everytime you say “one direction vibe” i just wish i could say YESSS THATS WHY LOUIS WAS LITERALLY THE HEAD OF ONE DIRECTION, HE WAS THE ONE THAT WROTE MORE SONGS!!!
I discovered Harry first, then 1D and became the biggest Louis. He is so underrated/under appreciated. I’m so happy he’s finally getting the recognition he deserves. Do yourself a favor and see him live. 💙
I’m seeing him in June! I’m taking my 15 year old daughter ( likes him and his music but can’t call her a loyal fan…yet)her friend ( big Louis fan) and my friend ( my daughters friends mother( doesn’t listen to his music but is looking forward to it. We are hoping to turn those two into new Louis fans! It)
I feel like that Walls was the transitional piece between 1D and himself as a solo artist but Faith In The Future is truly him as a musician. Faith in the future seems like a letter to the fans from Louis himself. Back in 1D people kept saying he wasn’t a great singer so he started writing more. You can see how much work he has put into his voice since then.
55:19 "I'm hurting but I have hope" Well your feeling is spot on because Louis said this in a recent interview: “The overall feel on the album, even though it touches on stuff that’s more emotional - maybe even sad at times - by the end of the song there will be a lyric or there will be a melody, something that happens in production, that leaves you with a hopeful feeling. That was my intention. To create a hopeful record, that has depth emotionally, but as a collective feels hopeful.”
Okay the fact that he said “maybe even sad at times” LEWIS CHICAGO IS HEARTWRENCHING” But jokes aside he did a fantastic job of conveying that. I said that not knowing about that interview, so (even more) props to him
I love this album. You can hear the difference that he wrote this with other artists as opposed professional song writers. He made the video for out of my system in a semi deserted house in Peckham south london about ten minutes up the road from me. I have seen/met Louis a few times he is a truly lovely kind generous person.
Copies from the comments belowed for easier access! 1:00 The Greatest 6:19 Written All Over Your Face 12:08 Bigger Than Me 17:34 Lucky Again 24:04: Face The Music 28:54 Chicago 35:36 All This Time 40:29 Out Of My System 43:06 Headline 49:01 Saturdays 59:04 Silver Tongues 1:04:03 She is Beauty, We are World Class 1:10:20 Common People 1:16:26 Angels Fly 1:23:28 Holding On To Heartache 1:29:53 That's The Way Love Goes
🔥TIMESTAMPS 🔥 1:00 The Greatest 6:19 Written All Over Your Face 12:08 Bigger Than Me 17:34 Lucky Again 24:04: Face The Music 28:54 Chicago 35:36 All This Time 40:29 Out Of My System 43:06 Headline 49:01 Saturdays 59:04 Silver Tongues 1:04:03 She is Beauty, We are World Class 1:10:20 Common People 1:16:26 Angels Fly 1:23:28 Holding On To Heartache 1:29:53 That's The Way Love Goes
Lucky Again is easily my absolute fave on this album and I agree I can't believe there isn't more discourse about this song. It's literally perfect! It's everything I hoped this album would be!
7:58 he hadn't used that side of his voice on his solo stuff but he used to do it a lot in 1D songs! I was so happy to get that back from him also, loved your reaction!!
52:45 and there's a song called "change" that it's in the digital version of the album. he played it live in his first "away from home" festival, and we're obsessed since that day
There are so many different emotions in this whole album.. It's just so complete.. His songs are all so multilayered.. On one hand you'll think it's a romantic angle, on the other I thought, it also shows his relation with his fans and how his shows got cancelled bcoz of covid, nd in the third, I think it also explores his career graphs and the changes he had to make on the way.. I love him so much
Your reaction to Written all over your face is a hoot - I think we all felt like this, like 'what the heck is he doing to me?'' Sexylou is new, and we like it. :) Overall, this is best album I've heard in years.
Hi! I’m rewatching this reaction!! I love it more than the first time I watched, because I know what you’re going to say, but I’m still excited! I saw Louis, at the beginning of his tour, in Detroit, a smaller venue and I knew it’s not going to be a great performance! I followed all his other shows and with every show he got better and better! So, I’m not going to lie, I’m a little disappointed that I haven’t seen him at his best! He released his one version of “Back to you” because it sounded so great live, it was a public favorite! So you were right!! (1:15) You’re great at seeing behind the music and understanding the lyrics, the vision and predict the future! 😍
Listening to his album after watching his doc makes it hit so much harder. Because you can just really understand what he was feeling through every song, especially lucky again and all this time, when they played in the doc it all just really clicked into place.
Loved this reaction!! And love seeing someone love Chicago as much as I do! Also I’m sure someone in chat said it as you were recording but That’s The Way Love Goes is the last song on most of the versions of FITF, the track lists changes depending on which deluxe songs are added but That’s The Way Love Goes stays as the last song for the most part… it’s meant to stay as the last song
Louis could write a soundtrack for a movie. I feel like I get so many images in my head with the feel and the lyrics of each song. Oh, and I kept saying Silver Tongues sounds very Andrew McMahon as well! SIBWAWC sounds like Lady Gaga in a way. I hear so many influences in this whole album and I'm here for it! (Killers, Oasis, The Cure, FOB, OK GO, Panic, Blink, etc) It's a blend of my entire collection of music and I can get it all in one album by Louis.
Holding on to Heartache is gorgeous but Angels Fly and Written All Over Your Face are also insanely good. I love this album and your reaction was really lovely!
Hello hello!! Thanks for embracing me so warmly as I entered the Louis fandom 🥹❤️⭐️ I’m almost home after traveling all day and I can’t wait to chat about the album with y’all in the comments. As soon as I get home, I’ll put (part of my) Walls reaction (a couple songs were muted for copyright restrictions) as well as my reaction to a few of Louie’s early singles and some of the deluxe songs on my Patreon! www.patreon.com/alexraymusic? I’d love advice on what other content I could react to on UA-cam! Let me know!
i just love the way you interpret these songs! i’ve listened to this album so many times and you’re still giving me a fresh view and perspective and more appreciation for it
I’ve commented this on Caitlin’s video as well but after watching Positive Steven’s reaction I can’t shake the feeling that Saturdays is about Louis’ grief and loss in a “I’m finding you in the everyday moments that bring me back to the pain I felt when I lost you but still make me smile” kind of way as opposed to a “Two Of Us” kind of way
Saw you with Blake the other day and now I have you on my feed ahhh I can't get enough of people falling in love with our cutie Louis heartwarming stuff. And lots of love to you and Blake ❤️
Am I the only one that occasionally got vibes of Oasis in some of the earlier tracks? I do agree that I heard Fallout Boy across the spectrum. Thanks for the album! It was really my first introduction to Louie.
"maybe louis tomlinson's falsetto is my sexuality" is just,, yes, agreed, need it on a shirt immediately And quick edit cause I couldn't agree more with the "know your number" change up at 36:24 ish,, the way that tempo change literally feels like a physical blow? My first time listening I was fully on my bedroom floor by that and just punching the syllables on the beat so it just,, hits home?? Pun very much intended
I like you speak about lots of technical details but also about how you feel about lyrics and the different meanings they can have and connecting them with old songs of Louis, it's like a 360° vision of his work. His lyrics gets me hard, even the simple ones; he makes me suffer thru vivid memories I never experienced but that felt as mine. I'd love your reaction to demo songs (saved by a Stranger, face the music, change) and speculate a little about the things could be add to them musically and vocally 💙
@@alexray_music I just re-read my comment and realized I wrote something in a very wrong way, my brain tried to say something but the autocorrect, my hands or my Louis' deprived mind forbade it. Sorry.
I love your reactions to Louis' music. Why do you think Louis has not received the recognition he deserves for his songs - great music and great lyrics.
Your comments make me appreciate the album even more. I also love your anticipation to Saturdays just because it was 4 minutes and the phrase you said when Chicago play that "I'm broken but I'm hopeful". Louis said the album was written with the tour in mind. Thank you for the video!!
I feel like Angels Fly is more of a song that someone close to him lost someone close to them, and he's just comforting them. Saying things like we don't have to talk about it now but I'm here for you. I like to think maybe he had someone who did that for him and he wrote this song for them.
Absolutely loved this reaction. Such a great combo of passion, notes from a songwriter's perspective, appreciation of lyrics, and calling out production and songwriting textural choices. So enjoyable. Thank you!
I am here for everyone who admires Louis- I saw him in Hamburg and it was soooo good. And NOW he is going to play STADIUMS in LATAM next year. Couldn't be prouder what he is achieving so far. LOVE Louis- and the fact that he brings back the music I used to listen to in my younger years. Always be a Louie.....
What a fantastic reaction Alex!! as a long time Louis fan, my expectations for FITH were high and I was still blown away! Im a huge Taylor & Louis fan and it’s been wonderful listening to your reactions & breakdowns of both their music ❤ just love your musical insights & commentary
That's the Way Love Goes as a concept, I think is influenced by The Streets - Dry Your Eyes, which is also a song talking to your friend about picking themselves up after a break up (interestingly, that one goes back and forth between the guy during the break up and his friends advice). Also Louis worked on this song with someone who has worked with The Streets at one point. I'm not sure they were a big band outside the UK, but that song was a huge one as a teenager here, and Louis is a similar age as me, so it was interesting to see him do a song with a similar theme to that iconic one
Alex it is so much fun to watch your reactions 😊 and I am also amazed at how Louis’s voice is just amazing now! His voice seems like it is so much stronger now vs earlier years! He is totally amazing!
Thoroughly enjoyed this reaction from start to finish. It's always wonderful when people discover our boy 💖 I say as if he's not a 30 year old man haha. Subscribed and excited for more videos from you!
Loveeeed your reaction to this album. I love when people take so much care to understand the intricacies of a song and give it so much detail. I feel like then you fall even more in love with the album as a whole beautiful artwork
Hi! been following u since the midnights reaction w/ Blake. I loved this reaction, loved your dedication and attention to the lyrics and the fact that you connected some topics with his older stuff. Wish you the best with the channel :) greets from Uruguay from another die-hard swiftie.
Another great reaction, Alex!! You are such a Louie and vibe at all the right parts: love it! Couple of things: Saturdays and Silver Tongues are connected by a G chord in the end of the former and in the beginning of the latter. And also by verses about those trainers! And yes to a Taylor nod in Holding on to Heartache, thank you very much! You've been the only one to mention it...
I got to see his show in Seattle this summer and it was the best day of my life 💙💙 he is such amazing songs writer and performer Also this reaction was SO GOOD thank you for an amazing video, I’ll definitely be watching more 💙💙💙
hey loved your reaction!! I LOVE when people focus on the lyrics and analyze it and also appreciate the production. And tbh Louis' music deserves nothing less. His lyrics are so- idek how to explain it but i love taylor and Louis because of their lyrics mostly. And also btw i think you should also check out Niall's music. Both the albums. Idk i just have a feeling you'll like it. Because again- LYRICS. And vocals also. Niall and Louis have like my comfort voices. Their music just feels like a warm hug
and if you do decide to do Niall's whole discography, all the very best because it's going to be an emotional rollercoaster. The first album is very acoustic-y, AND the second album- just good luck
The fact that you talked about him touring the songs is so important. That was also a huge part of how they wrote so many of 1D's songs from like Midnight Memories onwards because they were touring in stadiums at that point. (Except for Made in the AM, which I am TRULY devastated never got a tour.) Your reactions to Chicago and Written All Over Your Face are so relatable. I cannot BELIEVE this man's growth as a songwriter. I feel so lucky to have been a 1D stan in 2012 and really see his progression through the years because hooooooly crap.
I love the fact that you enjoy and appreciate the guitar moments in most of the songs, all the instruments along with the lyrics ❤ Lovely reaction, new sub. Also, i highly recommend you to watch the AWAY FROM HOME FESTIVAL that Louis stream last year, to hear how he make a electronic song as Just Hold On (the one with Steve Aoki) to a rocky punk sound, more his actual taste. Most of the songs in Walls doesnt hear as actually for astonishing live moments but they do, live are absolutely so vibing. You can start with Fearless live (you will preach the guitar solo and all the band sound). If he was single absolutely i will snogged to Michael Blackwell, Louis' band guitarrist 😁 😁 😁
@@alexray_music ua-cam.com/video/OZHUmLg8FXA/v-deo.html Well here is the full festival, its amazing the music, the documentary so essential to understand the journey and mustly now that FAITH IN THE FUTURE is already out make more sense, this festival was before he goes for the first time this year on tour for Walls, its just a taste of how a Louis Tomlinson concert is 🔥 ♥ Also the second comment inside the link have the timing of each song, and he played the whole album (including perfect now ♡) that during tour he take it out from the setlist, sadly 😢
About The Greatest, what u said... Really... For a song with that big chorus, his voice to glide through so smoothly is such a big contrast and along with that lyrics his throw of voice is just perfect...
Watching you react to this album feels like how we all were LIVING when listening to one direction records as they dropped back in the day SPEECHLESS, SHAKING, SCREAMING AND SOBBING
Me encantó que en tu reacción no hayas saltado las canciones, la mayoría de los que han reaccionado ha todo el álbum se han saltado para no hacerlo demasiado largo el video, pero tú no. Disfruté esos 1:36:38 que nos diste. Gracias por la reacción ❤️.
I FEEL SOOOO HAPPY WATCHING THIS VIDEO!!! thank you so muchhh, you brought me such a good feeling of happiness and proud, louis is absolutely amazing and im sure he’d be reallllyyyyy greatful and aprecciete your reaction to each song. thank you again❤️❤️❤️❤️
Awwww thank you so much 🥹🥹 that was such a nice comment and I really hope I did it justice. Him and the band did a great job on the album and I can’t wait to see them live. Thank you so much for watching and hanging out with me!!
Common people reminded me of that interview of Louis years ago where he said I couldn't find 40 pence to catch the bus to go to school when I forgot to ask my mum fr some😫 and now we're here in a tour bus
@@alexray_music and some songs need to be long. Like Harry Styles She or SOTT or Foo Fighters I am A River or Congregation or Eagles Hotel California or (last one 😁) John Miles Music ❤️
just finished watching and i have to first say thank you for making me appreciate the album as a whole even more!! i tend to listen to an album all the way through just once and then only revisit my initial favorites (which for FITF are Face the Music, Holding on to Heartache, Headlines, and All Thjs Time) but your comments gave me a new perspective on some of the other songs, so I’ll definitely be revisiting them! i also love how relatable your reactions are lol like the despair on your face when you realized Saturdays has a bridge at 54:55 🤣
I’m rewatching album reactions now that FITF tour has finished. He’s in his 👑 of Festivals Era for the summer. 😂 Louis has grown sm since the album release. After going to my own show & seeing so many of the concerts live-streamed, it’s been even more difficult to pick a top 5 for this album. The HOTH bridge live hits sm harder. WAOYF, The Greatest, & Common People have never wavered, but there just isn’t enough room at the top. His LIVE album was such an amazing collaboration with his fans. I wonder if you have any new thoughts after your own experiences. Tysm for such a great reaction & supporting our Louis! 💙🩵💙
You probably won’t see this comment by now Alex, but I just wanted to let you know that after all of this time have come back and watch the entire experience of you hearing this album by Lillie for the first time and felt the joy and the pain and the surprise and the heartbreak and the smiles of Louis and this was such a breath of fresh air. I needed, although I watched you the day that this came out! What a journey Alex from then until now I feel like I’ve stepped back in time and maybe it’s a good thing for you to see too After a few years of starting this experiment in the very beginning. I always felt you so deeply and love the way you brought to life and explained the things going on in my heart lots of love and warmth and comfort to you. 💕❤️🩹🥰👥
Hello my love 🩵🩵🩵 I see all 👀 😉 thank you so much for watching again and again. I love this album so much and I’m so freaking thankful for it. Truly, a core memory. I want to re-listen to it with you guys! Thank you for always being here 🩵
Oh I loved this video so much. It’s so interesting hearing you talk about songwriting and your approach to Louis music and how you listen to his songs. That album truly is a masterpiece🤍
So interesting that I dipped my toe into the swift fandom watching you react to midnights and now you’re reacting to Louis where I’ve been deep for 11 years! Love your reactions
This reaction to Chicago was us all. That first line hit everyone. We've been here for over a decade and had no fucking idea he had someone with whom he wanted more kids..so yeah..heartbreaking
I LOVE CHICAGO TOO!! First time listened he sang "just because it didn't work, doesn't MEAN it's meaningless to me, it's just wasn't MEANT to be" it just hit, bwoah. then at the last part, again, with your number, my jumper. if this man ever decided he didn't want to sing anymore (i hope he never), people would still waiting for more music from him. he is such a great lyricist, and his songwriting should only gets better in time.
His band is phenomenal..the drumming on Walls is simply beyond superb! The harmonies..❤️etc, etc, etc ! But this album ages his sound to 30 beautifully🎂🌧🌤
I love that you talk about Louis and also Taylor in this reaction!!!! cause I love both of them and find conections in the way they write songs 😍🥺❤️ saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷
"My sexuality is Louis Tomlinson singing in my ear" is the correct answer
Tattoo that on my body
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Lol
I will never get sick of people hearing the "hey babe" for the first time
Lolol that’s a reaction compilation that needs to happen for sure
Omg yes
And one was made and it’s awesome!!
everytime you say “one direction vibe” i just wish i could say YESSS THATS WHY LOUIS WAS LITERALLY THE HEAD OF ONE DIRECTION, HE WAS THE ONE THAT WROTE MORE SONGS!!!
I discovered Harry first, then 1D and became the biggest Louis. He is so underrated/under appreciated. I’m so happy he’s finally getting the recognition he deserves. Do yourself a favor and see him live. 💙
Definitely catching him in Florida next summer!!
@@Ivyskid I get it, he’s beautiful.
@@alexray_music I’m seeing him in sant aug in July!!
I’m seeing him in June! I’m taking my 15 year old daughter ( likes him and his music but can’t call her a loyal fan…yet)her friend ( big Louis fan) and my friend ( my daughters friends mother( doesn’t listen to his music but is looking forward to it. We are hoping to turn those two into new Louis fans!
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Same same ❤🎉
the emotional rollercoaster that this album was- so so proud of louis, he truly outdid himself here 🥺
completely and utterly outdid himself
"Maybe Louis Tomlinson's falsetto is my sexuality"
You're not wrong.
He teases me with itttttt
@@alexray_music I turn into a puddle ever time
Watching people reacting to Written all over your face has became a hobby for me , holly shit that song is FIREEEE!!! i love your reaction!!
THANK YOU IM SO HAPPY YOURE HERE!!!
I discovered 1d through Harry but Louis is it for me, that man literally became the sun to the darkest year of my life, and I just love you so much😭
I feel like that Walls was the transitional piece between 1D and himself as a solo artist but Faith In The Future is truly him as a musician. Faith in the future seems like a letter to the fans from Louis himself. Back in 1D people kept saying he wasn’t a great singer so he started writing more. You can see how much work he has put into his voice since then.
55:19 "I'm hurting but I have hope"
Well your feeling is spot on because Louis said this in a recent interview:
“The overall feel on the album, even though it touches on stuff that’s more emotional - maybe even sad at times - by the end of the song there will be a lyric or there will be a melody, something that happens in production, that leaves you with a hopeful feeling. That was my intention. To create a hopeful record, that has depth emotionally, but as a collective feels hopeful.”
Okay the fact that he said “maybe even sad at times” LEWIS CHICAGO IS HEARTWRENCHING”
But jokes aside he did a fantastic job of conveying that. I said that not knowing about that interview, so (even more) props to him
I also feel like saturdays is louis' fine line, because he's telling us that everything will be fine
I love this album. You can hear the difference that he wrote this with other artists as opposed professional song writers. He made the video for out of my system in a semi deserted house in Peckham south london about ten minutes up the road from me. I have seen/met Louis a few times he is a truly lovely kind generous person.
I want to see him live so badly!!
I love how its a universal reaction to be so caught off guard by the "hey babe" LIKE THAT'S SUCH A MOOD 💀💀
LOL I STILL GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD and I know it’s coming
Copies from the comments belowed for easier access!
1:00 The Greatest
6:19 Written All Over Your Face
12:08 Bigger Than Me
17:34 Lucky Again
24:04: Face The Music
28:54 Chicago
35:36 All This Time
40:29 Out Of My System
43:06 Headline
49:01 Saturdays
59:04 Silver Tongues
1:04:03 She is Beauty, We are World Class
1:10:20 Common People
1:16:26 Angels Fly
1:23:28 Holding On To Heartache
1:29:53 That's The Way Love Goes
This is just such an amazingly gorgeous album. I hope you get to at least one of his concerts; Louis live is absolutely next level.
I hope so too 🥺
🔥TIMESTAMPS 🔥
1:00 The Greatest
6:19 Written All Over Your Face
12:08 Bigger Than Me
17:34 Lucky Again
24:04: Face The Music
28:54 Chicago
35:36 All This Time
40:29 Out Of My System
43:06 Headline
49:01 Saturdays
59:04 Silver Tongues
1:04:03 She is Beauty, We are World Class
1:10:20 Common People
1:16:26 Angels Fly
1:23:28 Holding On To Heartache
1:29:53 That's The Way Love Goes
You’re the cutest in the land
@@alexray_music ahhh shtawp that 🫠
thank u darling
Lucky Again is easily my absolute fave on this album and I agree I can't believe there isn't more discourse about this song. It's literally perfect! It's everything I hoped this album would be!
Loved your reaction, especially when you talk about the lyrics. It's nice to see someone appreciate his skills as a songwriter
Conceptually he explores so many novel lyrical concepts this album … I will fight some certain critics to the death on that point
i am obsessed with watching people become louies 🥹
also you’re so cool i absolutely love you now
@@brinleyrose2986 I love youuuu 🥹 thanks for accepting me in the fandom, I came crashing in the second I heard Two of us
Same!!
All this time is so underrated. I BLAST it in my car and sing at the top of my lungs. Then I play the acoustic version from the digital deluxe and cry
The range - a bop and then acoustic ballad and TEARS
7:58 he hadn't used that side of his voice on his solo stuff but he used to do it a lot in 1D songs!
I was so happy to get that back from him
also, loved your reaction!!
Thank you!!
52:45 and there's a song called "change" that it's in the digital version of the album. he played it live in his first "away from home" festival, and we're obsessed since that day
YES! I listened to change after this and I’m editing that video!
@@alexray_music i'm soo excited now!
One thing i appreciate so much about louis, is that FITF is a almost complete gender neutral album! My man writes for the gays and the theys
Yes! I really do love the “you” directed songs more than talking about someone in the third person anyway.
There are so many different emotions in this whole album.. It's just so complete.. His songs are all so multilayered.. On one hand you'll think it's a romantic angle, on the other I thought, it also shows his relation with his fans and how his shows got cancelled bcoz of covid, nd in the third, I think it also explores his career graphs and the changes he had to make on the way.. I love him so much
Yes! Each song is so multifaceted
Your reaction to Written all over your face is a hoot - I think we all felt like this, like 'what the heck is he doing to me?'' Sexylou is new, and we like it. :) Overall, this is best album I've heard in years.
YEAH LIKE I KNEW HE WAS A SWEET SOUL and then that came on and I was like 🫠
Hi! I’m rewatching this reaction!! I love it more than the first time I watched, because I know what you’re going to say, but I’m still excited!
I saw Louis, at the beginning of his tour, in Detroit, a smaller venue and I knew it’s not going to be a great performance! I followed all his other shows and with every show he got better and better! So, I’m not going to lie, I’m a little disappointed that I haven’t seen him at his best!
He released his one version of “Back to you” because it sounded so great live, it was a public favorite! So you were right!! (1:15)
You’re great at seeing behind the music and understanding the lyrics, the vision and predict the future! 😍
You're so cute
About Written all over your face... Seriously my first reaction was I've never heard him sing that way... It's just soo hot
🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 me when I heard “hey babeee”
Listening to his album after watching his doc makes it hit so much harder. Because you can just really understand what he was feeling through every song, especially lucky again and all this time, when they played in the doc it all just really clicked into place.
This album is my new religion, i just fcking love him SO MUCH!
Thank you for your reaction darling, greetings from Brazil! 😊🇧🇷
Loved this reaction!! And love seeing someone love Chicago as much as I do! Also I’m sure someone in chat said it as you were recording but That’s The Way Love Goes is the last song on most of the versions of FITF, the track lists changes depending on which deluxe songs are added but That’s The Way Love Goes stays as the last song for the most part… it’s meant to stay as the last song
It’s a fantastic last song. Thanks so much for watching!!!
Chicago girl right here 🙋🏽♀️
Louis could write a soundtrack for a movie. I feel like I get so many images in my head with the feel and the lyrics of each song. Oh, and I kept saying Silver Tongues sounds very Andrew McMahon as well! SIBWAWC sounds like Lady Gaga in a way. I hear so many influences in this whole album and I'm here for it! (Killers, Oasis, The Cure, FOB, OK GO, Panic, Blink, etc) It's a blend of my entire collection of music and I can get it all in one album by Louis.
Holding on to Heartache is gorgeous but Angels Fly and Written All Over Your Face are also insanely good. I love this album and your reaction was really lovely!
Hello hello!! Thanks for embracing me so warmly as I entered the Louis fandom 🥹❤️⭐️ I’m almost home after traveling all day and I can’t wait to chat about the album with y’all in the comments. As soon as I get home, I’ll put (part of my) Walls reaction (a couple songs were muted for copyright restrictions) as well as my reaction to a few of Louie’s early singles and some of the deluxe songs on my Patreon! www.patreon.com/alexraymusic?
I’d love advice on what other content I could react to on UA-cam! Let me know!
i just love the way you interpret these songs! i’ve listened to this album so many times and you’re still giving me a fresh view and perspective and more appreciation for it
Awww thank you 🥹🥹🥹
I’ve commented this on Caitlin’s video as well but after watching Positive Steven’s reaction I can’t shake the feeling that Saturdays is about Louis’ grief and loss in a “I’m finding you in the everyday moments that bring me back to the pain I felt when I lost you but still make me smile” kind of way as opposed to a “Two Of Us” kind of way
Oh shit that hurts 😞
I love your reactions to Louis, this is my UA-cam Music Reaction safe and happy place. I feel you so much on everything
Aww thank youuuu and I hope you do too!! I’m going to see him in Florida and Nashville!!!
Watching your reaction gave me shivers all over again. Such a great fucking album! Really enjoyed your video :) thanks for sharing!
Thank YOU for hanging out with me ❤️🥹
Saw you with Blake the other day and now I have you on my feed ahhh I can't get enough of people falling in love with our cutie Louis heartwarming stuff. And lots of love to you and Blake ❤️
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️ so glad you’re here!
Am I the only one that occasionally got vibes of Oasis in some of the earlier tracks? I do agree that I heard Fallout Boy across the spectrum. Thanks for the album! It was really my first introduction to Louie.
"maybe louis tomlinson's falsetto is my sexuality" is just,, yes, agreed, need it on a shirt immediately
And quick edit cause I couldn't agree more with the "know your number" change up at 36:24 ish,, the way that tempo change literally feels like a physical blow? My first time listening I was fully on my bedroom floor by that and just punching the syllables on the beat so it just,, hits home?? Pun very much intended
Stop we all go to a Louie concert together and flash mob him with shirts that say that. That sweet boy would blush so hard
And THE TEMPO. CHANGE. WAS. SO. EFFECTIVE. YES.
@@alexray_music yes pleaseee lets do that
I like you speak about lots of technical details but also about how you feel about lyrics and the different meanings they can have and connecting them with old songs of Louis, it's like a 360° vision of his work.
His lyrics gets me hard, even the simple ones; he makes me suffer thru vivid memories I never experienced but that felt as mine.
I'd love your reaction to demo songs (saved by a Stranger, face the music, change) and speculate a little about the things could be add to them musically and vocally 💙
Yes I want to hear them! I gotta buy deluxe versions for sure. Thanks so much for your kindness ❤️
@@alexray_music I just re-read my comment and realized I wrote something in a very wrong way, my brain tried to say something but the autocorrect, my hands or my Louis' deprived mind forbade it. Sorry.
One of the best reactions I’ve seen of this amazing album…you voice what I feel but can’t seem to articulate 😮 defo a new subscriber ❤
Aw thank you!!!! I love Louis and his Louies 🤍
Love your reaction. Chicago makes me cry every time. Louis seems to bring out all the feels with his music.
On his first tour, he opened with "we made it" and its so freaking good live 🙌
I love your reactions to Louis' music. Why do you think Louis has not received the recognition he deserves for his songs - great music and great lyrics.
Your comments make me appreciate the album even more. I also love your anticipation to Saturdays just because it was 4 minutes and the phrase you said when Chicago play that "I'm broken but I'm hopeful". Louis said the album was written with the tour in mind. Thank you for the video!!
Thank you for watching!!! And I’m so excited for his shows 🥹 he’s so passionate about performing
I feel like Angels Fly is more of a song that someone close to him lost someone close to them, and he's just comforting them. Saying things like we don't have to talk about it now but I'm here for you. I like to think maybe he had someone who did that for him and he wrote this song for them.
Absolutely loved this reaction. Such a great combo of passion, notes from a songwriter's perspective, appreciation of lyrics, and calling out production and songwriting textural choices. So enjoyable. Thank you!
I am here for everyone who admires Louis- I saw him in Hamburg and it was soooo good. And NOW he is going to play STADIUMS in LATAM next year. Couldn't be prouder what he is achieving so far. LOVE Louis- and the fact that he brings back the music I used to listen to in my younger years. Always be a Louie.....
Love that you look at this from a songwriter perspective. Really made me appreciate the lyrics and emotion behind the song.
Chicago is really becoming my favorite song and I can't control it 😭
Like of all time, I cannot stop thinking about it
@@alexray_music omg you commented as I'm watching you react to Chicago I wanna cry
@@alexrose20 I listened to it again while Blake McLain reacted and cried a second time
@@alexray_music i was watching blakes live and you are such a mood, i love you
the quick breathing as soon as The Greatest started I FELT THAT
What a fantastic reaction Alex!! as a long time Louis fan, my expectations for FITH were high and I was still blown away! Im a huge Taylor & Louis fan and it’s been wonderful listening to your reactions & breakdowns of both their music ❤ just love your musical insights & commentary
Thank you for listening with me!!!! ❤️🥹 (and accepting me into the fandom)
@@alexray_music welcome aboard the Louis train 🫂
That's the Way Love Goes as a concept, I think is influenced by The Streets - Dry Your Eyes, which is also a song talking to your friend about picking themselves up after a break up (interestingly, that one goes back and forth between the guy during the break up and his friends advice). Also Louis worked on this song with someone who has worked with The Streets at one point. I'm not sure they were a big band outside the UK, but that song was a huge one as a teenager here, and Louis is a similar age as me, so it was interesting to see him do a song with a similar theme to that iconic one
Alex it is so much fun to watch your reactions 😊 and I am also amazed at how Louis’s voice is just amazing now! His voice seems like it is so much stronger now vs earlier years! He is totally amazing!
Thoroughly enjoyed this reaction from start to finish. It's always wonderful when people discover our boy 💖 I say as if he's not a 30 year old man haha. Subscribed and excited for more videos from you!
Thank you 🥹🥹🥹 I’m so glad you’re here and I can’t wait to hear more of our boy 😉
Loveeeed your reaction to this album. I love when people take so much care to understand the intricacies of a song and give it so much detail. I feel like then you fall even more in love with the album as a whole beautiful artwork
((That verse is my sexuality))
Same girl sameeee!!!
Your reactions>>>
Thank you 🥹❤️
Hi! been following u since the midnights reaction w/ Blake. I loved this reaction, loved your dedication and attention to the lyrics and the fact that you connected some topics with his older stuff. Wish you the best with the channel :) greets from Uruguay from another die-hard swiftie.
THANK YOU! I’m so glad you liked it 🥹🥹 and I’m so happy you’re here, that was so kind.
Another great reaction, Alex!! You are such a Louie and vibe at all the right parts: love it! Couple of things: Saturdays and Silver Tongues are connected by a G chord in the end of the former and in the beginning of the latter. And also by verses about those trainers! And yes to a Taylor nod in Holding on to Heartache, thank you very much! You've been the only one to mention it...
Thank you!! Genuinely such a good album and he has the best fans.
I got to see his show in Seattle this summer and it was the best day of my life 💙💙 he is such amazing songs writer and performer
Also this reaction was SO GOOD thank you for an amazing video, I’ll definitely be watching more 💙💙💙
hey loved your reaction!! I LOVE when people focus on the lyrics and analyze it and also appreciate the production. And tbh Louis' music deserves nothing less. His lyrics are so- idek how to explain it but i love taylor and Louis because of their lyrics mostly.
And also btw i think you should also check out Niall's music. Both the albums. Idk i just have a feeling you'll like it. Because again- LYRICS. And vocals also. Niall and Louis have like my comfort voices. Their music just feels like a warm hug
and if you do decide to do Niall's whole discography, all the very best because it's going to be an emotional rollercoaster. The first album is very acoustic-y, AND the second album- just good luck
Niall is next on my list! I’ve heard great things about his last two albums!
I’m scared omg
Watching you go through the same emotions I went through... Oh my god love uu❤
Thanks for hanging out with me ❤️❤️❤️
I see Louis n I click. I'm a gigantic fan. Loved your reaction. Thank you. 😊
I love and support everyone who loves and supports Louis 😊
I loved your reaction
i got tickets for this tour and i’m so excited to hear these songs live. i’m just so pumped!! ahhhhh
The fact that you talked about him touring the songs is so important. That was also a huge part of how they wrote so many of 1D's songs from like Midnight Memories onwards because they were touring in stadiums at that point. (Except for Made in the AM, which I am TRULY devastated never got a tour.) Your reactions to Chicago and Written All Over Your Face are so relatable. I cannot BELIEVE this man's growth as a songwriter. I feel so lucky to have been a 1D stan in 2012 and really see his progression through the years because hooooooly crap.
I am SO glad I started with Walls because seeing his progression is astounding. Walls was fantastic and this was on another level.
Omg love your reactions, Louis is and amazing person and I love he’s getting the recognition he deserves
I love the fact that you enjoy and appreciate the guitar moments in most of the songs, all the instruments along with the lyrics ❤
Lovely reaction, new sub.
Also, i highly recommend you to watch the AWAY FROM HOME FESTIVAL that Louis stream last year, to hear how he make a electronic song as Just Hold On (the one with Steve Aoki) to a rocky punk sound, more his actual taste. Most of the songs in Walls doesnt hear as actually for astonishing live moments but they do, live are absolutely so vibing.
You can start with Fearless live (you will preach the guitar solo and all the band sound).
If he was single absolutely i will snogged to Michael Blackwell, Louis' band guitarrist 😁 😁 😁
I’ll check it out! Send me all the Louis suggestions! Love a live performance and love Michael
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Well here is the full festival, its amazing the music, the documentary so essential to understand the journey and mustly now that FAITH IN THE FUTURE is already out make more sense, this festival was before he goes for the first time this year on tour for Walls, its just a taste of how a Louis Tomlinson concert is 🔥 ♥
Also the second comment inside the link have the timing of each song, and he played the whole album (including perfect now ♡) that during tour he take it out from the setlist, sadly 😢
About The Greatest, what u said... Really... For a song with that big chorus, his voice to glide through so smoothly is such a big contrast and along with that lyrics his throw of voice is just perfect...
He played with so many aspects of his vocals this album and I loved it!
Watching you react to this album feels like how we all were LIVING when listening to one direction records as they dropped back in the day SPEECHLESS, SHAKING, SCREAMING AND SOBBING
I admire your beauty and your kindness. Thank you it was fun to watch your reaction. 🤍
Me encantó que en tu reacción no hayas saltado las canciones, la mayoría de los que han reaccionado ha todo el álbum se han saltado para no hacerlo demasiado largo el video, pero tú no. Disfruté esos 1:36:38 que nos diste. Gracias por la reacción ❤️.
I always go back and forth whether to cut or not but I I’d rather give you guys the whole video so you can listen with me!
6:07 i was at his faith in the future album release show in London on the 12/12 and yeah he did open the show with the greatest and it was amazing!!
I FEEL SOOOO HAPPY WATCHING THIS VIDEO!!! thank you so muchhh, you brought me such a good feeling of happiness and proud, louis is absolutely amazing and im sure he’d be reallllyyyyy greatful and aprecciete your reaction to each song. thank you again❤️❤️❤️❤️
Awwww thank you so much 🥹🥹 that was such a nice comment and I really hope I did it justice. Him and the band did a great job on the album and I can’t wait to see them live. Thank you so much for watching and hanging out with me!!
Common people reminded me of that interview of Louis years ago where he said I couldn't find 40 pence to catch the bus to go to school when I forgot to ask my mum fr some😫 and now we're here in a tour bus
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE REACTION!! i love your perceptions of the songs! suscribed
Thank you!!!
“I’m hurting but I have hope” is a perfect summary of this album
He'll yeah! Saturdays needs to be long long long
When I saw that 4:30 song I was like ah god he’s gonna end me
@@alexray_music he ends me everytime 😂 even with only the brave
@@alexray_music and some songs need to be long. Like Harry Styles She or SOTT or Foo Fighters I am A River or Congregation or Eagles Hotel California or (last one 😁) John Miles Music ❤️
I love your reaction. Louis Tomlinson is really amazing.
I return to the review of Saturdays time and time again, such a lovely review ❤❤
Aw thank you 🥹 I love that song
Made it to the end. You kept me company during my walk home through a new trail. Needed this for my mental health!
Thanks so much for hanging out with me during your walk ❤️❤️❤️ I hope the trail was great!
@@alexray_music it was! I saw puppy prints 😭
Welcome to falling in love and being head over heels with Louis Tomlinson ❤we understand 🥹🫶🏼🥰
just finished watching and i have to first say thank you for making me appreciate the album as a whole even more!! i tend to listen to an album all the way through just once and then only revisit my initial favorites (which for FITF are Face the Music, Holding on to Heartache, Headlines, and All Thjs Time) but your comments gave me a new perspective on some of the other songs, so I’ll definitely be revisiting them!
i also love how relatable your reactions are lol like the despair on your face when you realized Saturdays has a bridge at 54:55 🤣
Despair is a perfect word for it 🤦🏽♀️😭 I saw 4:30 song and was terrified (for good reason)
Thanks for hanging out with me for the whole album!!! ❤️🥹
Hoth and chicago are my favs the way i started crying from pcd when i heard hoth
I’m rewatching album reactions now that FITF tour has finished. He’s in his 👑 of Festivals Era for the summer. 😂 Louis has grown sm since the album release. After going to my own show & seeing so many of the concerts live-streamed, it’s been even more difficult to pick a top 5 for this album. The HOTH bridge live hits sm harder. WAOYF, The Greatest, & Common People have never wavered, but there just isn’t enough room at the top. His LIVE album was such an amazing collaboration with his fans. I wonder if you have any new thoughts after your own experiences. Tysm for such a great reaction & supporting our Louis! 💙🩵💙
51:00 yeah, and that's such a louis and taylor thing to do
And always the strings. Sooooo perfect. Just perfect ⭐️
The arrangements were spot on across the board. The strings in various songs really brought it all together
Omg I enjoyed ur reaction to midnights in Blake's channel. I am so glad u r checking Louis ❤️ love the reaction
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️ I’m all in for Louis now!!!
You probably won’t see this comment by now Alex, but I just wanted to let you know that after all of this time have come back and watch the entire experience of you hearing this album by Lillie for the first time and felt the joy and the pain and the surprise and the heartbreak and the smiles of Louis and this was such a breath of fresh air. I needed, although I watched you the day that this came out! What a journey Alex from then until now I feel like I’ve stepped back in time and maybe it’s a good thing for you to see too After a few years of starting this experiment in the very beginning. I always felt you so deeply and love the way you brought to life and explained the things going on in my heart lots of love and warmth and comfort to you. 💕❤️🩹🥰👥
Hello my love 🩵🩵🩵 I see all 👀 😉 thank you so much for watching again and again. I love this album so much and I’m so freaking thankful for it. Truly, a core memory. I want to re-listen to it with you guys! Thank you for always being here 🩵
Oh I loved this video so much. It’s so interesting hearing you talk about songwriting and your approach to Louis music and how you listen to his songs. That album truly is a masterpiece🤍
He outdid himself ❤️ thanks so much for hanging out with me and listening!
Your reaction to Written All Over Your Face is my favorite thing 😂 and girl, SAME
this video is just art. I loved every single minute of it, thank you so much for this. It was a rollercoaster of emotions till the very end
Aww thank you 🥹🥹🩵🩵🩵
So interesting that I dipped my toe into the swift fandom watching you react to midnights and now you’re reacting to Louis where I’ve been deep for 11 years! Love your reactions
Im so glad you’re here! And you can catch me up on all the Louie knowledge 😉
Welcome to the fandom! I loved your reaction ❤
I’m so happy to be with you sweet Louies 🥹
01:05:34 shapes become language - he Communicates thr clothes, shapes, cryptic msgs
You just pointed out what to love even more about this album beyond reason! Lol!
Seriously I can’t get enough and cannot wait to freak out on tour!!!!
This reaction to Chicago was us all. That first line hit everyone. We've been here for over a decade and had no fucking idea he had someone with whom he wanted more kids..so yeah..heartbreaking
It’s just so relatable too. Fuck. Like in a relationship with someone and you plan your kids’ names. Shit hurts
I LOVE CHICAGO TOO!!
First time listened he sang "just because it didn't work, doesn't MEAN it's meaningless to me, it's just wasn't MEANT to be" it just hit, bwoah.
then at the last part, again, with your number, my jumper.
if this man ever decided he didn't want to sing anymore (i hope he never), people would still waiting for more music from him. he is such a great lyricist, and his songwriting should only gets better in time.
His band is phenomenal..the drumming on Walls is simply beyond superb! The harmonies..❤️etc, etc, etc ! But this album ages his sound to 30 beautifully🎂🌧🌤
I love that you talk about Louis and also Taylor in this reaction!!!! cause I love both of them and find conections in the way they write songs 😍🥺❤️ saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷