Harry Styles shares his well-received third album ‘Harry’s House’
The pop star reaches for the stars on his third album, released last month and still going crazy all across the globe.
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The third full-length instalment from Harry Styles follows on from the last album Fine Line which, let’s be honest, catapulted Harry into the ears of almost everyone regardless of their taste.
Harry’s House opens with Music For a Sushi Restaurant, which is an instant mood booster with its synthy feels making you want to hit that dance floor pronto. The jazz influences are bountiful throughout this track — especially during the “Scuba-duba-do-boo-boo” lines ending the song — following onto Late Night Talking, a little more subdued yet just as catchy with romanticised lyrics, reminding people of the “honeymoon” period of dating.
Grapejuice has a more melancholy feel yet just as romantic, with notions of sharing a good bottle of wine with the person you love whilst also reflecting on how drinking can act as a depressant to mask emotions or feelings. The softer tones of Grapejuice soon get lifted by As It Was, a track that spent ten weeks at number one and is still doing the rounds on socials with its high tempo 80’s style melody.
The mix of upbeat tracks complemented by slower, softer tunes makes Harry’s House a deliciously enjoyable album from start to finish. Daylight keeps up with the upbeat synth vibes yet touches on feelings of loneliness by waiting on someone all hours when you’re so deeply infatuated by them.
Little Freak and Matilda are the tracks that bring the emotional feelings as they reflect on past relationships, with the latter centring on rebuilding life after a traumatic past. It’s a welcome heartbreak ballad from Harry, that shows just how any emotive subject makes for a great song.
Cinema is another sultry song with 80’s notes flowing throughout (a common theme), giving it Daft Punk vibes and with effortless lines such as: “I just think you’re cool / I dig your cinema”.
John Mayer is featured on guitar for the next track, Daydreaming, which depicts an attachment to your partner and not being able to get enough of them. Yet another song that makes you want to drop everything and get up and dance.
Keeping up with all things love, Keep Driving focuses on stability in a relationship whilst the world is as it is: in chaos. Referencing events from the last few years such as the American riots following the murder of George Floyd: “Tea with cyborgs / Riot, America / Science and edibles / Life hacks going viral in the bathroom”. Satellite is a sad bop that comes across as upbeat yet features lyrics touching on loneliness and longing for that someone.
Boyfriends follows in a similar vein to Satellite, being a much slower acoustic track that reflects on both Harry’s behaviour and others when in a relationship and acknowledging that people aren’t sometimes the nicest to one another.
Love Of My Life is the thirteenth and final track on the album, a beautifully reflective song about the ending of a relationship and not realising the value of it at the time.
Harry’s House has shown the growth Harry has been through as an artist both personally and professionally, especially by touching on a variety of subjects such as trauma, heartache, relationships and drug use. The album also showcases Harry’s eclectic music taste by listening to new influences such as jazz musicians Bill Evans and Samuel Barber, which you can hear throughout. Harry has really come into his own with this album that takes you on a journey through the trials and tribulations of life all whilst adding the pure pop elements that Harry has mastered.
