Okay. So I didn’t get to watch the livestream yesterday but I got to watch it today and I had a thought about drag me down.
Did anyone else notice he didn’t sing the parts he did in 1D arrangement? He stood up and took the Harry part and let his backing band singing the backing part. He didn’t do the iconic “nobody, nobody” and it honestly felt like a weight was gone.
He took control of a song that was never meant for him past a repeated phrase- nobody, nobody- and made it his own. That last utterance of “nobody can drag me down” as he stares straight into the camera and walks away as if to say he’s washed his hands of this.
He is not a nobody. He is not going to let friends- past or present- hold him back. He’s done playing the part that is needed to boost headlines or make someone else seem palatable. He’s done playing back up to someone who preaches love and rainbows but never actually does anything to help. He’s ready to lay everything out on the table and make it known that he’s not fucking around.
Nobody can drag him down.
