Harry Styles has released his long-awaited new single ‘Aperture’. Listen below.
The new track comes from the soloist and former One Direction star’s upcoming fourth solo album, ‘Kiss All The Time. Disco Occasionally’ on March 6, which has been executive produced by Kid Harpoon and is set for release on March 6. Visit here to pre-order.
Last night (January 22), the track was released, debuting a new electronic-inspired sound for Styles, whose last LP was the synth-pop influenced ‘Harry’s House‘ in 2022.
“It’s best you know what you don’t/Aperture lets the light in,” he sings, before launching into the euphoric chorus that declares: “We belong together/It finally appears it’s only love.” Check it out below.
NME‘s Rhian Daly gave the single four stars, in a review that read: “It’s also Styles as we’ve not heard him before. Rather than the loosely retro pop-rock of ‘Harry’s House’ or the grand theatrics of ballads like ‘Sign Of The Times’, the star heads in the direction of electronic music.
“‘Aperture’ is propelled by a lightly thumping beat that’s made more or less euphoric by the stabs of house piano that dip in and out, the jittery blasts of distorted fuzz, and the 31-year-old’s resonant delivery in the chorus: “We belong together”. Add in a series of drawn-out, droning chords and it’s (likely) as close as we’re going to get to Styles fronting LCD Soundsystem.”
In support of ‘Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally’, Styles has also announced a huge comeback tour, which will see him play residencies in seven major cities around the world.
The ‘Together, Together’ tour will consist of six nights at London’s Wembley Stadium and a total of 30 shows in New York’s Madison Square Garden, as well as strings of concerts in Amsterdam, São Paulo, Mexico City, Melbourne and Sydney.
In total, Styles will play 50 dates from May to December, and he will be joined by names including Robyn, Shania Twain, Fcukers, Jorja Smith, Jamie xx, Fousheé and Skye Newman. You can see a full list of dates and all ticket information here.
Styles first started teasing his new album last week, through a series of posters with the phrase ‘We Belong Together’ that popped up in cities across the globe. He then sent out a brief, lo-fi voice recording to fans on WhatsApp, which contained audio of him singing the line, “we belong together”.
The new album will follow-on from his third studio album, ‘Harry’s House’, which featured singles ‘As It Was’, ‘Late Night Talking’, ‘Music For A Sushi Restaurant’ and more. That record won the Album Of The Year awards at both the BRITs and the Grammys in 2023, and went on to make chart history across the globe.
NME awarded the album four stars at the time and described it as “his best yet”.
It added: “A few bleurgh-inducing moments aside, the musician’s third album feels like a magical thing – a record that you want to take up residence in until you know its every nook and cranny in minute detail. Home, for Styles, might be a state of mind, but with ‘Harry’s House’, he’s made an album that feels like the “little cottage” Mitchell once sang of; a place where you “can really find release”, relax and process the minutiae of your day.”
