The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story

one direction, and it’s every single member were a part of many ppls adolescence, especially mine.. every single member had a special place in my heart, Liam Payne was not a good person but no one deserves to die so young, I cant imagine the pain of his family and his little son right now.

Be Kind, to everyone.

begging people to not forget liam was an abuser. yes, his death is very sad, because he could've gotten help and therapy and accountability for his actions. but he still abused his ex fiancé and made her life a living hell. yes, his death is very sad and devastating but that doesn't erase the mistakes and the pain he caused in life. two things can be true at once.

They’re attempting to trick us into thinking it’s a love song but William “cascade ocean wave blues” Bowery and Taylor “all of my cages were mental” Swift are absolutely about to release the most depressing shit you’ve ever heard.

Rest in peace Aaron Charles Carter (December 7, 1987 – November 5, 2022)

Aaron Carter had a very troubled life and upbringing. His story is sadly the story of another child star that has been traumatized by Hollywood. I find it fucked up that so many people on Twitter and other social media sites are just sharing videos of him when he was clearly on substances. That is not all he was. Maybe it's the younger ones who are sharing these videos. Many gen Z people don't realize that for many millennials Aaran Carter was our Justin Bieber.

“It was really the most accidental thing to happen in lockdown. It wasn’t like, ‘It’s three o’clock, it’s time to write a song!’ It was just messing around on a piano and singing badly and being overheard and then thinking, you know, what if we tried to get to the end of it together? Sending it to Justin with the idea of doing a duet and getting voice notes back of him singing over the top and stuff was surreal. It was a perk of lockdown. It was fun to do it together, and I was proud of it. It was nice getting such a positive reception. [On if there's a version of “exile” with him singing on it] Jesus, there’s probably a voice note somewhere that should be burned.”

Joe Alwyn on writing songs for folklore and evermore

Heads up regarding news coverage of Liam Payne's death

The TMZ article that comes up shows pictures of his dead body. They do not show his face, but they do show his arms, torso, and tattoos which I find extraordinarily tasteless and disrespectful. So if you are looking for news stories to confirm that this isn't an internet hoax, avoid that one.

Now that it’s been 3 years since “Folklore” came out, I have to say it but I never thought yogurt boy was William Bowery. Even Jack was like I have no idea who William Bowery is. I’m sorry I just don’t believe this random British dude who as far as I know doesn’t have any musical background could write part of these songs. And even if he did, I still don’t believe it I’m sorry. It just doesn’t not seem possible to me at all. That’s the hot take of the day and I know some of y’all are going to destroy me over it but.

Disney Adventures, November 2002

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