#louis obsessed with rhcp

[seasurfacefullofclouds1]

Hey sea! Can you please give me the interpretations on each song from FITF?

Hi there!

I was looking at the FITF tracklist again, and something struck me that other people have mentioned but which didn’t really crystallize in my mind before. But this post made me realize that something really snapped in Louis’ mind during the pandemic.

In Louis’ Alt Press interview, he said, “I wondered if this was going to be my narrative for the rest of my life, where I'm just constantly frustrated that life wasn't dealing me the hand that I wanted.”

Louis talked about a few factors motivating him, and once he got started with writing Faith In The Future, things went really quickly. He got most of the songs done within 3-4 months of writing. The factors were:

1. Being able to sell 160k livestream tickets: he realized that he could “do this at a high fucking level.”

2. The influence of John Frusciante and Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose Live at Slane Castle documentary Louis watched FIVE times. Frusciante had left RHCP during a period of personal struggle, only to return to the band while making solo albums over 32 years. 5x is an obsession.

3. Moving away from the heavy, confessional balladry of Walls toward the lighter, more dynamic stage-driven Faith In The Future. Louis not only felt that he could do it (“Self-doubt, worry and a lack of confidence have, at times, plagued Tomlinson”), but that he DESERVES it. Louis feels his worth. The boosted confidence injects wry humor into much of FITF: despite the heavy themes, the album is ticklish with laughter.

So, just keeping this in mind, I realized that the songs on FITF generally had a theme of Louis’ saying, “You can’t have me anymore.”

In Walls, Louis was writing about going through a breakup, feeling forlorn and lonely (Only The Brave), wishing for reconciliation (Always You) and begging for love (Defenceless). Being alone was something he was afraid of, something that made him feel darkness and insecurity. Even when Louis was reconciled to being alone and trying to be brave about it (Walls, Fearless, Copy of a Copy of a Copy), there was still a feeling that he was responsible. Maybe he was not worthy of love. He woke alone with the same “problems under the sheets.” He had been Too Young. He was addicted to a Habit that had long ago stopped giving him happiness. Louis’ reaction to the pain: Kill My Mind.

In a way, he was working through the stages of grief (many types), but hadn’t really made it through depression.

In FITF, Louis’ attitude has flipped a switch. He is no longer scared or insecure. Louis has become aware that he’s amongst The Greatest. He knows that his journey is worthwhile; he can build his life for his own happiness, and he will no longer beg ex-lovers or any lovers. Whoever wants to come along with him is Lucky to be on this trip. There’s a feeling of light, wind, openness, amplitude, a hope for Paradise, the relief that he can look at any thoughts of suicide in the rearview mirror with gratitude for having survived, a grace and delicacy to his spirit, a distancing from personal anguish. On this album, Louis is nonchalant, effortlessly cool, calm, mature, sexy. It’s what makes him irresistible in every recent photo, and what gives his Instagram selfies an elegant, feline quality. Louis has defined success and peace on his terms, and love seems both sadder but also more attainable, calmer, warmer, because Louis loves himself more.

For Louis’ Track By Track explanations, you can read them here. These are my interpretations.

The Greatest: I’m never going to be in the cold again. We will never see the setbacks we saw in the past. No one will make us disappear again.

Written All Over Your Face: these petty fights are stupid. Whenever you feel like it, you can find me on the other side waiting. And by the way, both your anger and your desire for me are written on your face.

Bigger Than Me: I needed a bigger perspective. Time gave me a chance to rethink.

Lucky Again: there’s no use wishing things were different. Fate has other plans for me. I’m worthy of love; I will find it again.

Face The Music: forget consequences and anxiety. Live in the moment. Your instinct will tell you what’s right.

Chicago: our breakup hurt me incredibly deeply. No matter how much time has passed, it feels just like yesterday. But I learned from it, and I can rise above it.

All This Time: no matter how hard I try, part of me will never be “normal.” But what stays won’t be reminders of the pain of trying to fit in. It will be the love. Pleasure is pain. But pain is a lesson, hard won.

Out Of My System: A wall is a wall but sometimes it feels fucking good to smash it down.

Headline: you thought you could judge me and pin me like an insect, but you were wrong. We could have had a love like a poem; instead, you treated our love like the fucking tabloids. If you had tried to understand me, we could have made our own forever. Now I’m free; I have flown.

Saturdays: my heart might be broken and I’m a grade-A sap tbh, but my hometown is my secret weapon. Whenever I feel lost, I will always find myself there: “there” being the metaphor of Home that I carry inside. My childhood memories will always tell me who I am.

Silver Tongues: I’m a 90’s kid. I guess I’m a 90’s man now. Part of me still lives there. And I want to tell the kid in 2004 and all his friends, you’re gonna be alright. Hang on. Be good. Things will work out.

She Is Beauty We Are World Class: a brilliant night out

Common People: Doncaster is my touchstone. It grounds me and makes me who I am, reminds me what’s real.

Angels Fly: sometimes you have to table your grief and share a drink or ten with a friend.

Holding Onto Heartache: sometimes hearts don’t heal. Life feels like death. Every day feels worse than the previous day. Bad things pile up. What can we do? I am an artist, and I can write a grand, magnificent bridge to scream it all out, and it feels pretty goddamn cathartic! And maybe, maybe I can help others feeling the same way. My high is higher than most, and my lows are darker, but we can resist the pull of darkness together.

That’s The Way Love Goes: it’s their loss 🫡

You can see that many of these songs have the theme of recovering from loss, from heartache, but with an ebullient lightness that was missing from Walls. Most of all, Louis is also stepping back from sadness and self-blame, and giving himself some value. He knows he’s put in the work and he deserves good things, and he’s willing to wait for the payoff.

Forgot to add these photos of Louis looking thirty, flirty, and fucking hot.

#Fitf interpretation #louis songwriting #louis tomlinson #29 january 2023

[skepticalarrie]

Hi Allie , can I ask about your favorite singers? (Except Harry and Louis) , What songs do you listen to ? What about kpop?

I have no idea about your music taste but I have a feeling that you hate Justin lol , am i wrong?

Hi anon! Yes, you can lol 😊 I think I grew up listening to a lot of stuff Louis seems to always talk about as well. We have a lot of similar tastes, and that's why I'm so excited about the route he is taking for his music right now, it's just my cup of tea.

But, in general, I think I like a little bit of everything. I go from Iron Maiden to Britney Spears real fast 😂😂 What I listen to the most is definitely rock. Indie, pop punk.. my favourite band (for the past twenty years) is Green Day. I also listen to a lot of The Killers, Offspring, RHCP, Artic Monkeys, Oasis, Blur. One of my favourite bands is also Muse, I was obsessed with them a few years ago.

Some classics like Queen, Nirvana, Ramones, David Bowie, Beatles... And I mean, I love pop music as well, I listen to Ed Sheeran a lot. I don't hate Justin, but his music is not something I have on any of my playlists. I don't particularly like Kpop either, but again, it's not like it bothers me... I'm okay with it.

#ask #about me

[dreamings-free]

Louis’ twitter 25/10/20

#louis obsessed with rhcp #fun #louis’ music recs #red hot chili peppers #louis’ twitter #25.10.20 #replies #louis’ band

[silverfoxlou]

Whatever happened to Louis’ RHCP obsession?

[penske-slut]

for the music ask!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 28 to 40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

h*ck yeah

28. Favourite Christmas songmariah carey’s all i want for christmas is the obvious choice. also the heat miser/snow miser song from a year without a santa claus counts as a christmas song

29. An artist you used to love but don’t really listen to nowi used to be obsessed with the verve lol. i still like them i guess but i can’t remember the last time i really listened to their music

30. A cover that is better than the originalheroes - postmodern jukebox

31. A song you have to crank the volume up forgod there’s so many. mr. brightside - the killers is a consistent banger

32. What song was top of the charts when you were bornlmfao i was born in ‘97 and apparently the song at the top of the charts at the end of the year was candle in the wind by elton john so that’s depressing. 

33. C.D. that’s always in the carthis bitch dont have a car!!!!!!!! but my dad keeps louis prima’s greatest hits handy at all times

34. The album you boughtyou mean the last album i bought???? kendrick lamar’s to pimp a butterfly 

35. Dream band line upi have genuinely never once in my life thought about this for even one single second so i have NO clue

36. Favourite musician/band from your countrythe growlers!!!!!! RHCP!!!!!! kendrick lamar!!!!! also i know i know everyone hates kanye west and i do not agree with anything that comes out of his mouth but i really love his music from the early 2000′s

37. Which genre of music features most heavily in your collectionanswered already!!!!! alternative or rap/hip hop

38. Which genre(s) do you try to avoidi don’t really avoid any genres. i’m not a huge fan of country (but i love midland). also dont listen to a lot of EDM but i wouldn’t say i avoid either of those

39. A song that reminds you of someone you lovebigmouth strikes again - the smiths. one of my best friends’ favorite song!!

40. A song that is always stuck in your headi’ve been listening to a lot of rilès lately sooooo i’ll say remedy

#long post #jennyloujoan

[seasurfacefullofclouds1]

POOR LOUIS!!! Larries are making posts about how larry is real because yesterday olivia wildfire posted a photo of anthony kiedis (RHCP) wishing him happy birthday. She directed the rhcp video “dark necessities” and now she’s directing harry’s movie. So yeah. “It’s just another little coincidence with these two” because last week louis made sure to say how much he liked RHCP! OMG Poor Louis!! That boy can’t have a single thing for himself. 🤬

Anon said: Louis is obsessed with Harry, have you seen what larries found about RHCP and Olivia Wilde (director of DWD)? First, Louis did the same with the Another Man photoshoot, then with Dunkirk and now with Don’t Worry Darling, and apparently Louis always tweets after HSHQ (as if he has the notis ON for hshq) it’s a pattern, he seems to be following Harry’s career and then tweet something for the larries to find out, larrybaiting or SBB or whatever we can call that.

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I am tired of these games. I really just want a new Louis song or a live stream. It might be time to take a fandom break.

There’s nothing around but Harry, and it’s too gross to stay for that.

#Larries #louis tomlinson #2 november 2020