#nyc2

I’ve honestly been pinching myself all day thinking about the fact that not only have I been able to see Louis twice on this tour 😭 but that I got to experience both the high’s too high (NYC N2) and the low’s too low (Atlanta). As @pndnj said to me, I got my redemption show 😭 and omg did it effing redeem 🥲

I’ve already said this, as have countless other people, but Louis & his band are incredible live. Like INCREDIBLE. Louis’ voice? Angelic. Louis’ band? Perfection. Louis' stage presence? Magnetic. Louis' lead guitarist? So hot.

The NYC venue was so pretty! I didn’t take many pictures, but I spent a lot of time looking around at all of the ornate & intricate details.

Not to mention, waiting in line outside of the venue actually faces the Empire State Building, so cool views all around.

For this show I was on the floor in the pit! Something I was actually nervous about and avoided at my first show, but was actually a game changer in NYC?? The pit is the heart of the show. Obviously you can enjoy Louis from everywhere, but you just FEEL every bit of it in the pit and I think Louis pulls from that energy. He had a table set up at the entrance with free water, and an announcement was made before the show started about taking a few steps back to make space and leaving the pit if you weren’t feeling well, so in general it seemed like that situation had improved slightly.

Am I just inserting random pictures? Yes.

For starters (he he) Sun Room is so good live! Their energy is infectious and a great way to warm up the crowd. They also seem so genuinely happy and grateful to have this opportunity and their admiration of Louis is obvious.

Because my mind is a jumble, I’m tired and words are hard for me right now here are a few things:

- Louis coming out to We Made It is iconic and WILL change your life. It is the PERFECT way to start the show. I’ve always always loved that song, but the live performances of it have truly elevated it to new heights and so much of that is due to the drums! @silverfoxlou and I were talking about how much we would love to have a clip of Louis and Steve talking about the conception of that and the process of making it happen.

- Drag Me Down is possibly the loudest and most floor shaking song. Super fun & comes early in the show, so the energy is still very high.

- Don’t Let it Break Your Heart is actually everything to me. It means so much to me and I actually just want to live in the live performance of it. Is it too dramatic to say it healed my soul?

-Two of Us is a gorgeous song in general, sometimes too sad for me to listen to, but gorgeous nonetheless. The live version is so anthemic, so hopeful. 🥲 I have so much respect for Louis for performing this every night. It's a truly beautiful and heartfelt moment every time.

- Always You is a straight up BOP, even more so live with everyone screaming and jumping and dancing. And the guitar on it?? 🤌🏼

- 7 is hot and sexy and sweaty and 💦 SO GOOD

- Fearless is a fucking classic, even more so with the ICONIC guitar solo (marry me Michael 💍)

- Habit is Habit and the crowd loves it

- Copy is SO GOOD live. Even better when the crowd knows the lyrics and screams them with you. Louis FLEXED on this one, you feel it in your bones 🤌🏼

- Defenceless is also SO LOUD. The crowd loves this song too, as they should!!! As SANJU noted earlier, the floor was literally shaking through this one too.

- Beautiful War is beautiful and calming, a welcome little break from the chaos since it seems like a fair amount of the crowd did not know the words. They all held up their torches though!

- Little Black Dress is SO HOT. I’M SORRY. 🥵

- Walls is THE MOMENT. And it’s so special that Louis knows what that line now means to us. Such a special moment between artist and fans. And he not only knows it, but loves it too 🥲

- Only the Brave is absolutely everything you want it to be. Surrounded by love and pride flags and the ultimate feelings of acceptance and support.

- Through The Dark!!! My girl!!! I have to admit I didn’t love it during AFHF but OMG do I love it now. Another very special moment.

- And finally, ladies & gentlemen, gays & they’s, please rise for the bitch that is KMM. Louis is a rockstar, get used to it people. He puts his whole bussy into this song, as does the crowd!

- Also the chicken nugget slkdjflksjd !!! But pls don't throw things at him!!

Overall, the BEST time!! I loved every time he stopped and spoke to the crowd. I just loved hearing his voice. I loved watching him finally have the opportunity to own the stage and put on the show he’s had in him all along. I love to see him happy and smiling and bouncing and glowing and rocking out. I love that he’s finally getting to do this, after so many years of setbacks. I loved looking up to see Oli intently watching Louis and the crowd (yes, I took a picture and yes, he is hot).

It was just the best night. I loved all of it. Tour!Louis is the best Louis 🤌🏼

Nothing shows you have a shit camera like going to a concert does, but here have some pictures ☺️

NYC2 (AF) replaced with @deedee-sims​ Sweet Dress

I wasn’t even planning on opening SimPe today. I had all my things for the week carefully queued and then this appeared in my dash and my restraint was blown... If I were to make a self-sim, she would live in this outfit. Sweater dresses are my fave and I think I’ve worn my doc martens every day since I bought them lol so thank you for this mash-up DeeDee, truly!

I’ll stop babbling. This had the same issue of having a different set of dresses for YF but I wasn’t lazy this time and actually hid the cloned set. Please let me know if there is any funkiness with that because I only checked in Body Shop but they should all be gone. Teen version will defo come next week. Happy Friday everyone!