Watch Harry Styles’ Music Video for New Track ‘As It Was’

Harry Styles has returned with his first new music in three
years, 'As It Was,' a synth-pop-influenced tune. The song begins with the voice
of a child saying, “Come on Harry, we wanna say goodnight to you”, before
bursting into a catchy '80s-style hook. Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson, Styles'
longtime collaborators, co-wrote and produced the song.

The song is full of upbeat energy, but it's a particularly emotional lyrical cut from Styles. “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?” he sings.

Tanu Muino, a Ukrainian director, shot an accompanying music
video in London. It portrays Styles in a red sequinned leotard performing
diverse routines alongside a woman in a blue version of the same outfit, whom
he pulls away from during the course of the song.

“Shooting [Styles] was bittersweet, as it was one of the
happiest days of my life, but on the second day of the shoot, my country
Ukraine was invaded, so you can imagine the insane emotions we had while
shooting,” Muino said in a statement. “Me and my team from Ukraine poured so
much love into this video, and you can see it onscreen.”

Check it out below:

'As It Was' is the first single off Styles' upcoming third
studio album, 'Harry's House,' which he teased with a teaser trailer last
month. It will be released on 20^th May and will be the follow-up to
2019's 'Fine Line.'

Styles teased fans with a series of tweets under the Twitter
handle You Are Home, which also had a corresponding Instagram presence,
following the album announcement. Last month, he was seen filming a music video
on a big bed outside Buckingham Palace.

Styles' favourite musician, Joni Mitchell, recently gave her approval to the album's title, 'Harry's House.' Mitchell wrote the song 'Harry's House/Centerpiece' for the 1975 album 'The Hissing of Summer Lawns.'

She retweeted Styles' announcement of 'Harry's House,'
writing: "love the title." Additional UK and European dates for his
'Love On Tour' stadium gigs were just confirmed by the former member of One
Direction. The need for more shows arose after a rise in demand in January
caused Ticketmaster's website to crash.

Styles also cancelled the Australian and New Zealand leg of his 'Love On Tour' in January, citing “the continuing challenges for international touring”. Styles will be one of the headliners at Coachella this year, with Billie Eilish and Ye, or Kanye West, in April.

---Silviya.Y