16 fucking years of One Direction!!! Blows my mind. Thank you for changing all our lives and the love and passion you all still show is unmatched! Tonight’s going to be a special show.
Spending the rest of the day listening to all the bangers and reminiscing! Thank you for all the memories.
And to my brother I Miss you every day but especially on days like today. I know we’d have been celebrating today together!
“It’s days like today where you reflect and think about how far you’ve come and the cliche ‘how did I get here’ I suppose you could use.” ♥️ #HDWGHTOslo
The 2nd tour had a different energy about it. I felt much more assured in the music in an album that was literally designed for the live show but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have some nights where I questioned myself. About midway through that tour I remember metaphorically looking in the mirror and saying to myself that I needed to allow myself the success and the idea of being capable on my own. Gratitude is an incredible feeling but also comes with its own pressure, I wanted so much to deliver for you all every night and wasn’t allowing myself room for error. That momentum shift was really important for me. The last show of that tour absolutely blew my fucking mind, it gave me room to reflect on how far I’d come. Never did I imagine WE’D be able to achieve this
Right listen, heart to heart, I want to level with you all. I know I haven’t been as present online as I have been in the past. Been taking a bit of time for myself but I can’t express the incredible gratitude I have for all of you!
How Did I Get Here? I’ve been asking myself that question since I started my career. I’m so excited to finally say the new album is out! I feel so incredibly grateful for your years of die hard support.
I’ve always found it impossible to answer the question of how I ended up here but one thing is for certain I wouldn’t be here without you all.
This record is for you. It’s yours now, enjoy!
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Just had a great chat with @zanelowe about the new record.
Feel full to the brim with gratitude and love. This record means so much to me. Thank you for allowing me to do what I love!
Let me take this moment to say thank you to every single person that has supported me over the years. You are throughout this record and everything I do. This album would never have sounded the way it does without all the power and confidence you lot have given me.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
How did I get here?
Tonight all these lives converge here
The mosaics of laughter and cocktails of tears
Where fraternal souls sing identical things
And it’s beautiful
It’s rapturous.
It is frightening.
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I can’t tell you how proud I am to share this with you, an album that just feels so right. A forever thank you goes out to my mentors and friends Max and Shellback for helping me paint this self portrait.
If you thought the big show was wild, perhaps you should come and take a look behind the curtain...
The Life of a Showgirl is out now.
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Album Producers: Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift
📸: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott