![]() ![]() In fact, As It Was proves a pretty good indicator of its sound. It could sound like anything – hair metal, trad jazz, Surgical Penis Klinik’s 1980 EP Meat Processing Section – and still enter the charts at No 1. This is clearly the rare kind of success that means the contents of Harry’s House are almost irrelevant. Suffice to say that Bad Habits was critically dismissed as lazy thievery from a man cravenly obsessed with commercial success As It Was was greeted like the second coming: “a natural move to a more meta and self-referential style of storytelling”, “a fearless leap into a new era”. A little breezier, perhaps, a little more indebted to the sound of American alt-rock, but both offered sagas of lovelorn hedonism and music audibly modelled on 80s pop by way of the Weeknd’s Blinding Lights: while Sheeran borrowed from Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy, Styles, like the Weeknd, borrowed from a-ha’s Take on Me. The first single from Harry’s House, As It Was, was garlanded with hosannahs despite the fact that, to a layperson at least, it didn’t seem that different a deal from Ed Sheeran’s Bad Habits. This didn’t happen when Robbie Williams released Sing When You’re Winning. At the end of March, the actual Joni Mitchell – not, in any account, one of rock history’s big suck ups – joined in. See Styles’ setlist below, and catch his second Coachella performance on Friday (April 22).Months before its release, there were people online earnestly unpicking the links between his forthcoming third album Harry’s House and the work of Joni Mitchell. ![]() He encouraged the crowd to “go outside, be kind to each other and tell the people you love that you love them,” before closing his set with his debut solo single, “Sign of the Times.” “We’ve been doing all this late night talking / About anything you want until the morning / Now you’re in my life, I can’t get you off my mind.”Īnd it wouldn’t be a Harry Styles concert without kindness, right? To wrap up his first Coachella performance, in front of tens of thousands of cheering fans, Styles shed his rockstar persona and became Harry. “If you’re feeling down, I just want to make you happier baby,” he sings in the chorus. The second new song, “Late Night Talking,” is a much sweeter, uptempo track from a smitten Harry. “Boyfriends / They think you’re so easy / They take you for granted,” the song opens. The first, “Boyfriends,” is, in Harry’s words, a big “f- you” to “boyfriends everywhere,” particularly men who have treated the women in their lives poorly. ![]() ![]() With Harry’s House set for release on May 20, Styles also took the big stage opportunity to debut two never-before-heard songs from his upcoming third album. “When I was writing this song, you were just a kid, so it’s kind of a dream and very surreal to be sitting right here with you.” “I’m at a loss for words, I’m a bit starstruck,” Twain replied. But to you, for the memories you gave me with my mother, I’m forever grateful.” “Now I have to tell you, in the car with my mother as a child, this lady taught me to sing,” Styles told the crowd of Twain, who was beaming with joy next to him. Harry Styles and Shania Twain at #Coachella preforming "Man, I feel like a Woman!" /BUJO37Nv8s The duo oozed chemistry as they flirtatiously performed the high-energy ode to being a woman, before they performed Twain’s romantic 1997 hit, “You’re Still the One,” which Styles recently covered with Kacey Musgraves. Styles playfully looked around, acting confused, before Twain herself appeared onstage, shouting, “Let’s go, girls!” “If you know the words to this – Lord knows I do – please join in with me,” he joked to the audience before delving into a lower octave, more mature take on the 2011 smash hit that skyrocketed the teenage boy band into superstardom.įollowing “What Makes You Beautiful,” the stage went dark, as the beginning notes of Shania Twain‘s “Man! I Feel Like a Woman” began to play. He went on to perform a robust 18 songs (full setlist below), ranging from Fine Line hits “Adore You,” “Watermelon Sugar,” “Cherry” and “Golden” to his debut album’s “Woman” and “Kiwi.” He even gave OG One Direction fans a performance of “What Makes You Beautiful.” Styles then appeared in an oversized, black faux fur coat, where he performed the Billboard Hot 100 chart topper for the first time, removing the coat after the second verse to the sound of deafening squeals, revealing a sequined, rainbow-colored jumpsuit underneath. ![]()
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