Harry Styles

The new single from the Harry Styles's forthcoming album 'Harry's House' is about the artist's own image. Here are the full lyrics and what they mean.

“There was a time when I was younger, and I was in [One Direction], when I would have been afraid for everything to have stopped,” the artist recently told Dazed. “I didn’t necessarily know who I was if I wasn’t in the band. Some fans guessed that the child speaking at the beginning of “As It Was” could be one of Wilde's children, but Styles revealed to the radio program Capital Breakfast that it's actually his goddaughter, 5-year-old Ruby Winston. “She used to try and call me before bedtime every night, and one time it didn’t ring or something, so they sent me that,” he said. Still, as fans quickly deduced on Twitter, the song appears to not be about the female orgasm, as was the case with “Watermelon Sugar.” Instead, the upbeat synth-pop bop “As It Was” takes a confessional, even melancholic perspective.

Days after announcing his forthcoming third album Harry's House, the Grammy-winning singer dropped the record's first and lead single "As It Was" on ...

Styles, 28, revealed the track's title on Monday alongside a photo of his back that featured him stretching his arms above his head while wearing a sparkly red sleeveless jumpsuit. "Nothing to say/When everything gets in the way/Seems you cannot be replaced/And I'm the one who will stay," he sings, before diving into the chorus. In the music video, directed by Tanu Muino, the musician is seen wearing different variations of red as he seemingly chases after his love interest in blue.

Harry Styles has dropped his hotly anticipated new song “As It Was.” It's the lead single and video from his upcoming third album, Harry's House, ...

“As It Was” is more than a creative peak — it’s a fearless leap into a new era. “As It Was” comes out almost exactly five years after he began his solo career. As he told Rolling Stone in the Fine Line era, “It’s all about having sex and feeling sad.” That perfectly describes “As It Was” — the moment when being in love forces you to confront some of your own baggage, the feelings you usually hide from yourself. Styles wrote “As It Was” with his trusty longtime collaborators Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson, who both produced. Me and my team from Ukraine poured so much love into this video, and you can see it onscreen.” Yet it also feels like it’s about a relationship, full of secret confessions shared between two people — the first time he’s ever started off an album era with a love song.

The synth-heavy intro is perfect for racing down Pacific Coast Highway with the top down. The groovy electric guitar licks inject the song with an infectious ...

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With the release of new single "As It Was" from his forthcoming album 'Harry's House', the 'Fine Line' era is coming to end. Here, we celebrate the past two ...

(She later attended one of his Los Angeles concerts — and in an adorable moment, he tossed her his sunflower from the stage.) Watching their performance of "Juice" back now, I'm reminded that this is when he was still wearing his pearls. We're all tired of being stuck at home, and we're all sad that we can't see Styles in concert this summer like we all planned. In his final show of the U.S. leg of LOT, Styles asked the crowd, "Are you ready to take it home?" More specifically, it was what he wore to that rehearsal: a patchwork JW Anderson cardigan that launched hundreds of Etsy dupes and a crocheting craze among Harries. In early 2020, Styles was brought out by Lizzo to help her close a show in Miami. Theirs is one of our favorite celeb friendships. (Though, it will thankfully live on a bit longer, as Styles will embark on the European leg of Love on Tour in June after headlining Coachella next month. "As It Was" dropped at midnight Friday in the U.K., meaning that over here in North America, we were blessed a day early — but also that the HS3 era is full steam ahead. The album certainly carried me through quarantine (all five of my top songs on Spotify in 2020 were from Fine Line). It was right there all along, in the lyrics of Fine Line's first single: he told us he's not ever going back; of course there's nowhere to go but up and on. The title Harry's House immediately brings to mind lyrics from Fine Line's "Canyon Moon," with their repeated promise of returning home. Even if we didn't make it to a concert, we were plugged into a community that was always willing to share videos, photos, outfit ideas, to let new fans in — even if the growing standom made tickets more difficult to come by. For a while, it felt like the Fine Line era would never end.

That adorable voice, EW has confirmed, belongs to Ruby Winston, Styles' 5-year-old goddaughter and Late Late Show and Grammys executive producer Ben Winston's ...

Styles' longtime collaborators Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson produced and, along with Styles, co-wrote "As It Was," while Mitch Rowland traded in his guitar for the drums this time around. Check out the music video below. before he launches into the song's lyrics.

Harry Styles' 'As It Was' Lyrics Include a Subtle Reference to Olivia Wilde—Here's What the Song Means ... Photo: Courtesy of Harry Styles/YouTube. He's back.

So what are Harry Styles’ “As It Was” lyrics? “Leave America, two kids follow her,” Harry sings in “As It Was.” While Harry didn’t reveal the inspiration for “As It Was,” he did confirm the song is about his personal life. Another source told In Touch that Olivia is “is giving this relationship all she can because she truly wants to make it work. / What kind of pills are you on?” Harry sings in the second verse of “As It Was.” But then again, he is in love, so maybe, he’ll surprise us with a song that’s all about his feelings for Olivia.” The source continued, “Harry isn’t known for penning songs about his personal relationships, even though ‘Two Ghosts’ is thought to be about his ex Taylor Swift, but the buzz is that there is a love song relating to Olivia on his new album. And then I dug it up in the studio one day and added it to the start of the song, and it just kind of stuck. Read on for what we know about Harry Styles’ “As It Was” lyrics’ meaning and who the song could be about. What are Harry Styles’ “As It Was” lyrics about? Harry revealed that the voice in the intro is his goddaughter, Ruby Winston, the daughter of filmmaker Ben Winston. “it’s my goddaughter at the start of the song,” he said in an interview on “Heart Breakfast” in 2022. “As It Was,” which was released on April 1, 2022, is the lead single from Harry‘s upcoming third studio album, Harry’s House, which will debut on March 20, 2022. In my experience, a lot of the time when I’ve gone to do a film I’ve felt like, ‘Oh, I’m probably not gonna do any music for a while because I’ll be so focused on that’. And then I actually find that, by the time I get home at the end of the day, I just write so much,” he said.

Harry Styles released a new song, 'As It Was,' and a music video to go with it late Thursday, preceding the planned May bow for a new album.

What may really blind some fans is the “As It Was” music video and its generous offerings of Styles’ torso, in a tank top and eventually without it. “As It Was,” released late Thursday, sounds like it has its roots in the synth-pop of the 1980s. Harry Styles has used his solo career to lean into the music of bygone decades before, with his first two albums heavily drenched in the rock singer-songwriter stylings of the ’70s. His new single, too, has a flair for music as it was — but it’s far from a rerun of those previous albums.

For much of the artsy video, which runs for less than three minutes, Styles is twirling around on his own in a red sequined jumpsuit that matches his nails. He ...

“In this world, it’s just us / You know it’s not the same as it was,” he sings. There’s more than enough room to, anyway, based on the music video for Harry Styles’s new single, “As It Was.” For much of the artsy video, which runs for less than three minutes, Styles is twirling around on his own in a red sequined jumpsuit that matches his nails. He begins the video with a companion, a woman in a blue jumpsuit, but she’s constantly being pulled away from him.

The groovy single sets the stage for Harry's House and addresses his relationship with Olivia Wilde. 03.31.2022 by Samaa Khullar.

“Leave for America, two kids, fall in love/I don't wanna talk about who's doin' it first,” Styles sings nervously, once again, a reference to his relationship with Wilde. This vast space contains nothing but a spinning platform and a beautiful woman in blue–likely a reference to his girlfriend, actress Olivia Wilde. “As It Was” brings a new groove to Styles’ discography, and comes a year after his last music video “Treat People With Kindness,” co-starring Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Styles has been promoting Harry’s House through his cryptic Instagram account “You Are Home,” where fans can find new details, like clues on new singles and album artwork.

'Who is Harry Styles' goddaughter' we hear you cry? Well, the lucky youngster is five-year-old Ruby Winston, the daughter of Ben Winston, the British producer ...

Harry revealed: “It’s the voice of my goddaughter, she used to try and call me before bedtime every night and one time it didn’t ring or something so they sent me that. ‘Who is Harry Styles’ goddaughter’ we hear you cry? I dug it out when we were in the studio and put it in front of the song for some reason and I kind of just fell in love with it so it stuck.”

Harry Styles is back with his first solo single in over two years, As It Was. It's a synth-pop bop tinged with sadness, which indicates a tonal shift for ...

"As It Was" has already created a new lens for us to view the demi-god (literally, he’s a demi-god in the MCU now), so perhaps Harry’s House will show more of an earnest introspection from the star who famously keeps much to himself. "Sign of the Times", which led the self-titled Harry Styles and introduced us to a new solo star, was an anthemic and cathartic ballad that showed us the emotive private life of a star we had, until that point, only seen as one of five. So can we expect Harry’s House (which is taken from the Joni Mitchell song of the same name) to go full peace, love and rock’n’roll?

Romping around a rainy Barbican, the former One Direction man's new single tees up a feverishly anticipated album.

“Me and my team from Ukraine poured so much love into this video and you can see it on screen. It’s got a whiff of the Eighties (what doesn’t these days?) although it’s nowhere near as Synths For Dummies as a lot of the stuff we’ve been peddled in recent years. All of which is to say: there’s a new Hazza song out, with an excellent video to match.

New Sounds: The pop star's new single sounds a bit like a solo project from one of the guys from The Strokes. We dig it.

Shooting him 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. Me and my team from Ukraine poured so much love into this video and you can see it on screen. And that’s high praise coming from us; “As It Was” is a feathery tune that floats and goads along a springtime carefree, lavender breeze, and it’ll be featured on Styles’ forthcoming third solo album, Harry’s House, set for release on May 20.

Last week, Harry Styles teased an imminent return by posting his new album cover for Harry's House. The low-key visuals for his third solo record, ...

(The intro even includes his five-year-old goddaughter Ruby calling out: “Come on, Harry, we want to say goodnight to you!”) Thankfully, his playful new style groove is a perfect match, too. The release of the first song from the album, “As It Was”, shows Styles’s knack for putting a fresh twist on classic ’70s pieces looks set to continue. Filmed in and around a number of London landmarks—including the central hall of Camberwell’s South London Gallery and the brutalist gardens of the Barbican Centre—Styles and his stylist Harry Lambert showcase an array of charming, more laid-back looks that lose none of his signature eye for glitz and kaleidoscopic color.

Harry Styles revealed the identity of the child we hear at the beginning of his new song, "As It Was," revealing that the cameo comes from someone very ...

"I think so many pop stars try and be something that they think other people want them to be," he said. Although it may sound like James Reynolds, the oldest daughter of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, who also appeared on Taylor Swift's 2017 track, "Gorgeous," Styles says that it wasn't her. "She used to try and call me before bedtime every night and one time it didn’t ring or something so they sent me that," he explained.

The pop star's first single from his new album Harry's House is a wistful bit of synth-pop.

“You know it’s not the same as it was,” he sings shruggingly, stating the obvious and declining to elaborate. If Styles’ last record was about having sex and feeling sad, “As It Was” seems to be about having sex, feeling sad, then getting over it. “Seems to be” is the best I can do, given the evasiveness of the lyrics—a frequent shortcoming in Styles’ songwriting.

The British musician taps into late aughts and early 2010s indie-pop nostalgia with latest single, "As It Was"

“As It Was” begins with bright synths that capture the joy of those twinkly, danceable songs from the blogrock era. It’s not far-fetched for a man in his mid-twenties who grew up in England to have been a fan of the “Tumblr twee” era. Throughout the trajectory of his solo career, Harry Styles has usually opted for ‘70s-inspired sounds, with hints of David Bowie, Rolling Stones, and Fleetwood Mac. When he announced his third album Harry’s House, carrying the same name as Joni Mitchell’s song, it was expected that influence would also be prevalent on his third record.

I'll admit it: I'm a Harry Styles neophyte. Unlike my Vogue colleague Michelle Ruiz, a Styles expert (and style expert!) who depended upon the singer to ...

Is this meant to take place pre-pandemic, or are they just in Texas like me?Okay, this sparkly Arturo Obegero jumpsuit is giving Tyler McGillivary, and I love it.I don’t know who the woman Styles is dancing with is (apologies to the Harry hive if she’s a well-known member of his entourage), but I do know I want her corset top.Is anyone else getting slightly nauseous watching Harry spin on a moving platform?As a tattoo aficionado myself, I really appreciate his body art.Get it together, Emma.I love how much fun he seems to be having! Someone on Twitter speculated that the child speaking at the beginning of the song is Olivia Wilde’s kid, and there is literally no reason to believe this is true, but I’m embracing the conspiracy anyway because—like Marie Kondo—I love mess. This isn’t due to any dislike on my part—I can definitely agree that “Watermelon Sugar” is a bop—but I’m more of a plaintive-’90s-lesbian-chanteuse-music listener than a studious follower of what’s currently happening in pop.

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Speculation for a new music video from Styles began when he was spotted on a giant bed outside Buckingham Palace. Since that bed is nowhere to be found in the music video for this new single, it appears we can expect another music video from Styles to be gracing us soon. "Harry, you're no good alone/Why are you sitting at home on the floor?/What kind of pills are you on?" The single opens with the voice of his goddaughter seemingly scolding him for withdrawing from the world around him.