Singer Harry Styles today released his first new music in over two years. The brisk, radio-friendly, pop-rock of ‘As It Was’ is the first taster of his third solo album, Harry’s House.
To accompany the new track hitting streaming services, a video, shot in London, also dropped on YouTube. In it, Styles, 28, strips down to his red underwear and shows off plenty of tattooed flesh.
The video appears to have gone down well with fans, with 10million views in ten hours at the time of writing, and 1.3million upticks. Some have speculated about the lyrics, which may make an oblique reference to Styles’ rumored girlfriend, Olivia Wilde. The 38-year old American has two kids, and one line of the lyrics is, ‘Leave America, two kids follow her.’
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Rolling Stone says the single finds Styles at his most “nakedly vulnerable”. One verse goes: “Answer the phone/Harry, you’re no good alone/Why are you sitting at home on the floor?/What kind of pills are you on?”
Styles shot to fame as a member of the British boy band One Direction, before carving out his own hugely successful career on his own. Both his two solo albums to date have gone to number one on the Billboard 200.
Besides singing, he’s also enjoyed success as an actor. After a role in the World War II drama Dunkirk, he will next be seen playing the part of a closeted gay cop in the 1950s-set romantic drama, My Policeman.
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Harry’s House will be released on May 20, and Styles is set to headline at Coachella in California later this month.
keith 2512
Shame that fabulous body is so disfigured with all that ink!!!!
Mack
Agree
ttenchantr
I’ve always wondered who walked into a tattoo parlor and just picked random crap off the walls. Now I know.
JT in Texas
Agree!
Man About Town
I’m guessing “Harry’s House” isn’t likely to be based on the Joni Mitchell song…
emarell9
I love Harry. His dance moves especially – so spontaneous and expressive.
phillycap
Very reminiscent of A-ha’s Take on me. Good song!
Huron132
Have to hand it to him. He does come up with really good pop songs. I was never a big fan of his with One Direction, or his solo. But, now listening to his last album and this one. He does hit the pop target. The songs do get you to sing along.
Joshooeerr
Strips down to underwear as big and baggy as shorts most men would wear in summer. And about as sexy as granny’s bloomers. Seriously, Queerty, was it really worth the views?
Toyota01
I’m disappointed that Harry felt he needed to “stuff”.
storm45701
A nice body ruined by tattoos. Why do they do this? Less is more, people.
bachy
Pasty waster.
johncp56
The ink is hot if you are not into it do not get any on you!!!!!