Hi, Dea! I'm sorry, I'm on mobile and can't link, but can you analyze "TheHug" from the Sheffield show? Specifically Louis' shrug before they hug. Thank you.
Ok, here we go. Link to the slow motion video.
Louis’ shrug was never big deal to me. Why? Because I don’t read it like something negative. I read it like “ok, let’s do it”, like they both expected this to happen and now is the place and time to do this. So it’s not negative or positive gesture, just something neutral “ok, here we are”, “come here then” or “go ahead”.
The hug itself is more interesting to me:
First thing first. Do you see their arms when they are walking in each other’s hug? they are open, ready, familiar… Louis face isn’t tense, he even looks straight to Harry’s face.
Then the fucking “pull” happens. The pull you ask? Yes the fucking pull. Do you see their grip? Yes? Yes, that very hard, tight grip on each other. The arms with the mics are still and very strongly pressed around each other. Harry’s even jumps by the force. But. Do you see how Harry almost trips at the beginning? How he falls in Louis embrace? Yes, that’s Louis’ doing. His strong force startles Harry and then happens the most painful thing on this planet. He stills. Louis completely stills. The moment he strongly pulls Harry to himself, he stills. Watch it. If you blink, you will miss it. He stills, he is still. He is just there in Harry’s hug. Then Harry starts patting his back, which is very “yeah bro” movement and he starts doing that too. But it’s a tiny bit fake, tiny bit too much force behind that patting, if you know what I mean. The grip and the closeness should tell you how intimate the hug is, yet the pat-pat is camouflaging something, I think they tried to hide the intimacy… (In my opinion.)
Now. Let’s talk about their bodies. The upper parts are very close, heads turned to each other’s necks. Intimacy.
The end of the hug is a bit awkward, because they get control over themselves. And Harry wants to hide his facial expression with some weird mouth movement. Though his eyes are smiling.
Let’s talk more about their facial expressions. Louis is happy, content, tight lips, smile and closed eyes. I wonder what he is thinking about. And you can see the grip from this angle better too. I think this hug was huge for him, that it meant a lot to him. For him to show to people that yes, he does not hate this boy.
Harry was literally grinning, with his eyes closed too. His face is turned into Louis sweaty neck and shoulder and he doesn’t care. He is happy being just there. The grips on their mics should also tell you how hard they are hugging. Harry’s grip has the gentle aura too, which is almost fascinating to me, because if you look at the video, there is just force. But now. This hug meant a lot to him too.
Long story short, those are not two enemies hugging, trust me on that.
Always You - 30.08
"Thanks for the flag, love!"
- Louis to a fan who threw a Pride flag on stage.
Louis Tomlinson World Tour: St. Louis. (5 February 2022)
Do know any single songs from Lou? Louis voice is the best :3
well louis hasn’t recorded songs of his own that we know of but here’s links to only his solos :D
louis soundchecking for live lounge || another video Louis’ solo in night changes (acoustic) for 1 minute and 8 secondslouis’ high note in love you goodbye from ellenlouis’ solo in don’t forget where you belong from otra ottawa || dfwyb part 2 louis’ solo in no control from otra seattlesteal my girllouis’ solo in history from alan carrlouis’ solo in infinity from the london sessionlouis’ solo in FourFiveSeconds from live loungetorn from live lounge
Oldies:
rock melouis leading the chorus in live while we’re younglouis’ solo in momentsi wouldVALERIE
other stuff:
thisall his solos from up all night to fourall his solos from made in the am
Wht? What? Is this fucking trueee what!!
In a huge shock, award winning singer and songwriter Louis Tomlinson found out over the weekend that Freddie Reign is not his son. The pair were seen at an arcade Thursday night soon after Tomlinson discovered the news.
“I wanted to make sure the little lad was okay, and understood what was happening,” the 29 year old singer explains. “I’m shocked and quite upset at the news, but it’s best for everyone involved if I step away.”
Tomlinson is set to preform in his own “Away from Home Festival” on August 30th in London. Check out the link below for details on how to get tickets.
Just Like You PROMO:
Zane Lowe (talking about jly): this brand new record just like you, you said “this is something you wanna put out for the fans” but I think it’s something you wanna put out for you. I think it’s something you wanna say, isn’t it?
I thought is was louis on the left and harry on the right 🥲🥲🥲🥲🤷♀️
hair study: louis tomlinson
i think the way louis markets himself is SO interesting, because its so different from every other popular artist out there. in hollywood its basically a given that if you want to become a big star you will have to be sexualized out the wazoo (besides some exceptions) but for louis thats almost nonexistent. none of his songs are about sex, nothing is racy or revealing or raunchy, i think the farthest he goes is talking about kissing. in all of his photoshoots its very much almost proving a point to show no skin at all, with high collars, long pants, long sleeves, etc and lots of big powerful stances and searing eye contact. you dont even see the media sexualizing him either, there are no articles talking about how sexy he is or talking about how his latest music video was about certain sexual acts. i know thats probably due to a lot of factors but i just think its so wild to think about how anti-sexualized louis is in every aspect of his life. his songs, his fashion, even his fans dont interact with him the way we see het harries do. have you ever heard of a het louie that goes as far as harries do? no way man. i just think about this a lot.
Omg the last ng gif 😭😭😭👏👏👏💙💙💙
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