{"id":33888,"date":"2022-05-24T19:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/welcome-to-harrys-house-2\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T21:23:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T21:23:42","slug":"welcome-to-harrys-house-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/welcome-to-harrys-house-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to ‘Harry’s House’"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a longtime fan of Harry Styles since his One Direction days, I was elated by the announcement of his third studio album,\u00a0Harry\u2019s House<\/em>. The excitement of any new release is experiencing it for the first time alongside the rest of the world \u2013 seeing which songs go viral on TikTok, which songs rack in the most streams online, and which songs are honored at next year\u2019s music award shows. For Styles, who is currently the fifth most-streamed artist on Spotify, new material from him will likely make huge waves in the music industry.<\/p>\n

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Harry Styles is not only a pop musical giant, but an influential figure in pop culture as well. His boyish charm, flamboyant stage personality, and gender-neutral fashion statements have cemented him as a relevant, boundary-shifting presence in all aspects of his career.<\/p>\n

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The 28-year-old pop star\u2019s past two solo albums,\u00a0Harry Styles<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Fine Line<\/em><\/a>\u00a0have been critical and commercial successes. So, how to describe a tour of\u00a0Harry\u2019s House<\/em>? A delightfully cathartic, dreamy experience giving romance, heartache, and self-reflection in Styles\u2019 signature blend of pop, rock, folk, and alternative influences.<\/p>\n

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The album kicks off with the deliciously upbeat jam, \u201cMusic for a Sushi Restaurant,\u201d which uses imagery of fried rice, green tea, and blue bubblegum in relation to his appetite for love. \u201cIf the stars were edible, and our hearts were never full \/ Could we live with just a taste?\u201d Styles muses.<\/p>\n

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Several tracks on\u00a0Harry\u2019s House<\/em>\u00a0already have fans attempting to decode the lyrics and connect them to Styles\u2019 girlfriend, Olivia Wilde. When the first single, \u201cAs It Was,\u201d dropped on March 31, it was rumored that the young voice on the song\u2019s opening line, \u201cC\u2019mon Harry, we want to say goodnight to you,\u201d was one of Wilde\u2019s children. Other songs seem to reference the actress and director, such as \u201cCinema,\u201d in which Styles sings, \u201cI dig your cinema \/ Do you think I\u2019m cool too?\u201d He debuted the \u201870s-influenced pop banger, \u201cLate Night Talking\u201d during his Coachella 2022 performance, which is rumored to be written about being in a long-distance relationship with Wilde while on tour.<\/p>\n

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One of my personal favorite tracks, \u201cDaydream,\u201d evokes influences of \u201870s funk and is as dreamy as its title suggests. It begs to be blasted with the windows down while cruising on highways and back roads. The album closes with several heartfelt, mellow tracks: \u201cSatellite,\u201d \u201cBoyfriends,\u201d and \u201cLove of My Life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In a recent interview<\/a> on NPR\u2019s Morning Edition<\/em>, Styles discussed the concept of what \u201chome\u201d means to him and revealed why his third album is particularly special to him. \u201cI think for me home is just about friends,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhile this is such a personal album, and so much about my own journey of finding a place of home, I also feel like it\u2019s very much dedicated to my friends. I always felt like I would land in a certain place, or a certain house and feel like ‘Oh, this is the home I’ve been searching for.’ And I think, much like happiness, that isn’t necessarily a final resting place and it is a journey and it’s kind of peaks and troughs of happiness, sadness \u2013 all of the things that make you feel alive.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Welcome to Harry\u2019s House,<\/em> everyone. Enjoy your stay.<\/p>\n

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