#oct 2011

[hoovesandfloorpaws]

Hey I just made this post and I've been trying to reach out to diff blogs to see if anyone knew about it or had any other information? It doesn't seem to be any info anywhere, so I would love to know what you think

2011 interview

hello sweetpea, thank you for reaching out with this! (◠‿◠✿)

‼️CORRECTION EDIT- @bulletprooflarry DID include the QX interview in her October 2011 timeline! The interview was done on 2 Oct 2011. Big thanks to @broken-beaks for mentioning that in the comments of the post: "This is from October 2nd in 2011 when they were at Nobis Hotel in Stockholm, getting interviewed by Ronny Larsson before their signing at Café Opera for the fan project #Bring1DtoMe" btw, 2 Oct 2011, the same day THIS all happened:

and the rest of my original reply:

I have written a reply in your post already, but will repeat what I wrote here.

I know this interview, yes!

QX is the largest LGBTQAI-media publisher in Scandinavia and QX (Magazine) is a monthly free queer magazine. They also host 2 annual GayGalas in Sweden and Finland.

The 1D interview from their Nov 2011 issue, page 16, was also used in a masterpost on "Harry's sexuality" from 9 April 2012 by @hazzalovesboo - I have elongated to archive the post here (it used the @lourrythoughts translation post as a source as well, which was posted on 18 Feb 2012)

The shift from 2011 to 2012 in terms of how H&L were allowed to publicly communicate, interact, behave themselves and be seen together was severe! I'm currently elongating to archive all the BPL 2011 and 2012 timelines (which will all be linked here) and man... fuck, the contrast is SO stark, it all paints such a clear picture. There's so many lovely, funny and beautiful moments for Harry and Lou and then... so many gut-churning, heartbreaking ones. :(

So yeah, H&L’s closeting had REALLY started taking off in mid 2012 and the contents of that very candid Nov 2011 queer magazine interview were definitely the opposite of what Modest!/Syco wanted/expected of/planned for H&L. Plus, the readers of that magazine were certainly not in the target group that was chosen for 1D. Plus plus, we know they were under the contractual thumb of people who -on top of everything else- were also homophobic as shit.

Thank you for digging up that interview, love (◡‿◡✿) and archiving the screenshots and linking all the sources, it is truly appreciated!

We need to preserve everything that we can as best & fact-checked as possible, because -as this clearly shows- we can't keep losing the ancient texts (ﾉ;≡ω≡)ﾉ

(on a personal note I'd also like to say that however Harry meant his answer about "i can play double, it's okay", this was 2011 and he was 17. and in 2013, when he was 19, he said he's "pretty sure" he's "not bisexual". then came 2022, when Harry was 28, and to the ask "Did Harry ever say that he was unlabelled?", here's a wonderful post incl. his interview quotes by @bluewinnerangel sexuality can be fluid. gender can be fluid. it's truly great. :') )

Thank you for your kind message 💖 x

[mikeywayarchive]

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[Dec 24, 2024]

[larrystylinsontweets]

17/10/2011

@Harry_Styles: Hey @edsheeran…I'm a fanboy. And you definitely didn't make me wear this. http://yfrog.com/j2p7knkj

Context

[blinkandyoumissit]

04 OCT 2011 | Slacker • Patrick Stump - "Kiss" (Prince cover) acoustic - live at Slacker Radio

[ archived page | video download ]

[sicaism]

jessica for ceci magazine, october 2011 issue

[doomspiral]

so as someone that hasn't touched hetalia in... oh good god since like 2014-15. what's been up around here? y'all having fun? anything crazy get confirmed?

I have over 100 hetalia blogs blocked, Gilbert has an eyepatch now, and I'm keeping Tolys Laurinaitis tied up in my basement like an Eminem&Dr. Dre skit. Hope this helps!

[musicalthought]

album review; drc music's kinshasa one two

☆ 7.4/10

♡ released in september 2011

♡ congolese; afrobeats; trip hop; electronica; world beat; ndule

This album was definitely a lot different than my usual album reviews. A full instrumental album that attempts to mix electronica & afro beats, which, surprisingly, succeeds on a lot of the tracks! I’m definitely still not sure how I feel about the album, nor do I feel like I can accurately review it, but I do know I heavily enjoyed the tracks, even the ones I didn’t find myself falling in love with.

A song by song review can be found underneath the cut. My favorite tracks are African Space Anthem, Respect of the Rules, Ah Congo, and If You Wish to Stay Awake. My least favorite tracks are Hallo, Lingala, Virginia, American, and Congosmo.

Hallo -> 6/10

K-Town -> 8/10

African Space Anthem -> 9/10

Love -> 7/10

Lingala -> 6/10

Lourds -> 8/10

Respect of the Rules -> 9/10

We Come from the Forest -> 8/10

Customs -> 8.5/10

Virginia -> 6/10

Ah Congo -> 9/10

Three Piece Sweet Part 1&2 -> 8/10

If You Wish to Stay Awake -> 9/10

Departure -> 7.5/10

Americaaan -> 6/10

Congosmo -> 6/10

Lourds (Heavy) -> 6/10

[hoovesandfloorpaws]

Transcript + translation of the Swedish queer/gay QX Magazine interview with One Direction (2 Oct 2011)

The interview took place in Stockholm, Sweden on 2 Oct 2011 [the same day of the AIMH tweet] and it was published in the November 2011 issue. QX is a monthly magazine published in Swedish by the largest LGBTQIA-media publisher in Scandinavia, with a circulation of 31,000 copies and it's distributed free of charge.

[personal note: Niall mentions he watched Eurovision in the interview! Eurovision Tumblr nation riiiiiiiiise 🕺🏻🪩✨]

cover:

interview article, page 16: (click to enlarge)

12 MINUTER MED ONE DIRECTION

12 MINUTES WITH ONE DIRECTION

Förra hösten blev de fem brittiska grabbarna flickfavoriter i Storbritanniens tv-succé X Factor. Nu börjar (fr. v) Louis, Harry, Niall, Zayn och Liam erövra världen med snygg boybandspop som producerats av samma svenskar som såg till att Britney, Backstreet Boys, Westlife och N*Sync blev världsstjärnor.

Last autumn, the five British lads became all-time favourites on the UK's hit TV show X Factor. Now (from left) Louis, Harry, Niall, Zayn and Liam are set to conquer the world with stylish boyband pop, produced by the same Swedes who made Britney, Backstreet Boys, Westlife and N*Sync global stars.

Samtidigt som jag träffar One Direction på Nobis Hotell i Stockholm håller tusen unga tjejer på att storma Bengans skivaffär i stan. Allt för att komma över svarta platsband som ger dem tillträde till en fanträff med det brittiska pojkbandet senare samma eftermiddag. One Direction har knappt släppt en singel i Sverige men lyckas ändå skapa hysteri värdig vilket stort boyband som helst. Och det bara genom att folk hittat dem på twitter och youtube. Killarnas tid i brittiska musiktävlingen X-Factor har nämligen genererat miljontals träffar på video- sajten, och när de nu ska släppa debutsingeln What Makes You Beautiful.

While I'm meeting One Direction at Nobis Hotel in Stockholm, a thousand young girls are storming Bengan's record shop in town. All in order to get their hands on black place cards that give them access to a fan meeting with the British boy band later that afternoon. One Direction has barely released a single in Sweden but still manages to create hysteria worthy of any big boy band. And that's only because people found them on Twitter and YouTube. The guys' time at the British music competition X-Factor has generated millions of hits on the video site, and now they are about to release their debut single What Makes You Beautiful.

"Det är mest twitter tror jag, man länkar och tipsar varandra där. Om One Direction trendar på twitter i Storbritannien blir folk i andra länder nyfikna och kollar upp vad det är för nåt, och sen är det i rullning", gissar Zayn. Redan i somras när kvintetten var här och spelade in med bland annat med pro- ducenten Rami (Backstreet Boys, Britney, Westlife) blev det hysteri utanför studion i centrala Stockholm. "Mottagandet i Sverige har alltid varit otroligt", säger Liam. Harry fortsätter: "Sverige är ju helt fantastiskt musikmässigt och därför är det extra kul att få uppmärksamhet här. Ni har ju så många bra låtskrivare och artister som kommer härifrån. Jag älskar Swedish House Mafia till exempel. Och under tiden i X-Factor sjöng vi en Darin-låt." "Jag såg Eric Saade i Eurovision i våras och han var otrolig bra. Han ser ut som en popstjärna och hade en bra låt så det var kul att det gick bra för honom", säger Niall.

"I think it's mostly Twitter, people link and tip each other off there. If One Direction is trending on Twitter in the UK, people in other countries get curious and look up what's up, and then it's on", Zayn guesses. Already last summer, when the quintet was here and recorded with, among others, the producer Rami (Backstreet Boys, Britney, Westlife), there was a frenzy outside the studio in central Stockholm.

"The reception in Sweden has always been incredible," Liam says. Harry continues: "Sweden is absolutely fantastic in terms of music, so it's extra fun to get attention here. You have so many good songwriters and artists who come from here. I love Swedish House Mafia, for example. And during our time in X-Factor we sang a Darin song." "I saw Eric Saade at Eurovision this spring and he was incredibly good. He looks like a pop star and had a good song, so it was great that he did well," Niall says.

QX: Nyligen toppade ni Englandslistan och ni syns pryda varenda poptidning som finns. Kan ni ens gå ut i Storbritannien? "Ja, det är lättare att gå ut där än här i Sverige. Där vet vi var vi ska gå, och det är egentligen bara att ta lite bilder då och då. Så hysteriskt är det inte", förklarar Zayn. "Däremot kanske vi inte går ut i ett shoppingcenter nära en skola där de precis har rast, då kan det bli hysteri", skrattar Liam. One Direction sökte till X-Factor som soloartister men blev ihopsatta av Idol/X- factor-mannen Simon Cowell. Han såg snabbt potential i en ung killgrupp och efter att få hänga ihop och bara ha kul utan att behöva jobba så hittade killarna sina roller i gruppen. Under hela X-Factorserien låg de stadigt i toppen. De slutade på en tredjeplats i finalen som sågs av nästan var tredje brittiskt tv-tittare. "Det var en besvikelse att inte vinna", medger Liam och får medhåll av de andra. "Men nu har vi gått vidare och Matt (Cardle) som vann är en fantastisk kille som förtjänade vinsten."

QX: You recently topped the UK charts and you're on the cover of every pop magazine out there. Can you even go out in the UK?

"Yes, it's easier to go out there than here in Sweden. In the UK we know where to go, and it's really just a few photos now and then. It's not that hysterical," explains Zayn.

"However, we might not go out in a shopping centre near a school where they're on a school break, then there could be hysteria," laughs Liam.

One Direction applied for the X-Factor as solo artists, but were put together by Idol/X-Factor judge Simon Cowell. He quickly saw potential in a young group of guys and after hanging out together and just having fun without having to work, the guys found their roles in the group. Throughout the X-Factor series, they were consistently at the top. They finished third in the final, which was watched by almost one in every third British viewer.

"It was disappointing not to win," Liam admits, and the others agree. "But now we've moved on, and Matt (Cardle), who won, is a great bloke who deserved to win."

I samband med singelsläppet av What Makes You Beautiful uppträdde grabbarna på klassiska gayklubben G-A-Y i London, och det var givetvis packat med folk. "Ja, det var en hysterisk kväll. Det var en otroligt bra vibe och en grymt kul atmosfär att spela i", minns Zayn. QX: Visste ni om att ni hade gayfans? "Ibland ser man killar twittra om att de gillar oss. Men annars har vi inte varit ute och spelat så mycket. Det är mest tjejerna som syns och hörs när vi varit ute på promotion."QX: Vem går hem bäst av er hos bögarna? "Zayn och Louis!" Säger Harry och Liam i mun på varandra. "Ja, det stämmer nog, jag vet inte varför, men jag verkar attrahera bögarna", ler Zayn. "Det är hans kindben som gör det", ropar Harry.

After the release of their single What Makes You Beautiful, the boys performed at the classic gay bar G-A-Y [which is inside/the co-venue of the gay/queer nightclub Heaven] in London, and of course the place was packed. "Yes, it was a crazy night. It was an incredible vibe and a really fun atmosphere to play in," Zayn recalls. QX: Are you aware that you have gay fans? "Sometimes you see guys tweeting that they fancy us. But other than that, we haven't been playing live/out on the road much. It's mostly the girls who are visible and heard when we're out doing promotion." [it's not explicitly stated who said this] QX: Which of you is the most popular with gay guys? "Zayn and Louis!" Harry and Liam say to each other. "Yeah, that's probably true, I don't know why, but I seem to attract gay guys," Zayn smiles. "It's because of his cheekbones!" Harry shouts.

Jag föreslår att vi avslutar vår tolv-minutersträff med att jag säger ett påståeende så får killarna peka på den i bandet som påståendet stämmer in bäst på. Alla är med på noterna. QX: Alla kända boyband har en medlem som är bög (Westlife, Backstreet Boys, Boyzone, N*Sync). Vem är mest trolig att komma ut i One Direction? "Louis är mest "camp", säger Zayn och får medhåll från de andra. "Men vi säger inte att du är bög, bara att du är mest trolig att komma ut", förklarar Liam. "Äh, okej, Jag kan spela dubbelt, det är okej för mig", erbjuder sig Harry. QX: Vem tillbringar mest tid framför spegeln? "Zayn." Alla är överens, till och med Zayn själv.

I suggest that we finish our twelve-minute meeting by me saying a statement and the guys pointing to the person in the band who best fits the statement. Everyone agrees. QX: Every famous boy band has a gay member (Westlife, Backstreet Boys, Boyzone, N*Sync). Who is most likely to come out in One Direction? "Louis is the most "camp"," Zayn says, and the others agree. "But we're not saying you're gay, just that you're the most likely to come out," Liam explains. "Oh, well, I can play doubles, that's fine by me," Harry offers. [here's an interesting take on the meaning of that by the lovely @delicateperspective]

QX: Who spends the most time in front of the mirror? "Zayn" - everyone agrees, even Zayn himself.

QX: Vem kysser bäst i bandet? "Jag skulle nog kyssa Harry", skrattar Liam. "Ja, Harry är nog bäst på att kyssas", instämmer Zayn, Niall och Louis. QX: Vem lägger mest pengar på kläder? "Zayn". Alla är återigen rörande överens. "Men jag gillar märkeskläder", ursäktar sig Zayn. QX: Vem är mest poppis bland tjejerna? "Harry." Alla är överens igen. "Vi har alla olika typer av fans, och Harry är den som drar mest rent generellt." QX: Vem ser bäst ut naken? "Jag har bara sett Harry naken", ursäktar sig Louis. "Jag skulle nog säga att vi ser rätt bra ut nakna allihopa. Vi är ett gäng schysta killar", ler Zayn.

QX: Who is the best kisser in the band? "I'd probably kiss Harry," Liam laughs. "Yeah, Harry is probably the best kisser", Zayn agrees, so do Niall and Louis. QX: Who spends the most money on clothes? "Zayn." Again, everyone agrees. "I just like brand/designer clothes", Zayn excuses himself. QX: Who is most popular with the girls? "Harry." Everyone agrees again. "We all have different types of fans, and Harry is the one who draws the most in general." [not explicitly said who said this] QX: Who looks best naked? "I've only seen Harry naked", Louis excuses himself. "I'd say we all look pretty good naked. We're a bunch of cute guys," Zayn smiles.

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additional resources: • here's a great post from May 2025 about it by @flamblouyant-blog • here's my answered ask about the interview incl. meta and more links from 2011 and 2012 • Timeline October 2011 by @bulletprooflarry

[mikeywayarchive]

Voodoo Music Experience, NOLA // Oct 28th 2011 // Stephanie Weier

[boberta]

tf2 is such a funny game because melee weapon choices are so meaningless a lot of the time that you can very comfortably trade shit like 40% damage resistance to ranged attacks with a picture of your favorite anime girl

[larrystylinsontweets]

12/10/2011

@Harry_Styles: These are Hilarious!! Haha! yfrog.com/h8r0clzj yfrog.com/h82yknjj

[blinkandyoumissit]

04 OCT 2011 | Slacker • Patrick Stump - "This City" acoustic - live at Slacker Radio

[ archived page | video download ]

[sicaism]

jessica for cosmopolitan korea, october 2011 issue

[musicalthought]

album review; dal shabet's bling bling

♡ released in august 2011

♡ k-pop; dance-pop

♡ overall rating: 8.9/10

Camp excellence, pure 2nd generation nugu culture, with high pitched singing and every techno beat crammed into four different songs - with no boring ballad to end the album! It’s perfectly, absolutely, outstanding. ✨✨✨

A song by song review can be found underneath the cut. My favorite track is Bling Bling. My least favorite tracks are Beep and Dream in U. 

Beep -> 8/10

Bling Bling -> 10/10

Dream in U -> 8/10

Moonlight -> 9/10