Two Harry Styles fans turned his concert into a giant rainbow to support the LGBTQ community
Usually, when fans attend concerts, they’re treated to a surprise or two. Unexpected throwbacks, special encores, and surprise duets never fail to make concertgoers smile. But at Harry Styles’ show at London’s O2 Arena on Wednesday, April 11th, the fans were the ones who surprised him. Stylers Luna Riedel and Ksenia Kulikova organized a very special stunt, and it will actually bring you to tears: When Styles sang his song “Sweet Creature,” the crowd lit the entire arena into a massive rainbow flag to support the LGBTQ community, and Styles, and his fanbase as a whole.
How did they pull it off? With a lot of planning, they distributed instructions to every single section of the O2 Arena. Fans were given colored filters to hold over their phone flashlights. Or, they could download an app that would turn the flashlight a certain color. The result? A larger-than-life rainbow made by Stylers, for Stylers.
“Ksenia and I basically met because of [Harry] and the other One Direction boys and discovered that we are going to the same concerts. After a while, we wanted to give something back to him as a thank you so we thought about doing a project,” Riedel told Teen Vogue. “We chose to do a rainbow one as it shows acceptance. It wasn’t only meant for LGBTQ+, but basically everyone wanting to be a part of our big family.”
Back in January, Riedel and Kulikova announced Rainbow Project London on Twitter.
Hey lovelies, we decided to make a project for Harry to show him the power of his fandom, we want to turn the O2 into a massive rainbow during Sweet Creature on the 11&12 April, below you can see which colour you need to bring, please rt & spread the word! LET'S DO IT FOR H pic.twitter.com/mukbQJBfp7
— The Rainbow Project (@RainbowHProject) January 2, 2018
They got to work and made it happen.
5000 PIECES LATER AND I AM READY FOR TOMORROW
HARRY STYLES WE'RE COMING FOR YOU BIG TIME
❤🧡💛💚💙💜#HarryStylesLiveOnTourLondon pic.twitter.com/0lXThMfsbX— Luna⁷ | KPWT IN D-38 (@thirtysixpills) April 10, 2018
Fans in every section of the O2 Arena received instructions about how to be part of the enormous rainbow flag.
WHO ORGANISED THIS OMG #HarryStylesLiveOnTourLondon pic.twitter.com/n34tEUySdr
— dais² (@daisbeIl) April 11, 2018
@RainbowHProject night 1❤️ pic.twitter.com/w4iwryjbL1
— Gee💙 (@georgiaaplatts) April 12, 2018
When Harry Styles sang “Sweet Creature,” the arena positively glowed.
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Thank you for making the night so so so special @RainbowHProject @Harry_Styles ❤💛💚💙💜 pic.twitter.com/2LsCXj3XO0
— Sophie Dev (@sophie_dev) April 12, 2018
@RainbowHProject 🤗💚🌈✨ xxx pic.twitter.com/DqgYnGJXG1
— Eleanor/Eles/El✨ (@ElesDigsSushi) April 12, 2018
Luna and Ksenia tweeted their appreciation for everyone who participated and said they hope to make it happen again.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE YESTERDAY HAPPEN🌈❤
We did had some issues as some of you noticed as some security wasn't too fond of bringing the papers in BUT we still made it and are gonna figure it out for today to make it happen again BIGGER AND BETTERLove,
Luna & Ksenia pic.twitter.com/loT7pOVBDe— The Rainbow Project (@RainbowHProject) April 12, 2018
What a beautiful statement of love and acceptance. We can’t wait to see pictures of the next one!
