I truly have to wonder if anyone who is co-signing that letter has ever been a fan of someone who isn’t Top 40/pop star before in their life. Because a lot of the takes I’m seeing really seem to think the only metric for success is - to be perfectly honest - Harry StylesTM. But there are tons of ways to be a working musician with a supportive fanbase that allows the musician to feel successful.
A lot of the perks that Louis fans enjoy right now, the things they LIKE about Louis, only exist because he ISNT this major star. @crinkle-eyed-boo mentioned in her post meeting him at Rough Trade and YES EXACTLY. Being able to meet him, in fucking person, to be able to have this memory of interacting with him - to hope maybe I made him laugh (I did. I also made him swear so loud people behind me heard 🤣)? I don’t get that with a lot of artists I follow. But I got to have it with Louis.
I get fans want him to play big stadiums or to feel validated when they say “I’m a Louis Tomlinson fan” instead of being met with a blank stare but honestly? It’s everyone else’s loss if they don’t want to listen him.
What I’m trying to say is this: the grass isn’t greener on the other side (there will be things you won’t like if he gets as popular as you want him to be), our metric of success isn’t necessarily Louis’, and at the end of the day Louis’ success and promo is not our responsibility.
noah schnapp looks a lot like andrew ridgeley so i like to imagine that mike is a big fan of wham! and will "pop snob" byers is like "eww why are you listening to that" and mike's like "no reason..." while hiding his wham! posters where he's taped his own face over leather jacket-wearing george michael
the other day I was like “they should play this (eez-eh by kasabian) at the club” and tonight i went to a bar and they actually did!!! i was ecstatic!!!!!
So, everyone is just not gonna talk about how Jojo Siwa and her mother Jessalynn Siwa absolutely exploited child actors and their families during the production of Siwa’s Dance Pop Revolution show?
We're not going to mention how Jojo continues to defend and associate with proven child predators and groomers Colleen Ballinger and James Charles??
We're not going to mention that Jojo defends the abusive coach of Dance Moms, Abby Lee Miller?
No? Just gonna talk about the obviously manipulative and calculated rebrand designed to cover up and drown out the serious accusations of abuse of children and their families?