Oh hello. Just me, back in your inbox to rant about H and L’s returning themes of change and growing up.
As previously mentioned - the Fleetwood Mac: Landslide -> blackbear: CHANGES (written by Louis) -> Cam: Changes (written by Harry) -> LT: Change(s) pipeline is very interesting.
Growing up and changing is such a common theme in their writing. They both have written songs speaking about how they’re afraid they’ve changed and grown up and people they used to know and love might say they don’t know them anymore. They speak of being scared of that growth and change and outgrowing their old lives/home/people.
Enter 2022: Change(s), Matilda, Late Night Talking
Louis first debuted his new song Change(s) at the Away From Home Festival and has recently brought it back into his tour set list. Harry also just released a new album with the aforementioned songs.
Change(s) talks about how it’s okay that everything has changed. Things change. People move on, but they’re still the same inside as they’ve always been. Matilda; where do I begin with her? The entire song is so beautiful. H brings back the idea of changing and growing but this time, he’s okay with it. “you don’t have to be sorry for leaving and growing up”. Late Night Talking might be overlooked in the change conversations. But the lyrics, “I’ve never been a fan of change, but I’d follow you to any place” coming from someone who has continually talked about their dislike/struggle with changing and growing up? But they’re okay with changing and moving on with a certain person? So LOUD.
This has been your latest update in sleep deprived rambles of these boys struggles with changing and growing up, but how they’ve become okay with it, learned to manage and grow in it, especially with the other by their side.
yes!!! everything, but we have to YELL that last part bc YES!!! change and not knowing what's to come is such a huge theme on harry's house. it really has been throughout their entire discography, bc hs1 and fine line's heaviest songs f.e. deal with change, essentially. but now it's like they've zoomed in on it, yk?? kinda as if they figured out that that is what the problem was all along: them having to deal with change and how hard that can be, and how they don't necessarily like it. that it takes some time to process change. the place they come from and really love changing without them bc they're hardly ever there anymore. the people around them changing and hurting them bc they were close and trusted. the music they like changing. the people who like their music changing. and then it's just the sweetest most heartwarming fucking thing that they're then just like. yeah let's just keep driving. we'll make it down this road. together.
and just bc i can't resist, here's just a small cluster i've made of relevant hs3 lyrics:
- things haven't been quite the same, there's a haze on the horizon, babe - lnt
- you know it's not the same as it was - as it was (duh)
- i don't wanna talk about the way that it was - as it was
- i've never been a fan of change, but i'd follow you to any place - lnt
- i remember back at johnny's place, it's not the same anymore - love of my life
