“I think this is a good point in the book to talk to you about the pretty serious confidence issues I suffered as a result of an early problem I had on stage. As many of you know, we appeared on a big Saturday night TV show in the UK and I wasn’t happy at all with my vocal. After the performance I saw some comments online that I struggled with. In the documentary we made during this time there’s a well-known piece to camera where I explain why that incident upset me so much. and I think what I said is pretty self-explanatory. However, what I didn’t know then was that ultimately that experience would turn into a positive - it became a great learning curve for me. Yes, at the time i was gutted and those comments online really upset me, genuinely. I’ll be totally honest here and say that it all played on my mind for a long time. Part of the issue was that we had done loads of TV shows so much better. This was easily the worst I had done, so that was frustrating, but it was the only performance people talked about for a while. I’m naturally a fairly confident person - in most situations, but not all. That whole episode was a big knock to my confidence for quite some time. I now know why it happened. At that point any natural confidence I had in myself was just being taken over by nerves, because I’d no idea back then how to channel and control my anxiety.”
Let’s start with the main shot. What ended up being the album cover.
First of all, this still had its metadata, so I can see it was shot on a 5d mkii which for a shoot in 2015 is completely outdated. For a second camera body, maybe. For a main body for a huge shoot? At least RENT a 5diii or better yet a 5ds (50.6-megapixels!!!). Like, this thing is going to last forever, lets make an effort and at least pretend to be professionals.
Anyway. 2/4 are looking off camera. Louis is doing something weird with his face (clearly is mid-licking his lips). Harry looks over it. Completely misbalanced lighting (look how Louis’ face is lit compared to Harry’s). Have you heard of reflectors mate? Apparently not.
This is a video of some of the praise that Harry has received from critics, in particular, from Rolling Stone Magazine. Please watch it if you’re ever doubtful of how much of a great performer he is 🎤
