#louis' band

[hl-obsessed]

[daisiesonafield-blog]

Louis' band at the All Of Those Voices London premiere - March 16 2023

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Harry didn’t change his band until it was The Required Moment to do so either though, and I don’t think he would have, had it not been (I genuinely mean no shade to him there, we all learn something new every day). I love love love seeing people who look like me on stage with him and I’m so happy he is giving these opportunities to POCs, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think either one of them spends a long time considering diversity issues. It’s possible Louis too will mix it up when it comes time to add new musicians, he hasn’t had any changes since putting them together initially, has he? I think people get super defensive about their lack of diversity because they want to be a fan of the best person, but like, the moment you realize they really are just our favorite beloved super British super white super rich dumbasses life as a fan will be so much better lmao. I think both has their hearts in the right place, I just think issues that concern me doesn’t necessarily concern them in the same way because we lead very different lives in very different bodies with very different skin colors and also very different wallet sizes. Sometimes they try, sometimes they fail. At the end of the day, I still enjoy being a fan of them and I think they are good people who tries their best, even in the moments where it becomes clear that their world view is probably a bit stuck in 2010. Glad whenever one of them catches up just a bit haha.

Hi, sugar. Yeah, I very much agree with you. And I get what you mean about "the required moment", but I also think there were a few things going on at the same time the change happened. IIRC, he added Pauli as the musical director as he was preparing to tour Fine Line in 2021. He also had been working on Harry's House at the time, which had a different sound.

I'd guess he and Pauli would have discussed the direction he wanted the show to go in, and a decision was made at that time to shake things up. So I think some of the changes to the band's makeup happened organically. However, the fact that it was a positive thing, optically, was probably not lost on Harry or his team.

Harry had said that the BLM protests in 2020 pushed him to look a bit deeper into things he may not have considered previously (likely due to his privilege). Not that this means he is suddenly the epitome of anti-racism, and I'm not trying to negate anything you said above; just adding in some additional context.

As for Louis, he had various musicians when he first started doing Walls promo (and there was at least one POC that I recall), but it was very much like hiring day players, although I think a few of the guys stayed the same. Once he really got going with his first tour, he solidified that band to who he's got now.

[riphertoshreds]

debbie harry performing in paris, 1978.

[sandushengshou]

Interview with the Vampire | 2x02 “Do You Know What It Means to Be Loved by Death”

[voxina]

Fin Power, the frontman from the band STONE (one of Louis' tour opener) shared this TT where he shows that he has been contacted on behalf of Simon Cowell looking for new bands to recruit for his upcoming talent show. And his reply is pure gold!

"There's only one appropriate reply. Tell Simon Cowell to go fuck himself. Team 1D"

[asortofqueerfeeling]

i love when music makes me feel so many indescribable emotions simultaneously

[nijuukoo]

Forget 2023, let's just party like it's 2009

Happy new year! Hope y'all have your own safehouse shenanigans ♥

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[vampiremolloy]

Covers of all of Daniel Molloy's books (that we know of)

[harrywavycurly]

You know what I really miss about One Direction? Everything.

[brian-kinney-apologist]

louis is going to be lestat's band personal photographer in s3 like to charge reblog to cast

[daisiesonafield-blog]

A fan with Louis' band at the FITF NY pop-up store, ahead of the FITF NY ONO! - Nov 11 2022

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I hope Louis doesn't just stop there, I'd love for him to include women/poc in his own band someday. I don't think it's too much to ask but some people get very worked up when the lack of diversity around him is brought up, even when we all agree it doesn't come from a malicious intent on his part at all

No, I don't think it's malicious at all. I think he's choosing people whose music he likes, whose talent he respects, and who he thinks will be people he would enjoy touring with. All of that being said, I don't think there's anything wrong with voicing the idea that it would be nice if he had more women/POC on tour with him. People certainly made a huge deal about it with Harry during his first tour. I don't know why one shouldn't be able to bring it up in regard to Louis.

[riphertoshreds]

Debbie Harry performing in Paris, 1978. Photographed by Jean-Louis Rancurel at the Stadium in Paris on September 26, 1978.

[celestialmacros]

Cool pollinators on Yarrow. The cuckoo wasp is a new species for me.

Louis's Club-horned Cuckoo Wasp (Sapyga louisi)

Wavy Mucksucker (Orthonevra nitida)

Banded Bee Fly (Villa sp.)

June 30, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[homosexualslug]

jacob anderson dropped his season two playlist for louis and it has all of the tumblr classics (mitski, phoebe bridgers, orville peck, olivia rodrigo, etc.) and a good amount of oldies/jazz like the last one, but most importantly: