#louis live: jingle bash

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🐟Tues 3 Dec☁️

Walls and Fine Line listening parties continue- Harry is not personally attending all his anymore, but Louis was at a second today, and was sort of present at today's Fine Line one by way of the WMI video being shown. Louis was interviewed and he slipped up and gave some details of his schedule (in the US til the 20th then home for the holidays) then was like uhhh wait I shouldn't probably tell everyone that huh and shoehorned in a comment about seeing Freddie for Xmas. The Phoenix Jingle Ball bash cancelled day two of their show (which Louis was on), if he's being moved to the other day we don't know it yet. The fan Louis helped out last year by funding her family's project to make her home accessible was at the listening party today and Louis went out of his way to make it special for her. She described her experience with him in the exact words as other child fans have after meeting him: "he's my best friend."

Harry has lots of stuff coming up including another Rolling Stone feature, it looks like, and Ellen on the 18th (same day as Live Lounge so one of them will be prerecorded- people are saying probably Live Lounge which given the name of it I find confusing but sure okay.) With those two outlets we'll for sure be hearing lots about Cherry and ex girlfriends soon; let's hope the people who like that really enjoy it because, as a correspondent from today's listening party said, 'I hope they really like Cherry cause they're gonna have a hard time making anything else add up to what they want it to.' More lyrics were leaked (umm Sunflower Vol 6 is about a lover who he calls sunflower? ...cool cool cool. Cool. Very calm.) and Adore You merch is out, the beautiful Eroda fish poster art! It's great merch, I want it, but it is yes. You guessed it. Extremely expensive. Speaking of which Argentinian fans are circulating a petition asking HSHQ to adjust HSLOT prices in their country to reflect the economic reality, namely that the current local ticket prices are insane and no one will be able to go.

The Eroda site has added a Testimonials tab with a few selected accounts of time spent on the island; one is from a user called EdtheErodian who seems to Know Things... is he Edward, aka The Boy, aka Harry Edward Styles? Or just a clever enthusiast?

Niall is in Australia providing content, just really quantity. He tells the Lizzo story again (he: you're smashing it! Lizzo: you can smash this!) and turns a little red and stutters just telling it, man I wish there was video of the actual incident, and he says yeah I've written my name on napkins for people to try to pick up on them. Does he have autograph signing flashbacks while he's doing it and think ack I shouldn't put my number on here? Should he be giving his number out to random people? I have questions. And Halsey says she has a song coming soon with a friend, Hiall collab theorists intensified.

Liam was papped at a BFA after-party last night, posted more song snippets, is offering free tickets to his album release show to UK merch store customers, and teased what looks like a video! Dec 6! Presumably for Live Forever soooo single and video drop along with the album Fri?

And Zayn surfaced for Giving Tuesday to promote Malalas fund, the organization formed by young Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to provide access to education for girls worldwide.

[takemehomefromnarnia]

Who’s bringing rainbows to the 2020  Tours?

The sight of this pride flag (brought by @haznlou​ - thank you!) & Louis smilingly acknowledging it, made everyone so happy - so who else is bringing rainbows to the upcoming 2019 dates & everyone’s 2020 tours?

If you have tickets for Louis’ shows Phoenix, New York in 2019 or Barcelona, Stockholm, Glasgow, Doncaster & Manchester in 2020 and plan to bring rainbow or other pride items: please consider signing up here

If you have tickets for Liam or Niall - we need you even more: same place

Stats for Louis’ dates so far: 

30/11/2019 Live. Life. Love. Concert for suicide prevention: 6 participants 05/12/2019 Poptopia, SAP Center, San Jose (USA): 7 participants 09/12/2019 Jingle Bash, The Van Buren, Phoenix (AZ, USA):  No signups! 13/12/2019 Z100 All Access Lounge, Pier 26, New York (USA): No signups! 09/03/2020 Razzmatazz, Barcelona (Spain): No signups! 14/03/2020 Arena/Fryhuset, Stockhalm (Sweden): No signups! 16/03/2020 Columbiahalle, Berlin (Germany): 7 participants 8/03/2020 L'Olympia, Paris (France): 3 participants 19/03/2020 AFAS Live, Amsterdam (Netherlands): 5 participants 23/03/2020 The Roundhouse, London (UK): 5 participants 24/03/2020  The Roundhouse, London (United Kingdom) 4 participants 26/03/2020  02 Academy, Glasgow (United Kingdom): No signups! 27/03/2020  Doncaster Dome, Doncaster (United Kingdom): No signups! 28/03/2020 O2 Apollo, Manchester (United Kingdom): No signups!

We got 2 dates covered for Niall’s tour, and no one for Liam’s and Harry’s upcoming dates - please do consider joining!

And as always PLEASE REBLOG

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Hailee & Niall Timeline

Timeline provided for the events/occurrence between Hailee Steinfeld and Niall Horan. 

May 17, 2015: Hailee and Niall attend the BBMAs and Taylor Swift’s afterparty (unsure of whether they met).

November 22, 2015: Hailee and Niall attend the AMAs and later both attend the AMAs Purpose afterparty with Selena Gomez. 

December 4, 2015: Hailee and Niall perform at KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball.

October 1, 2016: Hailee tweets about This Town and Niall replies.

October 3, 2016: Hailee likes Niall’s tweet to her.

October 9, 2016: Hailee (indirectly) chooses to snog Niall in a game of Snog, Marry, or Kill? 

December 1, 2016: Niall and Hailee perform at the WiLD 94.9 Jingle Ball in Santa Clara and are seen hugging and talking backstage.

December 9, 2016: Niall and Hailee perform at Z100 Jingle Ball in New York and were scheduled to sing together but didn’t have time to rehearse, so Niall ends up introducing Hailee instead. 

"There’s been a couple of times where we’ve talked about it and then you turn up on the day and you see everyone has the soundcheck and then you don’t get a lot of time to practice about things on stage.. like, sometimes meself and Shawn have talked about doing something before and meself and Hailee Steinfeld have talked about getting up and playing and hopefully this time.. now that we know that that’s the problem, we can resolve that and maybe do something. It’s just so cool, it’s rare that you get all of us artists in the same room, in the same building and so.. you know, people are waiting, having won competitions and stuff like that.. you kinda wanna give them a little bit more than just our songs. So, it’d be nice to get up and do something." -Niall

“Alright well, I’ve been given the job to tell you who’s coming next and it’s a very very special girl and a very good friend of mine and I’m glad that I get to do this. Ladies and gentlemen, Hailee Steinfeld! HAILEE STEINFELD!”

December 12, 2016: Niall starts following Hailee on Twitter.

December 14, 2016: Niall and Hailee perform at KISS Jingle Ball in Chicago and Hailee posts stories of their “fight”.

April 1, 2017: Hailee likes a post about Niall on Instagram.

May 4, 2017: Hailee likes a post about Niall on Instagram.

May 6, 2017: Niall likes Hailee’s tweet.

May 7, 2017: Hailee tweets Niall and Niall replies.

May 10, 2017: Hailee follows Niall back on Twitter.

May 12, 2017: Niall and Hailee perform at 93.3 Summer Kickoff concert in San Diego and Niall posts a video of Hailee. (Gifs credit)

May 13, 2017: Niall and Hailee perform at Wango Tango and Hailee posts stories of Niall’s soundcheck. Niall gets spotted by fans watching Hailee’s performance.

May 15, 2017: Niall talks about Hailee in an interview with Zach Sang.

May 19, 2017: Hailee posts a snapchat of her listening to Slow Hands.

May 20, 2017: Niall and Hailee perform at SPF 2017 in Vegas.

June 10, 2017: Niall and Hailee perform at Capital Summertime Ball in London. Hailee talks about Niall on the red carpet.

“Niall is a great friend and I’m very excited to see him, as well.”

June 12, 2017: Hailee likes Niall’s tweet.

June 24, 2017: Niall and Hailee perform at B96 Summer Bash and Hailee uploads multiple stories of her watching Niall’s performance.

June 27, 2017: Niall starts following Hailee on Instagram.

September 8, 2017: Hailee likes Niall’s tweet.

September 13, 2017: Hailee wishes Niall a happy birthday on Twitter.

September 13, 2017: Hailee likes Niall’s tweet.

September 15, 2017: Hailee likes Niall’s Instagram post.

September 17, 2017: Hailee likes Niall’s post on Instagram.

September 23, 2017: Hailee likes posts about Niall on Instagram.

September 24, 2017: Hailee likes Niall’s tweet.

October 27, 2017: Niall cites Hailee as his favorite female artist.

"Hailee Steinfeld's a good friend of mine – banging out the new tunes.” -Niall

November 2, 2017: Niall likes Hailee’s post on Instagram. 

November 4, 2017: Hailee likes Niall’s post on Instagram.

November 9, 2017: Hailee likes Niall’s post on Instagram.

November 18, 2017: Niall rehearses for the AMAs and Niall mentions Hailee as one of the performers he’s excited for.  "My good friend Hailee Steinfeld, looking forward. I know she's nervous, she was telling me she's nervous, and rightfully so, it’s a big night.” -Niall

November 19, 2017: Hailee likes Niall’s tweet.

November 19, 2017: Hailee and Niall perform at the AMAs and attend the same afterparty.

November 20, 2017: Niall leaves a comment on one of Hailee’s Instagram post and likes the other. Hailee likes his comment and Niall likes a tweet about him and Hailee.

November 28, 2017: Niall and Hailee perform at 106.1 KISS Jingle Ball. Hailee takes over iHeartRadio’s snapchat and documents Niall’s full performance. After Niall’s performance, Hailee and Niall go watch The Chainsmokers’ performance.

November 28, 2017: Hailee likes a tweet about watching Niall’s performance.

November 29, 2017: Niall and Hailee fly to San Francisco together.

November 29, 2017: Niall gets spotted at Christmas in the Park and Hailee posts a story from it. Both of their teams upload stories at Christmas in the Park at the same time.

November 30, 2017: Hailee and Niall perform at WiLD 94.9′s Jingle Ball in San Jose. Niall gets spotted watching Hailee’s performance. Most of Niall’s team starts following Hailee on Instagram.

December 1, 2017: Hailee likes a post about Niall on Instagram.

December 4, 2017: Hailee shares a screenshot of her listening to “Lost on You” by Lewis Capaldi, Niall’s favorite song, in her Instagram story after the Jingle Balls.

December 7, 2017: Hailee gets asked about seeing Niall during PP3 promo in London. 

“And you’re in London, British talent, you’ve told me you’re friends with Niall. He’s doing so well!” “He is!” “Do you get to see much of the brits these days?” “I always find that when I’m here, none of them are, which is currently the case. So hopefully, I need to come back when I can just hang, when I’m not working and see all of them for sure.”

December 8, 2017: Louis Tomlinson starts following Hailee on Instagram.

December 11, 2017: Niall wishes Hailee a happy birthday on Instagram. Hailee likes and comments on the post.

December 15, 2017: The PP3 cast visits a USO base and Niall seems to be a popular topic.

January 1, 2018: Deo Devine (Niall’s cousin) starts following Hailee on Instagram.

January 2, 2018: Hailee and Niall go see Hamilton in London. 

January 5, 2018: Hailee leaves London and tweets about Millie Bobby Brown.

January 8, 2018: Niall tweets about finishing Stranger Things.

January 11, 2018: Hailee has a press day for Lip Sync Battle and Rob (her stylist) starts following Niall.

January 13, 2018: Niall joins the Steinfeld’s and friends for Griffin’s (Hailee’s brother) birthday. Hailee wears Niall’s coat.

January 18, 2018: Hailee responds to the rumors of her and Niall dating. “I feel so lucky that [my fans] care enough about me to know what I’m doing every second of every day, but I think that sometimes it’s hard for people in general to realize that there are boundaries to a person’s life and personal life. I am a very private person, I do love that I have the opportunity to share with them what I’m comfortable with and they’re there to listen and support me.”

January 19, 2018: Niall wears the coat Hailee was wearing at Griffin’s birthday party. 

January 27, 2018: Hailee’s cousin’s step-daughter tweets about Hailee and Niall.

(for reference, that it’s about Hailee) 

January 28, 2018: Hailee’s dad likes a comment about Hailee and Niall on Instagram.

January 29, 2018: Niall likes Hailee’s post on Instagram.

February 4, 2018: Hailee uploads a story of her watching PP2 on Niall’s TV.

February 5, 2018: Hailee and Niall are seen shopping for music and movies in LA.

February 9, 2018: Niall films the On The Loose music video and Conor McDonnell (photographer on set) starts following Hailee on Instagram. 

February 10, 2018: Hailee and Niall are seen together outside of LA.

February 17, 2018: Hailee and Niall attend a BSB concert and XS Nightclub in Vegas.

“A source confirms to E! News that after the concert the duo hit up at XS Nightclub where they sat together at a stage table with a few friends, sipping on Absolut Elyx cocktails and taking in a DJ set by Diplo.”

February 19, 2018: People talks to a “source” and publishes an article about Hailee and Niall.

“She’s not actively pursuing anything, Niall is really into her but she’s unsure if she wants to get into something new right away. They’ve been friends for a long, long time and are very comfortable with each other, but it’s nothing serious right now.”

February 23, 2018: Hailee picks up on some Irish lingo.

February 24, 2018: On Air With Ryan Seacrest talks about Hailee and Niall rumors and Tanya Rad (one of Hailee’s best friends and OAWRS host) doesn’t comment and RSVP Live publishes an article about a “source” confirming Niall and Hailee’s relationship.

“Niall and Hailee have been getting very close. They’re very cute together. They’re like best friends.”

March 8, 2018: Hailee gets asked about Niall in an interview.

CD: And you are one of those people who are close with lots of musicians. Just say, you and Julia Michaels are best friends. Niall Horan is also included in your list (as best friends). How do you stay communicated with them with your busy schedules?

Hailee: One thing that’s fun is, accidentally our paths cross when we are on tour, and we won’t always be in the same place at the same time. But, when it happens, we always try as much as possible to see each other. 

March 12, 2018: Hailee likes Niall’s post on Instagram.

March 17, 2018: Hailee goes to Glasgow to spend St. Patrick’s Day with Niall. (Gif credit)

March 17-19, 2018: More of Niall’s team and opening act (Lewis Capaldi) starts following Hailee on Instagram. 

March 19, 2018: Hailee uploads a story backstage and is seen watching Niall backstage.

March 22, 2018: Hailee misses her mom’s birthday to perform with Julia Michaels at Flicker World Tour London. Hailee watches Niall perform and sings along to every song, according to fans. (Tweet about her singing along has since been deleted).

March 27, 2018: A “source” confirms Niall and Hailee are dating to E News.

“It's true that Hailee and Niall are dating, but at this point it's still pretty casual”

March 28, 2018: Niall likes Hailee’s post on Instagram.

March 28, 2018: Niall’s cousin comments on a post about Hailee and Niall.

April 2, 2018: Niall adds Capital Letters to his “Niall Horan’s Tunes” Spotify playlist.

April 7, 2018: Hailee joins Niall in Augusta, GA for The Masters.

April 8, 2018: Hailee and Niall attend The Masters.

April 8, 2018: Hailee joins Niall on his annual trip to the Bahamas with Justin Rose.

April 10, 2018: Hailee and Niall are seen in The Bahamas.

April 13, 2018: Julia Michaels talks about Niall and Hailee watching her soundcheck.  “He watches every soundcheck that I do. And I had Hailee come out to perform with me in London so they were both watching my soundcheck and then Niall all of a sudden takes off his shirt and starts running down the aisles like a crazy person just to get me to laugh.”

April 25, 2018: Niall blacklists Hailee as a topic in interviews.

April 26, 2018: Niall likes Hailee’s post on Instagram.

April 28, 2018 - May 2, 2018: Niall posts an Instagram story saying “ssshhteamin!” and a couple days later Hailee posts an Instagram story saying “Shmood.” 

April 29, 2018: Interviewer asks Hailee to choose between 5 Seconds of Summer or One Direction.

“Oh my goodness gracious, 5 sec- OH NO, that’s gonna get me in trouble. I can’t choose, I love them both.” -Hailee

May 15, 2018: Hailee and Niall meet fans at Pink Taco in LA.

May 19, 2018: Hailee and Niall get spotted at Saddle Ranch in LA.

May 21, 2018: Hailee and Niall are spotted holding hands at E.P. & L.P. in LA.

May 22, 2018: Nick Grimshaw talks about teasing Niall about Hailee. Anitta likes a post about Hailee and Niall on Instagram.

May 27, 2018: Niall and Hailee perform at BBC’s Biggest Weekend in Swansea and Niall watches Hailee perform from side of stage. x/x/x “Niall Horan is currently watching Hailee Steinfeld side of stage, and earlier was spotted having a kiss and cuddle with her.“ - Scott Mills

BBC reveal Hailee and Niall have each other blacklisted as topics for interviews.

Hailee talks about the BSB concert she attended with Niall: “It was so great, I grew up hearing their music and it was amazing to be there. Any show in Vegas is incredible to see, no matter who it is. It was hit after hit and I actually knew way more songs than I thought I did.”

May 27, 2018: Hailee and Niall hang out with Niall’s friends in London.

May 28, 2018: Deo Devine (Niall’s cousin) posts a picture of Hailee, Niall, and friends on his story.

June 8, 2018: Cheri Steinfeld (Hailee’s mom) likes Niall’s post on Instagram.

June 15, 2018: Christian Tierney (Hailee’s current photographer and Niall’s former photographer) likes two comments about Hailee and Niall on Instagram.

June 17, 2018: Terry George uploads a photo with Niall at the Ed Sheeran concert and follows Hailee and Niall’s cousins that attended it with him.

June 18, 2018: Hailee introduces Starving by saying “This is a song I like to sing when I’m in love.”

June 23, 2018: Hailee is listed as a VIP Guest at Niall’s “Horan & Rose” charity event, but doesn’t make it. Niall gets asked about Hailee.

Olly Murs, TV’s Kirsty Gallacher and cricketer Kevin Pietersen were among guests, but Niall’s rumoured girlfriend Hailee Steinfield couldn’t make it. 

Asked if they are together, he said: “Private life, I’ll keep that one to myself.”

June 25, 2018: Niall travels to Newcastle to see Hailee perform on Witness: The Tour. Hailee and Niall stay to watch Katy perform.

June 26, 2018: Niall likes Hailee’s post on Instagram.

June 26, 2018: Hailee joins in on Lewis Capaldi’s joke that Niall has constantly taken part of.

June 30, 2018: Niall travels to Portugal to support Hailee at Rock in Rio Lisboa.

July 4, 2018: Hailee’s backup dancer likes and comments on Niall’s Instagram posts.

July 10, 2018: Hailee wears one of Niall’s shirts.

July 11, 2018: Hailee introduces her new song, “Used to This”, by saying:

“I’m a pretty independent woman, I like to do things by myself, for myself… Uhm and it can be small things, like from taking the day off or eating alone, right?… Sprawl out on a couch that can fit around 12 people, I’m taking up all the space and that goes for like a lot of different things. It wasn’t until, I fell in love that I realized some of those things about yourself sort of start to change. You become a little less selfish and you scoot over and make room for the other person, because you love them.” 

July 11, 2018: Hailee makes a playlist of some of her and Niall’s favorite songs.

Lewis Capaldi – Lost On You

Wonderwall – Oasis

The Chain – Fleetwood Mac

New Kids In Town – Eagles

July 13, 2018: Hailee watches a live periscope of Niall’s concert in Mexico.

July 16, 2018: Niall travels to New York City to see Hailee perform on The Voicenotes Tour.

“Niall flew to New York City to hang out with Hailee during his three-day break from tour,” the insider says. “He had a show in Mexico on Saturday and another one in Houston on Wednesday.”Horan, 24, is using this trip as an opportunity to spend quality time with Steinfeld, 21, without prying eyes. “He’s in New York alone — no staff, crew, friends, etc.,” the source adds. “They’ve been staying at a hotel together in New York.”

The couple were spotted leaving their hotel in great spirits on Monday, July 16. “They left the hotel, holding hands, smiling and looking very happy,” the source explains. “They then went to Saks Fifth Avenue and went shopping.” –Us Weekly

July 16, 2018: Hailee’s hairstylist starts following Niall on Instagram.

July 24, 2018: Hailee adds more details to her “Used To This” speech.

“Let’s cut to the chase on this one, I fell in love for the first time. And umm, for the longest time, a part of me was like, ‘This is not love. It’s fun and it’s great, but it’s definitely not love. I’m fine, I’m fine. This person could leave tomorrow, and I’d be fine!’ And then I realized no I wouldn’t, this is love. This is love. And then I sorta started to learn that when you fall in love with someone, things about yourself sorta start to change. You become a little less selfish. I found that I, like, scoot over on the couch, leave some room for them, and I share my ice cream and stuff like that.”

July 25, 2018: Conor McDonnell likes a comment about Niall and Hailee on Instagram.

July 29, 2018: Hailee and Niall are spotted together by two fans in Chicago during their day off from tour.

July 31, 2018: Niall likes Hailee’s post on Instagram.

August 1, 2018: Hailee likes a tweet that includes a fan wearing Niall merchandise.

August 1, 2018: Justin Rose starts following Hailee on Instagram.

August 6, 2018: Niall likes Hailee’s post on Instagram.

August 7, 2018: Hailee likes Niall’s tweet.

August 8, 2018: Hailee’s close friends and co-writers, Justin Tranter and Brandon Colbein, attend Niall’s concert in LA. Brandon starts following Niall on Instagram.

August 10, 2018: Niall and Hailee are mentioned in Lewis Capaldi’s newsletter.

August 13, 2018: Hailee and Niall are seen at Disneyland.

August 14, 2018: Niall attends The Voicenotes Tour.

August 15, 2018: Hailee and Niall are spotted at Target and on the way to Hailee’s show in Irvine.

August 16, 2018: Julia Michaels likes a tweet about Hailee and Niall.

August 17, 2018: Kay Cannon: screenwriter of the Pitch Perfect films, co-producer of Pitch Perfect 2 & 3 (starring Hailee Steinfeld), and director of Blockers (featuring This Town & Love Myself) tweets about Hailee and Niall.

August 18, 2018: Hailee likes Sean Mulholland (Niall’s best friend and housemate)’s post featuring Niall on Instagram.

August 19, 2018: Trey Baxter (Hailee’s co-star in the Capital Letters music video) talks abut filming with her boyfriend on set.

August 20, 2018: Niall liked Hailee’s post on Instagram.

August 20, 2018: Shawn Mendes talks about Hailee and Niall.

“Niall and Hailee? They’re two of my favorite people in the whole world. Niall is one of my greatest friends and I was one of the first people she [Hailee] worked with in music. I thought that this was common knowledge, I guess it was common knowledge for me because I’m close friends with them both.”

September 2, 2018: Hailee attends the Flicker World Tour in Allentown and is seen backstage with Niall.

September 5, 2018: A video of Hailee’s phone background is posted, in which it looks like a photo of her and Niall.

September 6, 2018: Niall liked Hailee’s post on Instagram.

September 7, 2018: Niall is given socks to give to Hailee by a fan and Hailee is spotted by fans at Flicker World Tour in Darien Lake.

September 8, 2018: Hailee is spotted by fans at Flicker World Tour in Mansfield.

September 9, 2018: Hailee and Niall are spotted in Portsmouth, NH.

September 10, 2018: Niall confronts a “fan” on Twitter about mean tweets about Hailee.

September 12, 2018: Hailee attends Flicker World Tour in Jones Beach, NY. Niall talks about Hailee with a fan during M&G.

September 14, 2018: Hailee gets spotted by fans in the background of Niall’s Instagram live and backstage at Flicker World Tour in Hartford.

[dearly]

Ok I agree with your points to that anon, but you can’t look at the others and compare them to Louis when they seem to be different artists. Louis seems to prioritize perfecting his album in lieu of being public whereas Niam, especially liam like to go overboard with promo. Liam also has had 2 songs out since the beginning of the year so he has more incentive to do performances whereas Louis only had MY that his label and him seemed to scrap in place of getting the album done. Also 1)

Zayn was in the middle of a promo rollout when he was dropped/left his management team. It does happen and if I remember correctly Louis actually switched labels a week or two before Back To You was released. We’re also going off of an unknown album date so for all we know the album could be dropping end of the year/next year and the rollout might start later this year. Idk just wanted to add a second opinion. 2)-end

i don’t even know where to start with this. like i said people can be as optimistic as they want, but i don’t need your second opinion when it has no basis in what we’re seeing. you people think i’m drawing conclusions based on nothing? i’m drawing conclusions based on past events. and you seem to have a completely different idea of how this shit works, putting a whole lot of decision making at louis’ feet. 

“they seem to be different artists” as in… louis is the kind of artists who doesn’t need promo? doesn’t need brand building? literally what are you even talking about? even indie artists get promo. here’s a story: last year i had peak solo louis optimism. because of his connection with high snobiety and noisey i figured OK–they are going the “indie” route. i adjusted my expectations in my head, no jingle ball and big radio bashes in sight, and i figured then he’d be doing lots of festivals this year–not radio ones, but stuff like governor’s ball, lolla, osheaga etc. the stuff that appeals to that crowd. maybe he’d be talked up to stereogum which is the arbiter of indie taste. he could do kexp live lounge etc. what did we get? nothing. and as someone who does frequent lots of indie sites let me tell you he’s not even on their radar, and if he is it’s not in a positive light.

liam has had two more songs out… is the exact point. he’s getting to release his music. and i don’t know how you’re just brushing aside the fact that MY was completely abandoned? that’s not normal. you don’t scrap a single in order to get the album done? additionally you’re forgetting that niall promoed TT for months. he then promoed SH for months and did festivals with just TT and SH under his belt. there’s absolutely not logical reason for louis to be out of the spotlight. and you seem to think louis…. decided to stop promoting MY? like i’m sorry but you’re putting so much onus on him in all of this when he’s not the one pulling the strings. they spent so much energy promoting its debut on TXF only to drop it immediately – almost like it was only TXF promo. 

i didn’t say that no artists change teams mid-rollout, i said it’s a bad sign. and how well have things worked out for zayn exactly? how much promo is he doing? right. management contracts are quite rigid and are typically on year terms, which means louis dropped them because he didn’t want to renew for another year or two because he knows how shit they’ve been (which should indicate that he is in fact not happy with how his career has been handled so far, which punches a hole in your theory that he’s just a ‘different artist’ who doesn’t want to ‘overboard’). i am very cautiously optimistic about what a new management might entail. but as i’ve said, we’ve been burned before. really, really badly. so no, i’m not going to sit here and say everything is now under control when we’ve literally not seen any indication that things have changed for the better just yet. 

as for unknown dates–louis said the album was coming in the first half of the year. that’s by the end of june. i really fucking hope that’s not when the album is actually coming because the lack of lead up is criminal and will be used to push the idea that he’s a failure. and to clarify– i don’t think he is one. i think he has the potential to do so much. but that’s not how he’s being treated or reported on. 

and no, he didn’t change labels. he was reported as being distributed by RCA in the US, that was corrected to say he was actually with epic. they are both sony subsidiaries. i believe epic is the smaller of the two labels, so if you wanna be really pessimistic i’d say sony told RCA “here you go” and they were like, “nah” so they had to shuffle him over to epic who has shown zero interest in supporting him. it’s been a nonstop waiting game. epic prioritized camila we said, “okay maybe once her album is out they’re going to give louis some focus.” didn’t happen. we won him the best solo breakout award over her, hoping that would jolt them into paying some attention to him, didn’t happen. now they’re putting all their juice in meghan trainor. syco are too busy praising harry to even know a louis and also promoting their new boyband that’s supposed to replace 1d. they don’t care about him.

considering everything that’s going on i don’t think i or anyone else can be blamed for being worried. the only thing that will reassure me is an actual change in direction and promo. not your rose coloured interpretation of events.the reality is what mika has said, and what i’ve been saying from the start: “Am I going to be in the top seven global priorities at my record company? Because if you’re not, you have to face up to that – and find other ways to get what you need to promote your career.” louis is not one of the priorities at his label. he isn’t. and maybe, hopefully his new management will help him to stay relevant and accomplish something in spite of syco/epic and can secure him a deal with a label that will prioritize him later. but we don’t know that that’s going to happen. and i don’t do blind faith or blind trust anymore. i’m still completely devastated about how wrong i was about so many things. i still cry when i think about how different i thought this “hiatus” was going to turn out. i cannot afford to be optimistic again and be crushed again. 

so please. go be optimistic somewhere else. i’m waiting for concrete proof that things have changed.

[underthecanyonmoooon]

seeing taylor at jingle bash was a feeling like no other 💓 i remember nearly being in tears watching her but the adrenaline some how kept my tears lolol but anyway!! it was the first time i had seen her again since july 2015. knowing she was doing well and happy made my heart burst :’) i remember it was the first time she played gorgeous live. i remember hugging andrea for the briefest second and i miss it all. i just can’t wait until september to see taylor in st louis and relive these feelings all over again @taylorswift @taylornation ❤️ love you

[dailytomlinson]

@live1015phoenix: We can’t wait to see @Louis_Tomlinson on 12/9 for #JingleBashPHX !!! Get your tickets-> http://bit.ly/jinglenight2 <- #LouisTomlinson

[dailytomlinson]

Louis’ performance at Jingle Bash in Phoenix has been cancelled - 03.12

[1ddiscourseoftheday]

28 Oct 19

Mood of the day has been TICKET STRESS! With LT tour ticket sales upon us with little time to prepare and much confusion about what the hell is going on, tensions are running high. But the pre-sale codes were finally sent out to most places and fans in the first countries to go on sale successfully got tickets so it's slightly calmer now. To everyone trying tomorrow: may the odds be ever in your favor.

Louis has added another performance! He's playing the Phoenix AZ Jingle Bash on Dec 9. Video of fans from the WMI listening parties has been posted. WMI is Amazon song of the day! And in interviews: he says that WMI is the second of FOUR singles, so we can expect another after DLIBYH (which he said will be out in Nov) and probably the video series is four parts. He says he spends AN HOUR A DAY reading fan messages and that he'd like to find an unknown/unsigned band to open for him for the UK or US legs of tour to give them a boost. We found out why Noel Gallagher is credited on Walls; as suspected it's because of a melody similarity and not any work he and Louis did together. Louis said it was ironic cause he's a Liam Gallagher fan mostly but that they asked if it was ok and Noel said yes, "I thought it was fucking cool, I was expecting him to just say no." Late Late Show is tonight and early reports make it sound fun and that's all, no big drama. Ben Winston got everyone riled up teasing something exciting on the show tonight but, spoiler, it isn't anything exciting. Build interviewer Kevan Kenney tweets that he has Louis news tomorrow. Louis took fan pics and hung out a little bit outside the LLS taping.

Liam's anime lyric video was mysteriously reuploaded to YouTube, so all the previous view counts were lost, and even more mysteriously the description included A LOT of lyrics from the upcoming album, just a massive dump of song lyrics. WTF happened over there?? MTV is teasing a Liam interview for tomorrow with some cool clips of a fun looking photoshoot (that white suit and Panama hat! whoa) and an interview clip in which he talks about the difficulties of dating in the public eye. He also shows us through his shoot wardrobe, stopping on a patterned suit to give a little wink to Harry ("I feel like I know someone would wear it better.")

Niall congratulated Lewis Capaldi on finally making it number one in the US, tells us to "smile all the time" because "it's good for ya," and says he's been listening to his own album at the gym because he's working on mixes currently. He posted and quickly deleted a dimly lit selfie making a weird face OOPS.

We got a picture of Harry in his stage clothes from the Jools Holland taping- it's the FOURTH (4th) iteration of the same outfit in a different color scheme, amazing! The high waisted button trousers, glittery blouse and wide braces combo was in soft purples and pinks on this occasion. The similarity to a certain David Bowie era was again noted.

And in the most unexpected revelations of the day, a Julian Bunetta podcast casts a familiar song in a whole new light. He talks about nearly leaking the entirety of Midnight Memories by accident but does not mention the time he actually was responsible for No Control leaking and talks about writing for 1D at great length without ever acknowledging them having participated in songwriting, but the big story is about the writing of She's Not Afraid. He says the house next to the studio they were working in was being used for a porn shoot and they "didn't want to be creeps" so they were sneaking around in the bushes peeking through the windows because they felt that would be "more respectful" to the female actress, hmm yes that sounds about like Julian's idea of respecting women, and then they wrote the song about a made up version of her in their minds. Respectful is... definitely the word is have chosen for all that, YOU BET. Anyway he also says the Calabasas house was bought by Liam and that's who lived in it.