British boy bander turned pop leading man Harry Styles has released the first single from this forthcoming album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, the follow-up to his Grammy-anointed Harry’s House. The single, “Aperture,” arrives just a week after Styles officially announced his new album, due March 6, via a voice note to fans in which he sang the song’s welcoming refrain.
Produced by Kid Harpoon—who was at the helm of the singer’s hits “As It Was” and “Watermelon Sugar,” among others—“Aperture” sees Styles expanding his sonic palette into Tame Impala-style neo-psychedelia. The five-minute track, which gradually builds from an unassuming synth intro to a crescendo of elastic beats, static-y guitars, and swirling synths, isn’t as immediate as Styles’s earlier hits, but the hook is a slow-burn of an earworm: “We belong together/It finally appears, it’s only love.”
Directed by Aube Pierre, the music video for “Aperture” sees Styles enduring a mundane stay at a luxury hotel, where he imagines tussling with a mysterious stranger played by a series of stunt performers. The pair tumbles spectacularly down a spiral stairway, reenacts the iconic lift choreography from Dirty Dancing, and does backflips through the hotel’s halls before parting ways like nothing ever happened.
Watch the music video for “Aperture” below:
Styles also announced his Together, Together tour with assistance from MS NOW’s Steve Kornacki (and his khakis) earlier today. The 50-stop trek kicks off in Amsterdam on May 16 and will feature special guests Robyn, Shania Twain, Jamie xx, and more:
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