Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles: Joy, Love and Wasted Time

BULLSHIT Tweet 1.0 - September 16, 2012

 

BULLSHIT Tweet 2.0 - November 10, 2014

 

 

BULLSHIT 3.0 - Dan Wootton Q&A with Louis Tomlinson, July 21, 2017 

 

Louis Tomlinson:  "I've never actually been asked about it directly.... [Rumors that he and Harry Styles are in a secret romantic relationship.] If you Google 'conspiracy' on iPhones, you're going to get a conspiracy. So, it's one of these things that people love to buy into, but in reality, obviously, there's no truth to it. Obviously."

 

 BULLSHIT 4.0 (ChickenGate)

Chicken stuffed with mozzarella wrapped in parma ham

Meanwhile...

Louis' current Faith in the Future Tour is bathed in a stage-generated rainbow light show nightly.

𝅘𝅥𝅮 Surrounded by lights, surrounded by lights, surrounded by lights...𝅘𝅥𝅱

Not to mention the inclusive fan projects...

 

"She is Beauty," Zurich, October 23, 2023

 

that Louis embraces throughout his tour...

Paris Fan Project (20,000 colored lights reflected back upon Louis on stage) 

October 14, 2023

Just Louis Tomlinson being Louis Tomlinson

 

Remember, whenever something reeks of bullshit when it comes to Louis Tomlinson,

 

Simon Jones and his paymasters can't be far behind. With the UK leg of Louis' Tour coming up on November 8 in Dublin, Ireland and Harry predictably being suddenly, and publicly, portrayed as nowhere near the UK. (guess he got tired of Lime biking in circles with his bestie, James Corden), here comes the inevitable Harry HetFEST and "Anywhere but in the UK" headlines:

Drum roll, please,

The usual, 'taking their "romance" to a new level, things are "heating up", and he sees a "future" for them tabloid trope.

The U.S. Sun, November 1, 2023

Typical Azoff self-promotion of their business interests using Harry's name,

 

Backgrid, November 1, 2023

And, of course, Harry HetFEST redux,

 

Curated, November 5, 2023

 

 

With Louis performing at some impressively large venues throughout South America next year, as well as having the honor of being selected as one of the headliners at one of the top three most lucrative music events in Latin America in March 2024 - the Tecate Pa'l Norte Music Festival - it's not surprising that the sabotage and separation campaigns have been kicked into high gear once again. 

With Louis going into an extended break from touring (October 24-Novemeber 7, 2023), "coincidental" shenanigans would inevitably follow to target the Larrie fandom; #Chickengate on October 31 (aka Bullshit 4.0), and Tabloid HetHarry suddenly being publicized as outside England, after intentionally being seen in the London area for months, pretty much doing nothing at all. That's right. Before Louis was to resume his World Tour in the United Kingdom, Harry allegedly vanishes (according to the media) with his beard du moment.  Familiar PR Narrative: Yeah, Louis' been off for two weeks, but Harry has been "loved up" 4300 miles away on a "secret" romantic holiday. The kind of fabricated "privacy" that somehow selected tabloids make sure everyone knows all about. Can't have that two-week rule proven right now, can we?

🎶Staring at the ceiling

     Two weeks and I'll be home

     Carry the feeling,

     Through Paris, all through Rome...

     I'm going, oh, I'm going home.

                           - Canyon Moon, Harry Styles

 

With Harry's image pretty much continuing to be manipulated by the usual suspects, often to his detriment, Louis has continued to use his touring platform this past summer to fight back any way he can. Most notably reminding their fandom that things are not what they seem. Whether communicating with Rainbow Lights, LGBTQ+ symbols, singing "Larry, called a load of smoke in", changing lyrics to "I love him" during "Back to You", or wearing coded clothing like Louis and Harry's Rose and Dagger couples' tattoos being displayed just one day from one another - Louis wore The rose (Harry's tattoo) in Vancouver on June 26, 2023, and Harry sporting the Dagger (Louis' tattoo) in Dusseldorf, on June 27, 2023...

Detail of Louis and Harry's complementary, couples' tattoos

OR, sometimes just through clever misstatements over obvious, provable facts, Louis and Harry's "Beautiful War" against the entertainment industry is still being waged through all means possible. Relying on their analytical and questioning fans to see through the lies and hopefully building up to something that brings more freedom in both their personal and professional lives.

One significant example of Louis' clever messaging occurred earlier this year when what was marketed as his solo era "documentary", ALL OF THESE VOICES (AOTV), was conveniently rolled out worldwide in theaters on March 22, 2023, right before Louis began his Faith in the Future tour (more than likely to adversely impact ticket sales). Remember, when it comes to Louis Tomlinson, sabotage is always close at hand. The timing of the delayed rollout is notable in that back on October 6, 2022, the same day Harry postponed his show in Chicago due to "illness" and a Larrie "glitch" occurred on Twitter where Louis' account curiously Liked all of Harry Styles related tweets while Harry's account Liked all tweets with the word Louis in it, several AOTV announcements appeared from out of nowhere.

Twitter Glitch, 10/6/2022: 

Love on Tour Chicago show postponed, 10/6/2022:

AOTV inexplicably "leaked" for the first time on 10/6/22, with cinema announcements of a December 2, 2022, release date. (Note: that the movie didn't actually come out until March 22, 2023). No surprise that many fans were suspicious and anxious about the real purpose of this project. Particularly given the emphasis on unprecedented behind-the-scenes footage of Louis' tour while Babygate is still alive and kicking. 

 

 

 

 

Curiously enough, the URLs are either disabled now or up for sale,

 

Here are some other links from October 2022 for CW, Majestic 7 and Emagine theaters. Most no longer active:

Seite wurde nicht gefunden. – dasKinoprogramm.de A German Cinema Program but the site can no longer be found

https://cwtheaters.com/movie/ArsenalYards/LOUIS-TOMLINSON-ALL-OF-THOSE-VOICES - Website “under the weather”

The mistrust of many fans was validated four months later when brief footage of the film suddenly became available as part of the promotional campaign for the Mockumentary, (Oops! Narnia means, Documentary), and just as expected, notoriously cooperative publications like Rolling Stone "helpfully" provided provocative synopses of All of Those Voices (AOTV) by highlighting Louis' fatherhood. That's right. The same, once respected music publication tasked with selling solo Harry's het-heavy, sex god persona was charged with helping to sell Louis, "The Father".  Nice to know that in March 2023 Rolling Stone finally remembered who Louis Tomlinson was. 

Don't forget that when it comes to the high stakes game of maintaining a celebrity's closet, publicists have no scruples when it comes to corrupting and co-opting mass market popular formats such as books, magazine articles and/or films. Prior to AOTV, only Harry had been the star attraction of such pop culture propaganda with Ben Winston's farcical "Happy Together" TV show and the very het-inspired fan fic, "After" series. Since 2022, in fact, there's even been publicity surrounding the making of another "inspired" film to tell the story about a boy bander and older woman. Another Lothario scenario Harry has been saddled with since he was just 16 years old by Simon Cowell. The laughable summary just about says it all,

Returning to the release of AOTV, and Sony's eagerness to sell stunt narratives by deceptively packaging the product as a heartfelt "self-made" documentary, Louis Tomlinson becomes the content creator himself. After all, the unsuspecting public and, most importantly, Louis and Harry's fandoms, are more likely to embrace the "truth" of the subject matter, if Louis is portrayed as the catalyst for the revived "father" narrative.  Even more so, if NDAs, abusive contracts, image clauses, and threats of blackballing someone's career, or the career of a loved one, can provide the much-needed coercive framework for Louis' participation. Don't forget, we already know how Sony/Syco, along with their industry accomplices, have successfully blocked Louis' solo records from being played on mainstream BBC radio (waves at Rob Stringer's brother in the UK), since 2017. Likewise postponing the release of Louis' first album, Walls, until an eye-popping three years later (January 31, 2020).

 

Keep your enemies closer, August 22, 2018

Notice who is portrayed as "revisiting" and "exploring his past". And that 'past' importantly now includes "parenthood", i.e. including kissing his son on the mouth, frolicking on the beach, and

relatives explaining just how much Louis misses his "kid". Accompanied by backstage footage of that same child attending one of Louis' concerts.

The goal to isolate the nonbelievers, and work to chase away more of Louis' LGBTQ+ supporters. Not so much because fans suddenly believe that Louis is a father, but because of the bullying results from this kind of homophobic storytelling.

As we have learned, since 2010, however, Louis is not your typical closeted celebrity. Intentionally placing footage of his stunt "son" in AOTV (from his Los Angeles Night 1 concert on March 12, 2022), would never be enough to silence him or muffle his determination to communicate his truth. 

So, what did Louis do to inform fans that the inclusion of the father narrative was not his choice, but was, in fact, another way for mainstream media to be used to closet him further? Well, Mr. Perfectionist, who by the time of the VEEPS Global Screening on May 13, 2023, had participated in two separate edits and four World Premiere showings, just happened to not notice that the wrong date had been quite prominently displayed on screen for the Los Angeles (Inglewood) concert footage. Instead of the correct March 12 Saturday date, someone [*cough* Louis Tomlinson] made sure the wrong date was inserted. A date that was not even possible considering that Louis ended his American tour the next day on March 13 with a Night 2 in Los Angeles (Inglewood) Sunday performance. In fact, Louis did not even resume his tour again until ten days later on Wednesday, March 23 in Reykjavik, Iceland.  

Just Mastermind Louis reminding everyone that the use of smoke and mirrors can go both ways. 

 

Screen Capture from Louis Tomlinson's WALLS Music Video

Splattered across the screenshot below is the unmistakably inaccurate date of March 16, 2022, which Louis chose to document as the date "his son" attended his Night 1, LA concert.  His message was loud and clear:  if a deceptively staged and documented narrative about "Freddie" seeing his "Dad" at his LA, Night 1 concert must be immortalized in film to portray Louis as being complicit in his own closet, then he will add obviously false information for all to see. After all, if the truth doesn't matter to The Powers That Be (TPTB), surely these same individuals will not care if more disinformation about this event is included, right? Thanks for the chaos, Louis! 

Within this context of deception and lies, it becomes clear that "ChickenGate" is just one more example of Louis being the one made to fall on his proverbial sword and deny that he and Harry are together. While TPTB remain in the shadows as the "Larry conspiracy" (the belief that Louis and Harry are in a long-term committed relationship but are being closeted by Sony/Syco) is presented in the media as just a harebrained fantasy of a fringe element of Louis and Harry's fandom. This business plan just one more component set into motion to undermine Louis' career as TPTB continue to portray him as a homophobic bully. Of course, if one would just pause and take a breath, instead of taking sides, it's hard to believe that two people as inclusive and supportive as Louis and Harry would be obsessed with gay rumors at all. 

Louis unmistakenly singing, "I love him," in Glasgow, Nov. 12, 2023

Another point that should arouse suspicions is that Louis is the only one of the two who has ever publicly "attacked" Larries, periodically being portrayed as a homophobic jerk, while Sony and the Azoff's cash cow, Harry Styles™, is allowed to remain above the fray. A free-spirited, fluid nymph who appeals to everyone. In other words, both images are being managed and manipulated to sell a narrative designed to separate the two, as well as squeeze as much money out of Harry's solo career as possible.

And finally, let's conclude by acknowledging some other very powerful messaging that occurred immediately following Louis' non sequitur Bullshit 4.0. (ChickenGate) interaction with a fan on October 31. (Remember, when a rumor doesn't go away, it's not a rumor.)  And after thirteen years of bullshit conspiracies, childish theories, The Larry Organization, and gay denials, Elton's wisdom and experience regarding closeting in the music industry seems pretty darn insightful. 

So have we, Harry. So have we. 

Moreover, when an openly gay ally, who is part of the entertainment industry, decides to chime in only one day after ChickenGate on November 1...well, the timing looks far less like a coincidence and much more like an intentional act. 

In this very LOUD instance, the producer of My Policeman, Robbie Rogers posted an unseen pic on the film's one-year anniversary in which the lead characters, played by Harry Styles and David Dawson, are seen as their younger selves, embracing one another. 

It's a scene that mirrors the last scene of the character's older selves in the movie, adding the caption, "Tom and Patrick lived happily ever after, btw."

 

Anyone who has seen My Policeman, knows that the younger versions of Tom and Patrick did not live happily ever after. At least, not in the sense that Mr. Rogers suggests. The actual final scene shows them as older men, forty years later; both broken by their closets, even though finally embracing at the end. Very much not a happily ever after, but more a reflection on wasted time. 

In addition, Mr. Rogers does something quite clever if anyone was to doubt who that happily ever after is about. Notice, in the photo that he posts, that both Harry and David's characters are wearing blue and green. Tom's jacket is a darker shade of blue and a plausibly deniable gray/green. While David's shirt is a lighter shade. 

 

 

Blue and green, you say?  Enough said.     💙💚

Happily ever after, btw

Pics and Sources:  Tumblr, Twitter, Faith in the Future Tour, Instagram, Robbie Rogers, Walls Music Video, All of Those Voices, Paris Fan Project, Rolling Stone, Zimbio

Playlist:  Can't Help Falling in Love with You - Ed Sheeran

                Silver Tongues - Louis Tomlinson

                Adore You - Harry Styles 

                505 - Arctic Monkeys

              

Proceed with Caution: Possible danger up ahead for the Larrie Fandom

This post will not be extensive, but we here at Narnia felt the need to share some thoughts at this celebratory time. Before we proceed, however, let's extend some well deserved genuine excitement and respect to Harry Styles on his triumphant press conference in Toronto today. After the buffoonery of Don't Worry Darling's Venice dumpster fire, this was the kind of refreshing palate cleanser we all needed.  

 

 

Everyone on the panel was impressive from start to finish and Harry finally was able to show the world his eloquence and his gentle, raw honesty, as he continues to navigate the treacherous waters of the closet.

 

TIFF22

 

And,

 

Yes, love and freedom are incredibly relevant and timeless.

 

Oct. 23, 2021~Uncasville, CT, night 2

Never mind Harry's confident bravery. Here is the man of the hour arriving at the My Policeman red carpet event yesterday evening. Appropriately, "dressed" for the occasion.

Harry, my boy, I don't think you could be any louder with that green flower!

You look fabulous, my dear!

 

From Symbolism and Metaphor website.

 

Ahem, I can see we are getting distracted from the initial reason for this post. Easy to do given the topic under discussion. But, let's try and focus, shall we?😂

 

Just a few thoughts to consider as we head towards shark infested waters that may seem decepetively tranquil on the surface, but can easily pull the Larrie fandom under if discerning situational awareness is not practiced. Having been around since the beginning of One Direction's introduction to the US, Narnia is more than familiar with Sony/Syco patterns of closeting, followed by pre-planned stunts/activities designed to maximize fandom demoralization. Tried and true techniques timed and laid bare with the intent of eroding the most loyal of fandoms.  Yes, it does appear that great things are happening for both Louis and Harry. And in actual fact, there are many promising positive changes. A massively successful LT1 tour,  and the well-received premiere of My Policeman at TIFF. Good things are especially happening for Louis Tomlinson, which leads people to believe he is now free.  Amid these triumphs, however, there have been some troubling signs along the way,  prompting this post. Remember when things look too good to be true, take a step back and start asking questions,

Fans who were not around in 2015 when Babygate was first imposed upon the fandom have no memory of how Sony/Syco expertly built people's hopes up for a coming out. And then on July 14, the fandom was rattled with:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fast forward six years later and Narnia addressed the reemergence of some foreboding signs in our December 27, 2021 post on the sudden and unexpected appearance of "Freddie Reign" at the Tomlinson's house during the Christmas holidays. That's right, just when the fandom was sure the end of this stunt was imminent, suddenly Louis was using social media to personally reinforce the farce.

 All Things Must Pass

Fans may not remember, or admit to it now, but those pics sent a shock wave into, especially, the Larrie fandom.  And don't think that Sony was not watching to see if their reformulated strategy would work. Because, despite all the narrative evidence to the contrary, Narnia continues to believe that Sony is still very much involved with trying to undermine Louis Tomlinson and continue to dilute the Larrie fandom that has remarkably and resiliently played such a pivotal role in his post-hiatus success.  Why, you might ask would Sony do that? Well, if you were involved in massively corrupt and abusive business practices that included the imposition of a fake kid on a closeted couple, would you want eyewitnesses and their explosive Masterposts to remain online? The answer is: No way! By continuing the stunt way beyond it's expiration date, there is additional time to weed out more knowledgeable fans. More time to scrub the internet of valuable evidence. More time to erase the institutional memories of Larries who have simply decided to walk away and either purge their archives or rebrand themselves.

More time to create new identities to sleek away unscathed like Simon Cowell's right-hand woman for many years, Ann-Marie Thomson (former PA to convicted pedophile, Max Clifford) and the former US Director for Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment [Feb 2007-Feb 2022]; also assigned to One Direction.  The same person whose husband, Pete Sampson, worked for The Sun and just happened to have the "good fortune" to break the news about Babygate back in 2015. Remember her? Well, maybe not. Since she has worked extra hard to disappear and rebrand herself. Right, Sarah? 😉

 

In short, whether Sony is still empowered through enforceable contractual obligations or through the leverage they hold over Harry's career who is still under contract with Columbia with his never ending Love on Tour commitments, Sony continues to be the obvious suspect behind the ultimate closeting stunt of Babygate. They always have been. After all, the deep closeting of Louis and Harry only began in 2012, when 1D came to America and Sony's brutal homophobic ways began.  Understandably, with so many great things happening, the fandom wants to believe that Louis and Harry are almost free. And that image damaging stunts will soon end. That the two men will come out soon and live happily ever after with their newfound freedom. There are no doubt planted twitter accounts right now encouraging this exuberant optimism.

Some longtime Larries back in December even made a point of attacking Louis directly (not his oppressors) and suggesting they would not put up with much more "from him".  The justification for their outrage is that they are convinced that Louis is free and is somehow intentionally choosing to abuse Larries by fueling fandom wars after all these years. In other words, he no longer needs his loyal gay fans around. (The Bentley mom's DM incident a classic example.)  The old story of he's made it now, so Larries can sod off. Gee, sounds just like Louis, doesn't it? *sarcasm intended*

The only problem with this speculation is that it goes against 12 years of what we know about Louis Tomlinson. More productive answers might be found by focusing on details like how only when his tour ended in Australia in July, after months and months of no media attention, he's suddenly being interviewed on radio and TV, and here comes the Freddie references immediately.  Which of course negatively impacts the unveiling of LT2. In fact, as he promotes his next album (Faith in the Future) Louis mysteriously continues to bring up the one topic that he knows alienates his fans. Ask the question, why would he do that?

Narnia has several ideas, one being that Louis had to agree to be involved in Freddie's life retroactively (which his current filling-in-the-gaps approach is what he is doing now) to convince the public that his silence and lack of cooperation from 2015 onward, was misinterpreted by the fandom. That behind the scenes, Louis was privately playing daddy all along. That way when the stunt does end, he will have his fingerprints all over the storyline and will have participated in the stunt "willingly".  If the Larrie fandom is fragmented further, even better for Sony.  Who knows, maybe that's what Louis and Harry's obsession with the number 7 is all about.

After all, Freddie allegedly was born on January 21, 2016 and on January 21, 2023 he will turn 7 years old. Another RBB/SBB birthday countdown, perhaps? Who knows, but the signs are all there to be especially cautious this week. Bad things seem to happen to Louis when he's in America. One eyebrow raising occurence is that the American media market has recently rediscovered that Louis Tomlinson actually exists when earlier in the year, as he toured the US, there appeared to be an American blackout. In fact, this sudden media attention coming after LT1 is another reason some fans believe he's now free. But, not so fast. Even given the importance of meeting deliverables, there's a reason Babygate has not ended.  Leverage.  James Corden is probably someone not to fear because of his longtime support and fondness of One Direction. But, just like in 2015, we are more concerned about his upcoming appearance on GMA. A televised broadcast most definitely in the back pocket of TPTB as demonstrated in August 2015 (interestingly enough, Louis' last appearance on the show) when they gleefully participated in the interrogation of the group about Babygate. The infamous buzzin' interview. Up until then, Louis had not publicly confirmed the rumor about his pending "fatherhood". Or, maybe something will happen at one of those looming radio shows listed on Louis' schedule this month where DJ's are curiously talking about Larry Stylinson on the air all of a sudden.

With this context in mind, Narnia would like to leave everyone with just four simple but powerful words to tuck away during times of frustration, more corporate disinformation and aggressive attempts to blame Louis for his own closet. 

We trust you, Louis.

 

Do what you need to do and Narnia will continue to have your back.

 

 

pic sources: TIFF22, Tumblr, Dork Magazine, LinkedIn, The Sun, Love On Tour

 playlist:  Fighting the Good Fight - Unspoken

                Bigger Than Me - Louis Tomlinson

                We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel

                Sea of Love - Cat Power