#5.16.22

"Always my favourite moment of the show!"

It's about thanking life for bringing you both highs and lows. There's an element of romantic declarations, thanking the universe for every gift it brings that allows you to appreciate and worship "the man I love" - his clear eyes, his soul's journey, his house, the sounds of him, seeing him in a crowd...

The song was written by Chilean activist and folk singer Violeta Parra in 1967. Kacey Musgraves covered it as the closing song on her 2021 album star-crossed. It's also been covered by many others.

Gracias a la Vida had a resurgence during the pandemic - here's an article talking about why - "a year of forced reflection...look at how far we've come and recognize we're not in the eye of the storm...return to simple things...an ode to life’s highs and lows."

Sounds like Harry in HS3 album promo, like the Zane Lowe interview that aired the same day

It was also part of the score for the recent movie Vortex

Lyrics - English translation:

Fan: Can you say chicken in chili?

Louis: That's a one off, that's a one off. Special video only!

“Tour as a general has been bigger and better than I imagined or speculated. This venue does mean a lot to me. I’ve had a lot of special moments here. So, this is almost the epitome of the idea of the tour. And in general me career, you know, going really well at the moment. Better than maybe I imagined it, it would have done a couple of years ago. I know when I walk out tonight, that it’s not just, and it’s not, ironically, it’s not just the size. It is, there’s a feeling here and I’ll feel like a sense of accomplishment when I walk out tonight. I’ve done really special things here you know over the course of me career. So to be here again, but completely on me own for a sold out tour show. Yeah, it feels [?]”