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The title of the pop star's latest album suggests open-door intimacy, but instead pairs more vivid sonic landscapes with less revealing lyrics.
“Black-and-white film camera/Yellow sunglasses/Ashtray/Swimming pool,” he sings on the understated “Keep Driving,” the lyrics playing out like a stylish but stilted movie montage that takes the place of actual character development. The album opens with the bright and playful “Music for a Sushi Restaurant,” replete with horns, a gummy bass line and surprising bursts of stacked vocals. As the journalist Kaitlyn Tiffany writes in her forthcoming and highly entertaining book “Everything I Need I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It,” One Direction was “a group of boys whose commercial proposition is that they would never hurt you.”
Don't be fooled by the pastel tones and gentle sounds of Harry's House. By Spencer Kornhaber. Harry Styles in a white sweater, blue ...
On “Boyfriends”—a bit of choral folk that evokes Peter, Paul and Mary—he rues male-pattern relationship flakiness, of which he himself has no doubt been guilty in the past. Listen again, though, and you may discern a sort of gravity to the song: a downward droop to the notes, the words, the vibes. “Tea with cyborgs / riot America / science and edibles” goes part of “Keep Driving,” a song about one’s eyes on the road in spite of strange things in the side mirrors. The bubbling keyboards and funky progressions of the opener, “Music for a Sushi Restaurant,” may conjure memories of Oingo Boingo—or recent songs by Charlie Puth and John Mayer (the latter of whom plays guitar on two Harry’s House songs). But Styles’s takes on new wave—and his forays into folk and Brit-pop elsewhere on the album—do have a distinct flavor. Some songs spark the regret of failing to book the ideal dinner reservation. For example, much of Harry Styles’s third album, Harry’s House, imparts the mild joy that one might get from completing a list of chores.
With especial praise for the album's central track, "Matilda," critics are praising Styles' "confident" and "comfortable" work.
Overall, critics have been kind, if not overly effusive, about Styles’ latest efforts, with a throughline across multiple reviews being that the former One Direction-er is dipping his toe into some (extremely safe) musical experimentation here, while being very careful not to alienate fans of his pop music brand. Harry Styles released his third studio album, Harry’s House, last night, inviting fans and critics alike into a fairly breezy, occasionally somber world of dreamy synths and lovelorn pop melodies. Much of the critical focus on the album, for instance, has landed on “Matilda,” the central track of Harry’s House, arriving as it does 7 tracks into its 13-track run.
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I guess it's like, the most you can kind of capture a moment is kind of being true to that." "When I write songs, they kind of start out just, I guess, mine," he shared during a May 18 appearance on The Howard Stern Show. "I think it's important to write from what you're going through at the time and trying to turn life into what you make. In the song " Cinema," Harry mentions the word "darling," which could be seen as a reference to the upcoming film, Don't Worry Darling, which stars the British singer and director Olivia. He also sings, "I dig your cinema," and Olivia is of course a movie star.
The pop world is currently revolving around Harry style. Between his headline presence at Coachella this spring, his increasingly film roles, his light as a ...
Transformation, loneliness, depression, all of which he speaks of in a dance synth-pop reminiscent of the 1980s. “I think everyone enjoyed a great moment of introspection, navel gazing, and I think there’s nothing more than looking at the navel than creating an album,” he says. Dont Worry Darling, Directed by Olivia Wilde. He will also be seen in the fall in the lead role of the play My cop, By Michael Grantage. In 2021, he appeared in the post-Marvel movie Credit Scene, Eternities, Hinting at a major role to come in history. On the cover of the magazine Practical (He was the first man to appear alone in one), in 2020, he wears a dress and nail polish. For the first time, he did not release an album, fearing it would not be a commercial success. He has not yet persuaded everyone, the effort will be careful, he will say it himself, he did not dare to make a “fun” album, he was immersed in a deep desire to show what he could do. If Harry Styles maintains this tendency to be inspired and revered by his idols in his music, this time he allows himself to be more involved in his work. This is the beginning of an acting career that will take a big turn this year as he co-stars with Florence Buck in his first lead role in the film. Her appearance is encouraging, upsetting some of the symbols Important. To QG, He is one of the best dressed musicians in the world. A young man from a city in the Midwest England was taken in a group with four young men to continue the adventure. For the next five years, he Boy band One of the most loved (especially young) bands in the history of music in the world. This is the first day of Harry Styles’ remaining life that he will soon become more popular than the group that saw him born.
A pop-up shop promoting Harry Styles' brand-new album, 'Harry's House,' has appeared in West Hollywood on La Cienega Boulevard.
In March, Styles released “As It Was,” the lead single for “Harry’s House” that has already racked up more than 480 million streams on Spotify alone. He also kicked off the “Today” show’s summer concert series Thursday on NBC. “I just want to make stuff that is right, that is fun, in terms of the process, that I can be proud of for a long time, that my friends can be proud of, that my family can be proud of, that my kids will be proud of one day.”
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Harry’s House résulte de ce moment de répit et de réflexion. « Je pense que tout le monde a traversé un grand moment d’introspection, de nombrilisme, et je ne pense pas qu’il y a quelque chose de plus nombriliste que de faire un album », dit-il. Si Harry Styles perpétue cette tendance à rendre hommage et à s’inspirer de ses idoles dans sa musique, il se permet cette fois de mettre bien plus de lui-même dans son œuvre. La création est libérée. Pour la première fois, a-t-il confié, il ne sort pas un album en craignant qu’il n’obtienne pas de triomphe commercial. Vedette rock, muse de la mode et acteur à ses heures : Harry Styles est partout. Sur ce nouveau disque, explique-t-il en entrevue avec Better Homes & Gardens, il aborde les thèmes de l’appartenance, de la quiétude et du fait de se trouver un chez-soi, qui n’est pas forcément un endroit physique, mais intérieur. Comme bien des gens, Styles a eu tout le loisir de se poser une tonne de questions existentielles pendant la pandémie. Alors qu’il n’avait jamais vraiment pris de pause depuis ces fameuses auditions à The X Factor, il s’est arrêté, enfin. Il le dira lui-même, il n’a pas osé faire un album « fun », il s’est embourbé dans le profond désir de montrer de quoi il était capable. Sur la couverture du magazine Vogue (il est le premier homme à figurer seul en une), en 2020, il porte une robe et du vernis à ongles. Ce n’est que le début d’une carrière d’acteur qui prend un tournant majeur cette année, alors qu’il incarnera son premier rôle principal, aux côtés de Florence Pugh, dans le film Don’t Worry Darling, réalisé par Olivia Wilde. On le verra également à l’automne dans le premier rôle du drame My Policeman, de Michael Grandage. En 2021, il est apparu dans la scène post-crédit du film de Marvel, Eternals, laissant supposer un rôle plus important à venir dans la saga. Durant les cinq années suivantes, il est le boy band le plus adoré (des adolescents surtout) au monde, l’un des groupes les plus vendeurs de l’histoire de la musique. Tous les regards sont tournés vers Harry Styles. Il y a la musique, d’une part, mais aussi l’image, de l’autre. Dans les deux cas, Styles s’affirme de plus en plus, est érigé comme figure de référence. L’année précédant la sortie de l’album, il devient l’égérie de Gucci. Sur le tapis rouge du Met Gala en 2019, il revêt un haut transparent et en dentelle Gucci, une perle à son oreille, un look androgyne à souhait. Fine Line est « bourré de personnalité et de charme », titre le magazine spécialisé NME à sa sortie. Le Rolling Stone le qualifie de « rock star du XXIe siècle ». Stevie Nicks le considère comme « le fils qu’elle n’a jamais eu », mais surtout comme l’héritier de la musique de Mick Fleetwood et d’elle. Tout aurait pu s’arrêter pour Harry Styles après One Direction, mais la trajectoire qu’il a empruntée l’a plutôt mené vers les plus hauts sommets. Maintenant âgé de 28 ans, Styles n’en avait que 16 lorsqu’il s’est présenté aux auditions de la compétition de chant britannique The X Factor. Le jeune homme originaire d’un bourg du centre-ouest de l’Angleterre est alors catapulté au sein d’un groupe avec quatre autres jeunes hommes pour poursuivre l’aventure X Factor : ainsi voit le jour One Direction. Le quintette termine la compétition sur la troisième marche du podium.
Alors que le nouvel album d'Harry Styles «Harry's House», sort ce vendredi 20 mai, retour sur trois tubes du chanteur britannique.
Le sujet est particulièrement difficile, puisque le titre évoque la perte d’un enfant, comme l’avait confié l’artiste à Rolling Stone : «La chanson est écrite du point de vue d’une mère qui donne naissance à son enfant, et il y a des complications. Le morceau, sorti le 31 mars dernier en tant que premier single de son nouvel album, est devenu un véritable tube. Les fans d’Harry Styles auront forcément chanté ce titre à tue-tête. Le morceaux, sorti le 7 avril 2017, est le premier single du chanteur depuis sa séparation du groupe One Direction. Le clip, tourné sur l'Île de Skye, en Écosse, a remporté deux prix : un Brit Awards 2018 et un iHeart Music Awards 2018.
Harry Styles performed his new album, "Harry's House," in full for the first time at UBS Arena in Elmont, NY, along with a few fan favorites.
For three minutes straight, fans put down their phones and simply stared up at Styles and his female backing vocalists in awe of their raw talent. The party really started when the former One Direction singer reached the addictive bridge of his latest No. 1 single, “As It Was,” to deafening screams. Styles’ band members, including guitarist Mitch Rowland and drummer Sarah Jones, helped breathe new life into the two tracks as their fearless frontman joyously danced his way down the stage’s catwalk.
Le chanteur a fait une apparition remarquée sur le plateau de l'émission Today à New York.
Il n'est pas difficile de comprendre pourquoi Harry Styles a un faible pour cette silhouette : adorant danser, ce vêtement lui permet une liberté de mouvements sans pareille sur scène. Harry Styles nous a habitués à n'avoir aucune limite côté mode. Mais il y a une pièce qui revient systématiquement : la combinaison.
Le phénomène de la pop anglaise Harry Styles a sorti vendredi son troisième album, le plus intimiste, doux mélange de musique électronique et acoustique ...
«Ce qui compte dans la direction que nous prenons — accepter tout le monde et être plus ouverts — c’est que justement cela n’a aucune importance», a-t-il jugé dans la revue Better Homes and Gardens, refusant de «mettre des étiquettes à tout et de cocher toutes les cases». Tout en restant, selon ses fans, timide et modeste. «C’est à coup sûr le disque le plus personnel que je pense avoir fait», a-t-il assuré à propos d’une production influencée par «la pandémie et tout ce qui s’est passé», notamment à New York, meurtrie et désertée au printemps 2020.
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"It really is the overarching theme of the record," Steve said. Ryan jokingly went on about all the things he'd be doing if he was still single but ended it with, "Honestly, I'd be out there somewhere looking for a girl like you." "A lot of the new songs coming out are similar stories about the same person and heartbreak. Prepare for honestly, vulnerability and plenty of star-studded collaborations on Nick's mixtape titled Raw N B: The Explicit Tape. "I feel like we get the opportunity to really emote," Nick told E! News before the release. "Musically, 'Hunter' encompasses a variety of sounds from genres I love," Jessica shared. The following week, I wrote this song and immediately knew it was special." This track is permeated with the energy and enthusiasm of a surefire smash. "You know how sometimes you just NEED a text from a friend or partner reminding you that they love you no matter what?" Add in a heavy trap beat and fun horn section during its dance break, and it's easy to see why "Bring It On" needs to be added to your workout playlist ASAP! "As much as the song talks about real life stuff like whiskey, country music, dirt roads and rain, I want listeners to be reminded that God really does make the good stuff," Tyler said. "I can't get you off my mind." "‘For The Girls' is an anthem celebrating that love, highlighting our strength, beauty and vulnerability."
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As expected, “As It Was” was just a teaser to this 41-minute, 59-second masterpiece full of upbeat songs and ballads. Is it too soon to name this album of the ...
Is it too soon to name this album of the summer? Here are a few things you can do while listening that are probably Harry Styles–approved: As expected, “As It Was” was just a teaser to this 41-minute, 59-second masterpiece full of upbeat songs and ballads.