8 hours ago, Jessie Where said:

Do we know if he's releasing a second single before or alongside it?

I didn't realise it's out quite so soon!

Late Night Talking wasn't pushed properly until a little bit after Harry's House came out so not even sure we'll get a second single with the album, but I hope we do as I think something more commercial needs to be on radio really.

Brief instrumental snippet of another song here!

Pop up shops to come next weekend!!

One Night Only is being filmed and will arrive on Netflix on 8th March!

Harry's in the cover of Spotify's Hot Hits UK playlist. "Aperture" is at #3, while "American Girls" is at #18. The latter, which is the the focus track during the album's release week, appears in a bunch of Spotify's New Music Friday playlists.

I can see the album going number 1 next week but I can’t see the first week sales being as big as its predecessor Harry’s House

Edited Friday at 10:434 days by Hadji

I can see it having bigger sales week 1 tbf its whether its will be strong enough to have as much longevity, only on track 2 and American girls is better than aperture

Harrys House opened with 113k I believe? This will be an easy number one for him but I'm thinking around 70k!

This is Radical Optimism all over again. Harry hun, how are you referencing electronic music, LCD Soundsystem, Floating Points, Jamie XX, having these incredible supporters on tour... and then this is the final product

I was excited by 'Aperture' and thought he was ready for his experimental/music-for-the-art-not-the-charts era, however this is mostly just another Harry Styles album, meandering ballads included, but without the hooks. There are moments where you can hear the LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip influence, but they're just production flourishes. He could have gone so much harder with this. boo

It's dull pleasant. I struggle to see this really satisfying anyone though

I’ll be totally honest the only people this is going to satisfy are his stans that convince themselves they have to love anything and everything he does no matter how mediocre it is.

I was so excited for this era with Aperture and I do still love that and the intrigue it brought to the table about what other directions he can go in, but beyond one or two this is just… an incredibly dull album.

Are you listening yet ? Was my standout other that that not much else jumping out on first listen. Maybe after a few more listens I might but im not holding my breathe

The album is ok. I still enjoy Aperture and thought it was a brave single and that the hits would be on the album but it's hard to identify any major smashes on here.

Agreed that Are You Listening Yet? is decent, and Coming Up Roses is a pretty ballad. I enjoyed Paint By Numbers too. Yet these songs could have been on his previous albums so the stuff that fits the sonic mood promised I am not really loving (e.g. Dance No More I'm just finding cringey).

2 hours ago, blacksquare said:

This is Radical Optimism all over again. Harry hun, how are you referencing electronic music, LCD Soundsystem, Floating Points, Jamie XX, having these incredible supporters on tour... and then this is the final product

I was excited by 'Aperture' and thought he was ready for his experimental/music-for-the-art-not-the-charts era, however this is mostly just another Harry Styles album, meandering ballads included, but without the hooks. There are moments where you can hear the LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip influence, but they're just production flourishes. He could have gone so much harder with this. boo

It's dull pleasant. I struggle to see this really satisfying anyone though

Agreed with this really. I'm not quite loving the album like I thought/hoped I would, it's not baaad but I hoped it'd lean more into the electronic dance sound 'Aperture' had, and the couple of ballads also really throw me off the mood of it as well.

Weirdly I have found this way more instant than Harry’s House. Agree with others it’s not as experimental as maybe promised. But quite clearly there are a lot of influences. I kind of get the impression this album has been curated in line with the tour, which Aperture at the BRITs highlighted.

Think the most obvious singles for me are American Girls and Pop.

6 hours ago, Calum said:

I’ll be totally honest the only people this is going to satisfy are his stans that convince themselves they have to love anything and everything he does no matter how mediocre it is.

I'll share my thoughts on the album later (it's great) but this sentence is really not it x

First listen thoughts:

I like it, its good but I think I need a couple more listens to gage how muuch I like it and how it stands up to his other albums

The tracks that stood out to me was Ready Steady Go! Season 2 Weight Loss, Coming Up Roses and Pop on first initial listen

I'm so busy this weekend so I'll have to give a detailed review later but it's such a cohesive album! American Girls, Taste Back and Pop are my highlights so far but also loving Carla's Song and Ready, Steady, Go!

7 hours ago, JosephStyles said:

I'll share my thoughts on the album later (it's great) but this sentence is really not it x

🤷‍♂️

On another note, this thread probably best sums up some of the issues with it

I'm obsessed with this album. I might actually buy the CD. Its the best thing he's ever done. All through it I can see his influences. Like, that sounds like 'Hot Chip'. That hook on American Girls is so familiar but I just can't place it. Its like what I was listening to when all the kids were listening to One Direction.

Edited Saturday at 11:263 days by Paramore

Are you listening yet is the only song that hit me on first listen!!

Album title is the best thing and didnt live up.

‘Pop’ is the best one on the album for me. That chorus is brilliant.