Everyone’ wild about Harry. Harry Styles, that is.
The former One Direction star is back with a banger, “Aperture,” the first cut from his forthcoming album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally, due out March 6.
“Aperture” has caught Styles’ fans off guard, but not in a bad way. Like “End of Summer,” the first track from Tame Impala’s latest album, Deadbeat, “Aperture” is a departure from familiar fare. It’s a pulsating, electronic number.
In the first interview for this current album cycle, Styles told BBC Radio 1’s breakfast host Greg James that the song was influenced by “classic pop songwriting,” and name-checked LCD Soundsystem and English post-punk band The Durutti Column as inspiration.
“I saw [LCD Soundsystem] at a festival in Madrid, then saw them again at Brixton [Academy, London]. It was so joyous watching them be immersed in it,” he told James on Friday morning, Jan. 23. “The inspiration from watching [LCD Soundsystem] and realizing ‘that’s how I want to feel when I’m on stage,’ and it matched the music I was making.”
Styles’ fans around the globe will get a chance to hear “Aperture” and much more when he embarks on his Together, Together tour, which will include 50 stops in seven cities: Amsterdam, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, New York, Melbourne, and Sydney.
Produced by Live Nation, the trek gets underway in May and will include 30 shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden, his only concerts in the United States, and a six-night run at London’s Wembley Stadium.
If social media is a good gauge, “Aperture” is pressing the right buttons. Fans are turned on, tuned up and blissing out. Check out a selection of tweets below.
“Aperture” is one of 12 tracks on Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally, which is executive produced by Kid Harpoon. The collection is available for pre-order on limited edition vinyl + CD, exclusive merchandise, box sets, and more.
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