HARRY STYLES HAS releases long-awaited new song "As It Was". It's the lead single and video from his third album, Harry's House, due out May 20, and is the first music he's released since 2019's blockbuster, Fine Line. be.
Unlike previous musical changes for Styles, this is a bold change. His first two-album era began with big statements, "Sign of the Times" and "Lights Up." But "As It Was" is more defenseless, a heartfelt scream and a charming challenge to the dance floor. It begins with the voices of children saying, "Good night, Harry!"But the song goes deep into feelings of loneliness and melancholy. The text is a request: "Answer the phone Harry, you're not alone Why are you sitting on the floor at home What medicine are you on?"
As It Was” swerves into Eighties-style synth-pop, inThe synth hook sounds like warped steel drums, with tolling chimes at the end Styles is credited with playing “tubular bells.” His vocals are bittersweet, almost piercingly poignant, with the intimate vibe of a journal entry. Yet it also feels like it’s about a relationship, full of secret confessions shared between two people the first time he’s ever started off an album era with a love song.
The video for "As It Was" evokes the song's sense of personal conflict, with Styles and her partner literally running in circles. It was shot in London by Ukrainian director Tanu Muino. “It was bittersweet to shoot him because it was the happiest day of my life,
Styles wrote "As It Was" with his staunch longtime collaborators Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson. Guitar wingman Mitch Rowland plays drums with a harpoon. As Styles told Rolling Stone when Fine Line was released, "A session, when he's with a writer or something, he spends a day there or he spends two days, but if that person I don't really care about your albums like you do.
Because tomorrow they're going to be busy with other things." That's why he's unusually dedicated to the team. "We connect through the music we love and what we're going through. Not a single person in the group says, 'No, I'm not going to talk about that.' I just make beats.
When Styles' main one of his heroes, Paul McCartney, made his solo debut, he summed it up as "Home, Family, Love." The title and cover of Harry's House seem to evoke similar themes, as does the cryptic You Are Home site, which contains daily messages such as "Whisper your house plant Sing to your neighbor." As released, the vinyl album spread features a very picture of home life. Coffee, eggs and oranges are served on the breakfast table in the garden.
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