to where her husband was sat.

Jumo held out her tiny pointer finger towards her dad, "Bad Papa!"

Harry gasped, "what did you just say!"

"No, Mummy!" She confided in her mum laughing.

"She isn't wrong." YN agreed with their daughter as she sat next to him. Juno straddling her lap as she rested her small head on her chest.

Harry cupped his wife's face as he brought her closer to him to kiss her on the mouth. "Missed you today."

"Awh! I missed you too." She cooed and gave him another kiss, "I have a day off tomorrow."

"Yeah?" He asked. He was planning out a day for just him and her, maybe leave Juno with his mother-in-law for the day. Take his wife out on a nice date, or do whatever she pleases. He just did not wanted to say that in front of Jumo or she'd be throwing a tantrum.

She's learned to throw tantrums now which is very challenging to the least, to handle her. But she calms down with in minutes.

"Mhmm." She nodded. "Do you want to go out for dinner?"

"Where do you want to go?" He asked, "or we can cook at home."

"We need to go grocery shopping." YN reminded him, "we can go to this Korean restaurant, Juno have have a bit of soup."

"You like soup, don't you?" Harry looked at his baby.

"Soup!" She exclaimed.

"Korean food it is." Harry announced, "come on, let's go change." He stood up holding his hands out for Juno. He placed her carefully down on her feet as they walked upstairs to change.

YN sat there, relaxing for a bit. Hearing giggling and squeals from Juno's room. She had come downstairs with her stuffed Bunny she got when she was having a nice day out with her Nana. He's named BumBum for some reason, bit keeps changing. She had her pair of Gucci sandles her dad got her of course.

"Mummy, put my shoes pwease?" She asked.

"Come on here, I'll teach you how to put on your shoes yeah?" YN suggested. She climbed up on the sofa, YN showed her how to put on her shoes.

"Yay!" She celebrated her bug success of putting her shoes on.

"Good job, darling." YN praised her.

"Papa, I put my shoes!" She told her father he came down all cha ged up, showing off her shoes.

"Good job baby," he praised her too. "You're getting big now, huh?" Juno just clapped her hands and did her happy dance.

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Juno was fast asleep in her baby ramp when they got back home. Harry took her upstairs to her room, changed her into her PJs and put her in her cot with a good night kiss. By the time he got back to the room he shared with his wife, she was already in shower. He knocked on the door.

"Can I join?" He asked.

"Come in." It did not took him more convincing to go in after that.

He can still resist seeing her, despite being together for three years and having a child with her, just looking at her (even if she's in worn down baggy clothes) makes him wanna go at it like rabbits. He could definitely feel himself getting hard there, as he stripped to get in shower with her.

He missed the days where he could make love to her anywhere in their home. But now they have confide in their bedroom, especially now since their little bean can walk and even climb out of her cot if she's feeling brave and rebellious. But this time he made sure to lock the bathroom door, but their daughter won't be up till the morning now.

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YN and Harry opted to not leave Junk with her Nana for the next day, just because they would be gone to Italy for two days.

YN's got a movie premiering at the Venice Film Festival, right next day after Harry's. It was Harry's first time whilst YN's been there for a couple of time. He was a hit nervous to say the least. It was better to spend some time with their little one before going away for two days for the first time.

Harry found it a little difficult to actually leave his mini me alone. He's never done that since she's been born, the longest he was away from her was 20 hours and that was dreading itself whilst she was on a plane with her Mummy to one his shows. Daddy and daughter snuggled for hours after the show to be frank, turns out neither Juno can go a day without her dad.

And here she is helping her mum pack a duffle bag with her night clothes, helping her pick some PJs. YN's side of closet was made into a mess.

"Papa no!" She scolded her dad moving his hand away who was helping her fold the clothes to put into the bag, "me do it!"

"Okay you do it." He gave up.

YN had made her a little clothe folding 'Machine' with pieces of cardboard, as a sensory toy. She loves to use it as she can fold clothes. She placed her mum's sleep shirt on it, surprisingly very nearly for a eighteen month old and folded up the piece of clothing.

"Yay!" She celebrated as she moved on to another shirt. She found it fun to help around already.

"Good job baby girl." Harry praised her, helped her by pushing her baby hairs out of her face. Once she was done she got to play with her dad. They play fought whilst YN got her skincare kit together, yN was getting her stuff together whilst two kids were playing instead of just following her around.

That's what they both do, Harry follows YN around like a puppy and Juno follows him around. But she was left alone now to get her stuff together in peace. Now they were singing nursery rhymes together, making a load of noise.

"Papa you bein' siwwy!" Juno squealed a laugh watching her dad make funny faces as he strummed his guitar. For am 18 month old her vocabulary was pretty good, he was surprised. "Wan' one!"

"You want a guitar?" He beamed, and she nodded grinning wife showing off dimples she got from him. "Will get you one soon, yeah princess?"

"Yay!" She celebrated, stood up on the mattress to give Harry a kiss on his mouth.

"I love you." He mumbled pulled her in a hung after he put his guitar away.

"Wuv you!" She mumbled.

It warmed YN's heart to see him so good with Juno, just like she imagined he's going to be. He is already an amazing father to her. She was done packing up their bags, she even packed Harry's stuff for him because he was having such a great time with their little bean. She told him she was going down stairs to make them dinner. It was her turn to make dinner tonight.

"Babe?" Harry called about an hour later as he made his way down to kitchen.

"I'm in kitchen." She answered. "Where is JJ?"

"She's napping in our bed." He shared, "just got a call from Jeff."

"Now what does that fucker wants?" She asked, annoyed clearly as she copped lettuce for the side salad.

"Don' say that love, he's m'friend." He cooed, but in a joking way, "he was askin' me to ask you if y'could send out a statement sayin' your Harry is a different Harry and not me. The birthday posts have made enough chaos and your recent interview just added to it." He explained.

She snorted, "why would I do that?"

"Don' have to baby, I don' want y'to either. I can't live a double life anymo'." He sighed, "I'm so happy with you, don' want tk change anythin' 'ave got the most amazing girls with me. That's all I need. I want no more hidin'."

"Awh H!" YN sighed and pulled him in a hug, "you need a different manager."

"Just don't leave me." He mumbled, his fave buried in the crook of her neck.

"Never leaving you H, not for seven lives you've got. Remember we vowed two hears ago." She reminded him.

"I want y'in every universe and every life baby, I love you. So much." He wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I love you." She mumbled. "Don't have to get so sad and upset about it. I'm not going anywhere, you have me and Juno for the rest of our days."

"You have me too." She could feel him smile against her skin as he mumbled. He pressed a gentle kiss on her neck before he hugged her tighter.

"Harry, no hickeys. I'm wearing my hair up!" She warned him when she felt him suck on her skin lightly.

"Too bad," he pulled away, "you've got sensitive skin, 's already red." He smirked proudly looking at his work on her neck.

"God you're annoying." She groaned and got back to her work, just for him to wrap his arms around her again, from behind.

"Too bad that too, you're stuck with me. For our seven lives." He kissed her cheek, "I wan' you to be as petty as you want to be now. Show everyone who I belong to."

"You mean I can crumble TPWK, chop it into tiny lil pieces and throw it out the window of 69th floor?" She asked as she stirred the food on the stove in front of her.

"That's a bit specific and as much as I want you to do that, don' hurt anyone, yeah?" He made a bargain.

"Too bad that," she said, "I was about to go over to your asshole Jeffery's house and crack his neck."

"Maybe don' do that." He said, "that's a bit cruel."

"I'll think about it." She nodded, "god can't wait to tell everyone I'm your wife."

"And I can't wait to show I'm your husband and baby daddy." He nudged his nose into her freshly washed hair.

"We're being cringey, we should stop." She laughed.

"I don' know." He shrugged, "let's turn off the stoves now and go to the bathroom now."

"You're like a teenager." She squealed a soft chuckle feeling his hand creep upto her breasts, pushing his hand down back to her tummy. "Still need to make the salad and food for Juno."

"She's nappin', come on, don' leave your husband with blue balls." He whined.

"Thought we had seven lives together, we got plenty of time for that." She teased him.

"I've fot seven minutes before I explode."

"God you're dramatic." She turned off all the stoves and turned around. He pulled her away from hot vessels so she doesn't hurt herself as he attacked her with a big needy kiss on her mouth, his hands reaching down to groop her butt as he picked her up to take her to the downstairs bathroom.

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Harry loves Italy. More than anyone could imagine. That's where he asked YN to be his girlfriend, that's also where he proposed her and also where they got married. It js a pretty special place to him. Even his baby ws conceived there. Wink wink!

Harry couldn't take YN on the premier of his movie with him but he was for sure going with her the next day. He had picked out an outfit with help of Lambert just incase he gets to go on the red carpet with her, though he's nust planning to accompany her on her request.

The press conference and red carpet for his movie was rather boring for him, he'd admit.

But he was so excited that she'd be with him for the screening. She looked incredibly adorable with her floral printed skirt and a blouse to go with it. She had styled her hair in subtle waves. He walked upto her where she was talking to the director of his movie and someone from her crew.

"I can't wait to get out of here," he said to her but Jeffery was there in his manager mode and pulled him back to ask to go see the fans who were stopped right behind YN behind the barricade.

Next day, watching his wife talk to people, being her humble and sweet self made his heart flutter that much more. He looked stunning in her Gucci suit from hi HAHAHA collection, he had it custom made in her most favourite colour and even had her favourite flower clipped to the lapel on the blazer. Her hair thrown into messy low bun with a few face framing bits around her gorgeous chubby cheeks, he loves to pepper with kisses. Their wedding and engagement ring she proudly wore today as only accesory for the night on her hand.

Even he wore his engagement ring and wedding ring proudly today and yesterday.

The dark red-ish brown lipstick made her lips stand out. If they weren't in a room full of people he'd just go up to her make her sit on his lap and make out with her for hours on end.

Soon the press conference was over, he watched YN walk over to him. Harry did not waste a moment to hold her hand.

"Let's go get ready for the carpet, yeah?" She suggested.

"Mhmm." He nodded and walked out with her to the water taxi. Once sat and away from the people taking pictures and videos of them, "you did so good there."

"Thank you." She smiled, leaning her head on his shoulder which earned her a kiss on her forehead.

"Want to see you in your outfit already. You just said you're wearing something white and iridescent." He pouted, making a puppy face.

"Just an hour," she said.

Harry had already heard her rave about this dress she had designed from this small boutique in her hometown, it was support a small business and even bring her movie character with her as she walked down the red carpet for the premiere. YN's younger than him but she's been in the industry to know what exactly she is doing, Harry is very grateful whenever she guides him with something.

It just took her about 40 minutes to get out of photocall look and then additional 45 minister to get into her final look. She had asked Harry to het something to match her with just two clues. He got himself a iridescent and white dress shirt and dress pants with the shoes he wore on his movie premier. He did not wanted to steal from her day and make it about himself so he kept jt simple. But it was Gucci of course.

"Dan-ta-naa!" YN exclaimed walking into the living room area of their suite from the bedroom where she was getting ready. Harry quickly changed up in the bathroom and was fixing his hair looking in her small hand held mirror.

She looked like a living doll with her puffy mini dress which hemmed right ar her mid thighs with puffy sleeves, her hair pulled up into a mid high ponytail with a black iridescent bowed headband around her hair but a few pieces were left around her face and styled into her classic waves. She wore Oxford loafer with ankle high socks, a bold red lip to finish up the look. It was so much like her but also her movie character with simple colour, sophisticated style yet sparkly. When she stepped closer he also noticed glittery eyeliner, smoked out on her gorgeous eyes making her look that much more mature. Harry didn't know he was holding onto his breath until he felt her hand on his bicep bringing him back to life there.

"You took my breath away," he sighed making her chuckle. She pouted asking for a kiss.

"It's transfer proof." She said refering to her lipstick. He smiled and gladly gave her much deserved kiss, he just did not wanted to ruin her makeup for her. At least not now.

The premier of her movie was amazing. Her fans were ecstatic to see Harry with her, even his fans were. He took a few pictures with her and went to stand with her team whilst she was being the icon she is. He did not hesitate to click a few pictures of her himself on their disposable camera he got with him.

Her movie was amazing. It recieved 18 minutes standing ovation as everyone praised her and the director of her movie. A movie made by women for women was the motto of the project which was evidently conveyed to the audience. Harry couldn't be more proud of her as he whistles and clapped and cheered for her, asking everyone around him to cheer as well. It made an history at the Film Festival for the longest standing ovation then and there.

It should be weird but Harry couldn't be happier to see his wife in happy tears tonight. For someone who debuted in the entertainment industry as a singer to turn into an actor was a pretty big deal for her and he knew it. He has seen her go through so much with in three years with her, he couldn't imagine how she dealt with everything from the age of just ten.

For the after party dinner, YN couldn't help but just look at her love. He looked extra handsome today to for some reason.

She was lucky one to have her dreams come true, she's been his fan since the very beginning of his career. Now she is married to him and have a child with him. There is just so much more to him just slaying everyday on his life in front of camera like a pro.

He's the most caring man she has had in her entire life. Most importantly she feels loved around him which she never got to experience from anyone other than her sisters and mother. It was a different kind of love and it was refreshing. He never gives into her lies of I'm fine but instead sits her sown and talk it all out.

He's an amazing husband and equally amazing father if not more. That's what she wanted for her future kids. God seeing him with Juno makes her heart melt into a puddle.

Now seeing him get along with her friends and colleagues made her fall in with him that much more. If that was even possible. How he managed to sneak in little kisses on her forehead and cheek, never failed to leave her hand unless needed. They talked through the dinner, everyone was praising YN for her work.

Honestly Harry thought it wasn't enough. No praises are enough for his Queen, she needs more and more because she deserves every one of those.

They went back to their hotel but YN didn't eat much as she didn't find the food that great, so they walked to little store which was open down the street. They had a few crips options for her and a few fruit drinks plus a load of sweets. She got a pack of gummy bears, big pack of classic salt and vinegar crips and only mango smoothie left in the fridge, Harry opted for the strawberry one as it was her second choice just incase she changed her mind. And they walked back to their hotel.

They both did their little face masks and ate the junk food both of them got and watched half of recent Conjuring movie. Talked to their baby on FaceTime for a few minutes before it was time for her bed. Well it was way past her bed time but she was with her Nani so she was excused.

"So?" Harry looked at his wife smirking.

"So?" She asked.

"Are you tired?" He asked.

"Not really, not much." She shook her head then realised what he was referring to. "Only if you can be on top."

"Yeah, can do that." He nodded in agreement as he kept his laptop away he rolled over to her side, hovering her halfway as he caught her lips with his tenderly.

"Just go slow." She mumbled against his mouth.

"Was planning on same." He said pulling away so he can move to fit in between her thighs with hands rested on either sides of her shoulders kept him from crushing her with his weight. "Just miss making love to ya, I'm very tired of quickies at night in our bedroom or the bathroom."

"Awh Harry," she cooed and pulled him down with her hand sliding up his neck. He sucked on her bottom lip gently as he slowly made his way down her jaw to her neck with equal feathery and sloppy kisses. "Can I leave hickeys on ya?"

"Mhmm," she nodded. She got nothing to worry about even though she's got half of the press left for her album. But it was okay with her. Everyone knows they sleep together, they're married and have a child!

He lingered just that much longer on her pulse at her neck. Sucking a tiny mark on her skin meanwhile rutting his hips into hers, fabrics of their underwear just separating them from each other, she could feel his hardening bulge against her bundle of nerves with his each soft rut.

It was just perfect that he is just in his boxers and she is just in her shirt and a pair of panties, which Harry is sure are to ruined already when a soft moan escaped her mouth. Her moans are like whispers of song to him, not that she's a loud moaner. It was something just for both of them when it's that way.

"C'mere," he moved away from sucking a mark on her neck but not before he pressed a kiss on her mouth as he helped her sit up. His hands going down to the hem of her shirt as if on auto pilot mode, "can I take this off?"

"Please." She nodded.

Him still asking her for everything little thing makes butterflies in her tummy fly upto her head, because she knows what's coming next. He carefully took off her shirt, extra careful with her pretty face.

"Need y'to stand 'ere." He said as he guided her to side of their hotel bed with his hands on her hips, "no, no a's okay." He assured her already seeing her suck in her tummy, something she did subconsciously especially since she's got a little baby pooch and strech marks on her skin. "Don' do that, okay?"

"Mhmm." She nodded.

"Relax." He looked up at her with his hand rested on her tummy, "relax or aren' goin' any further, baby love. Want you to be comfortable." Once he had made sure she was relaxed, he got to slide down her panties, a wet patch was evidence which boosted up his ego. He knows how to work her up.

Without saying a word with his hand behind her knee he pulled her leg up to rest on the mattress besides him as she stood in between his legs. He pressed a loving kiss on her tummy earning a soft giggle from her, he went onto kiss his way down south. YN gasped feeling the tiniest swip of his tongue on her already sensitive clit. Harry glanced at her with a devilish smirk on his face, his right dimple showing up. He moved to loving on the soft skin on her thighs, pressing on sloppy wet kisses in a trail leading upto where she wanted more pressure just to move to her other thigh.

"How many do you have in you?" He asked, but keeping busy with loving on her.

"I don't know." She mumbled. It's been a long time they have gone this slow. It was like her first time, he made it so special and unforgettable for her, it was on their second date. No pre-hand preparations were needed, he has drove her back to her hotel in London but he ended up staying the night with her, though they opted out on intercourse it was still a very special night. "Quit teasing, H, please!"

"No begging baby, I'm gonna make you cum tonight." He said, "just gonna have my way with you." She just whined a gasp feeling his thumb on her clit rub a tight circle to join by a flick of the tip of his tongue. His tongue was still cold from when he had his (almost frozen) smoothie. She let out a hiss at a bold lick of his tongue.

Looking down, she found him with his eyes closed, devouring her taste like she's his last meal. With his hands on her hips urging her to move her hips in slow thrusts again his flicking tongue which was now warming up to familiar sense of pleasure which followed by closely. She was immediately pushed to the edge when she saw the bright green of his eyes with hints of blues and browns, his cheekbones looked so much more prominent as he sucked on her clit. He sucked in a deep breath as he shut his eyes closed again, indulging himself.

"I'm close, H," she moaned a sigh at the sight of him alone, and another as her hands went up threading through his hair pushing his head further into her pussy. Vibration from his humming causes sparks go down her spine as the exhale from his nose sooth her. She felt his finger teasing at her entrance as he sucked on her clit. It's been just few minutes but it feels like a life time as she came over her euphoric high.

"Fuck!" She mumbled, feeling like she's made of rubber as every tense sensation in her bones, joints and muscles washed away. She almost fell down it were for Harry to pull her on his lap, making her straddle his thighs.

"Hi," he was quick to wrap his arms around her, holding her up as he buried his face into her neck.

"Hi," she whispered resting her head on his shoulder.

"You alright?" He enquired.

"Yeah, just—it was alot. But good." She nodded, "just need a second."

"We have all night baby love." He chuckled quietly, rubbing his hand on the planes of her bare back. "Think we should sleep now, yeah?"

"No," she whined.

"You look tired baby," he pointed out the obvious, "was it that good?"

"I told you I need a second, don't boost your ego." She mumbled against his skin.

"It's been more than a second." He chuckled, "you good now?" He asked once she pushed away slightly to look at him.

"Mhmm." She nodded. "It's just been that long, all we were doing was having quickies."

"Mmm, must say enjoyed tha' very, very much. We should do this more often." He suggested, a cheeky obviously smirk playing on his lips.

"Yeah?" YN cooed teasing him, scrunching up her nose, nudging against his.

"Yeah!" He nodded mimicking her.

Harry's play mocking was shut down with her buttoning their mouths together again as she pushed him back on the mattress.

"Uh-uh, darlin' love, we're doin' it my way today." He managed to mumble against her mouth, turning her unspoken offer of a blowie from her, he knows her all too well. Hooking his leg behind her knee, his hand on her hip and one behind her neck he flipped them over in a split of a second. "Today is about you," he reminded her, pushing her bangs which covering her pretty face. "You had many people show their love and support for you today. Now 's my turn."

"Is it?" She squinted her eyes and pouting her lips in fake confusion.

He kissed her pout away, "mhmm, it is. It is my love."

"God you are hot!" She groaned pulling him in for a kiss.

She wouldn't lie she's been his fan before they met, fought for his tickets online in the fan queue. She found herself quite lucky that he happened to fall in love with her. She took no shame in fangirling over him, on his face.

"Mm," Harry pulled away in hurry. "Gimme a second, yeah?" He hurried to the closet where their bags were kept, almost stumbling over his own bare feet, he took out a few condoms. He walked back to where he left his wife.

"We don't need those." She told him.

"We don' need another babe for a while, love, one is already takin' all of our time and extra." He told her and he slipped down his boxers.

"I am on birth control," she reminded him and watch realisation wash over his gorgeous features. Yet another cheeky smile took over his face as he tossed the silver packets behind him like trash, well, it was trash now. He made his way back to her and smushed his mouth on hers in a tender loving kiss.

"Harry?" She tried to speak, which halted his actions immediately. He looked at her to find her doe eyes, "please?" She asked.

God, they're like old couples who's been together for atleast 7 to 8 decades!

He gave a nod as he willing lied on his back, pulling her on top of him—he is not dumb to deny a blowie offer for the second time!— she gave him a soft peck on his lips, kissing the corner of his mouth she made her way of sloppy wet kisses down his jaw to his neck. His sweet spot just by the angle of his jaw where she lingered to earn a few soft moans from him. Once she was satisfied and knew very well it's going to leave a mark which will darken in the morning and stay for at least a week she moved back to press another kiss on his mouth.

"You sure?" She asked.

"You know I'm—" he was interrupted by another kiss which he welcomed gladly because he's"—not gonna say no to that."

"I love you," she chuckled.

"I love you." He rephrased.

She made her way down. His hard cock lied on his stomach there, wrapping her fingers around it was enough to earn a small gasp from him. Her couldn't fathom the sight of how her tiny hands looked tiny wrapped around his shaft like that. His mind was knocked off all the thoughts at once though, when he felt her warm tongue swipe around just the tip. A kitten licks in, she takes just the head in her mouth. He looked down to find her fully indulged, god how he loved it. She pulls away with sound of pop to his cock another lick.

"God!" He groaned softly, letting his head hang back in the slightest of pleasure, which he wouldn't lie was aching to feel. The feel of her warm mouth wrapped around his, feeling her mouth more and more on his cock. "Oh, no baby take just as much as you can." He warned her. She just hummed as she slowly started to bob her head up and down his cock. He let out a louder hiss of a moan. He wouldn't last long if he keeps thinking how much he missed it then he wouldn't have another in him, especially with how much he desired to be on top. How she made his mind boggle was out of this world.

"Baby, love, stop." He stopped her.

"What? Did I hurt you?" She asked.

"No, no you didn't." He rushed to assured her pulling her closer to him holding onto her wrist. "I wouldn't last that long, and I already don't think 'ave another in me. Let me fuck you now, yeah?"

"Mhmm." She got off of him.

"C'mon darlin', lie down, wanna see your pretty face as I make y'cum with my cock now." He sits up, he doesn't let her lied down herself, with his hands behind her knees he pulls her down making her fall back as he fit himself in between her thighs. "Y'look so gorgeous like this. Jus' for me to see, yeah?"

"Just for you." She nodded. He hovers over her.

"Did I tell you jow much I love you?" He mumbled against her cheek before pressing a soft kiss on her skin.

"You do that like a million times a day." She agrees.

"Mhmm, I love you. So much." He reminded her again as he he buttoned their mouths together, tucking her bottom lip in his. "You ready?"

"Yeah." She could only manage to get one word out with his mouth on hers. He pulled away just a inch, his hand going down in between them, taking his cock in his hand he slowly pushed himself in. Taking it slow this time.

YN could feel every crevice and vien on his cock as she felt him slip inside. He felt bigger somehow. Gasping for hair, she wrapped her arms around his middle, fearing she's going to slip away from all the pleasure she was already feeling.

Happy hormones having a firework in her brain just intensified when he was fully in. His forehead nuzzled in her neck.

"Move now please!" She whimpered quite literally. He hummed in reply as he pulled back just to trust in. It did not take him long to pick a nice rhythm which worked wonders for their filthy song. Their moans added low vocals to the beats of their hips coming together.

"No, look at me baby." He requested, when he saw her eyes shut close. Her head burying further down in her pillow.

"Go faster please," she whined of pleasure. In silent agreement Harry picked up his pace just a little. Pushing her sweet spot just right times, pushing her that much closer to edge.

He felt himself release once, he was close he knew. "Are you gonna cum for me baby?"

"Uh-huh," she nodded and finally looked at him, "ah, please cum with me Harry."

"I'm behind you baby love, cum for me whenever—" he grunts as he keeps up with his rhythm, "—you're ready."

With her hands cupping his face, she pulled him down for a kiss. But she shuddered physical feeling him groan and inhale sharply through her nose as he started going feral with his thrusts now. Chasing for both their highs. Especially after feeling her pussy clench around his cock.

Soon enough he was cumming right after her, as her pussy milked his cock to the last drop.

After shocks hit just rught after a pause in their actions, maybe a second, before both of them started painting as if they just ran a marathon. Harry chuckled softly when he pulled his head up to look at her all worn out lied there under him with her eyes shut, in euphoric daze.

"You alright baby?" He asked.

"Uh-huh." She sounded, opening her eyes to look at him, she felt numb down there but could still tell his now soften cock was still inside her. He smiled resting his forehead on hers, taking in the moment.

"Need to get y'cleaned," he reminded himself more than he did her. It was his ritual, which he couldn't follow for many times even after their quickies.

"I will go clean myself, we don't have much here." She reminded him, "we're in a hotel."

"Oh yeah," he realised, letting out a sigh he looked at her, "you need a minute?"

"Hmm." She nodded.

"You did so good, came so hard." He said, already reminiscing what happened not even a minute ago. She laughed softly, the red tint in her complextion just intensifying.

Her watched as her hand came in his view, her pointer finger running down in feathery touch from in bet his brows to the nose, a little tap on the tip of his nose. He was waiting for it, it never failed to earn a giggle and a tender kiss from him.

"C'mon now, need y'to go pee and clean yourself, yeah?" He said and finally pulled out of her, already missing the specific physical closeness he shared with her.

"I want to cuddle naked." She demanded as she sat up.

"Mhmm," with a pat on her bum he sent her to the bathroom.

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It was half past one in the morning, YN got into bed with her husband. Still feeling her legs wobbling as she walked.

As much as both of the loved being parents to Juno, none of them would even a quarter ounce of a thing, both of them just missed their alone time.

As guilty feeling as it felt to them both, that was needed. It wasn't as intense as their pre baby sex times, but it surely felt like one.

With quickies, it wasn't sure both of them had their orgasms which was equally as important for the other to make sure. With promises to get back to it when their baby would whine in her sleep or start crying or is sick, the tiredness from late night and early mornings broke their promises quite many times. Which both of them were fine of.

They're new parents, and they're going to learn as time goes by.

"We should do this at least once a month." Harry suggested.

For once in a blue moon, he was a big spoon today.

"Yeah? Come to Italy?" She asked.

"Maybe," he said, "or we can have Juno spend time at one of her Grandma's or Aunty Gem's house. Does that sound selfish?"

"No, it doesn't." She assured him, "I know it feels wrong to leave her like that, but I feel like we need alone time too. Not just for sex and but just to talk or get some rest."

He scoffed jokingly, "please, you can never keep your hands off of me."

"Yeah, says you who started this." She commented shutting down his giggles.

"Touche baby love." He smiled. "We have a flight at night tomorrow. So we can sleep in for as long as we wish."

"Please don't wake me up until I wake up myself, even if there's a earthquake or tsunami warning!" She begged, "good night, Mr. Styles."

"Good night, Mrs. Styles." He kissed the back of her head.

He knew she wanted to talk more, she's a talker and goes on and on but she is too tired he reckoned. He's gonna have to take her on a vacation soon.