a sequence of events that happened on the LIGHTS UP release day aka the night fine line era started: a nostalgic thread
1. “do you know who you are” posters being found in australia, california, new york, england and japan
4. harry replies to a fan encouraging them to go to therapy saying he’ll wait for them to release hs2 and tour
5. the dykwya site being created out of nowhere and all of us collectively freaking out together bc we don’t know what’s going on
7. harry posts these on his instagram stories. currently we’re all dead and internally screaming bc hs2 is finally coming !!!
10. harry likes a tweet and follows a band on ig. now we’re all going feral bc he’s so active on sm!
11. harry covers “new music friday”, “ny pop”, “noususaa” and “top hits south africa” playlists on spotify. by now, we’re all sure that something new is definitely dropping TONIGHT
13. harry likes a couple of tweets and replies to ms excel. we’re all losing our minds bc he’s mad active but refuses to let us know anything
14. some people get this notification on their phones from spotify but we refuse to believe them as there are still no confirmations from harry or hshq
17. youtube shows that there’s a new video premiering on harry’s vevo channel at midnight eastern. right now, all of us are just looking at the thumbnail and going through... it. we really don’t know what to expect anymore. we’re shocked? scared? excited? HOLY SHIT BEACUSE-
18. harry posts THIS picture on twitter and instagram about 5 minutes later confirming the single’s name to be lights up. WHAT THE FUCK
19. harry’s twitter layout, website layout and instagram icon change. at this point we’re all just staring at our phone screens with mouths wide open
21. AND THE COUNT DOWN BEGINS !!! we’re all just waiting and crying bc it’s FINALLY happening. oh my god
22. lights up merch is available all of a sudden! the entire fandom is going up and down a chaotic rollercoaster