This week in Larry news
All dates listed for CEST (Central European Summer Time).
Writing this newsletter is hard right now. I know it’s late. I went to the Hamburg show and I don’t know how to say this other than… my heart must have burst right out of my chest at that show because there’s a hole in my body where it used to be. If you, too, suffer from very bad PCD, I urge you to reach out to your friends. It helps.
Also, reminder that this is a stunt-free newsletter, in case you’re “missing” some items.
Sunday, August 27
Louis
The editor for the WAOYF fan video, benulisfilm, uploaded a video expressing the fun he had making the video and illustrating the process used to animate it
Monday, August 28
Louis
The account “28 clothing” posted a countdown video at 3:28 pm British Time. One hour later, they posted that “Drop One” can be shopped now on 28clothing.com. The collections will be “dropped” every 28th of the month. Most of Drop One is sold out by now.
An article was shared on Hypebeast about 28OP, including quotes from Louis and several really nice photos of Louis wearing 28OP
Louis followed the 28clothing account on Instagram (screenshot)
Of course 28clothing went live 728 days after the first AFHF.
Larry
There was some short-lived excitement caused by someone posting they received their 28OP order confirmation from Pleasing. Turns out, that person had saved the online store platform “shopify” as “Pleasing” in their address book. Looks like it was an honest mistake, the original tweet is deleted now. (read more)
A small online magazine ran an article asking if H and L are dating. Is this seeding? Is it just to get them clicks?
Tuesday, August 29
Louis
Louis posted a selfie to Instagram, showing that he had arrived in Hamburg for his show tonight
fashionunited.com also posted an article about 28OP (no new info)
Louis performed the first show of his EU leg in Hamburg:
fans noticed that Louis forgot to take his phone out of his pants
⚠️ warning to photosensitive people. Please spread this. Please tell the people who queue with you.
so… the fans at barricade were a little feral (photo of them holding shreds of his top)
recap posts: Erin | dailytomlinson
Louis’ aftershow pic on Insta (a new habit he seems to have picked up from H?)
Louis leaving the venue after the show (video) (more video)
Larry
Sarah (sarahskitchen01), who also worked as tour chef for Harry, announced she’d be booking for Louis this tour
Wednesday, August 30
Louis
Review of the Hamburg show in the German newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt (mentioning Harry in the headline)
1D
Simon, err… X-Factor, posted another 30 minutes of unseen footage. Find it here.
Thursday, August 31
Louis
LTHQ announced a watch party to celebrate the release of “Bigger Than Me” one year ago tomorrow
Louis briefly joined his former bandmate’s live on Insta
Louis performed a show in Copenhagen:
Friday, September 1
Louis
During their watch party, LTHQ shared new behind the scenes photos from shooting the Bigger Than Me mv
Louis performed a show in Oslo:
Louis’ eyes went to the ceiling/top balcony a lot (video) (reaction tweet)
recap posts: Erin | dailytomlinson
Saturday, September 2
Louis
Louis performed a show in Stockholm:
Steve clicked his drumsticks at the beginning of “Paradise”, almost sending people into heart attacks
the rainbow project worked really well! (photo)
Louis reacted to a fan’s sign saying they named their cat after him (“LOUIS Kingston Styles), to which he said that “cats are shit, but I like that cat”
recap posts: Erin | dailytomlinson
we don’t have the LTHQ pics from the show yet, but I’m sure they’ll turn up the moment I post this newsletter
Past midnight, Louis tweeted his support for boxer Dave Allen, with whom he has been friends since they were children.
Harry
Anthony Pham’s photography of Harry Styles at Coachella has been shortlisted in the Music Moment of the Year category at Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards (read more)
Larry
Fans noticed that before the show in Stockholm, someone got off Louis’ tour bus who was just a little too tall to be Louis… or was he?
Fan projects for FITF EU shows
Please dm me any fan projects you’re aware of, I’ll collect them here! Below are the next 5 shows:
09-04 Helsinki - insta/sibwawchelsinki
09-05 Tallinn - insta/faithinthefuturelt.tallinn
09-07 Riga - ??
09-08 Kaunas - ??
09-10 Krakow - ??
Final words
Please be kind to yourselves, now more than ever.
You can dm me any announcements you would like to be published in this newsletter.
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