harry styles channels glam rock in post1d debut
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Last Updated : GMT 09:40:38
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle

Harry Styles channels glam rock in post-1D debut

Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle

Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicleHarry Styles channels glam rock in post-1D debut

One Direction's British singer Harry Styles
New York - AFP

One Direction heartthrob Harry Styles on Friday released a ballad with touches of 1970s glam rock as he became the latest member of the boy band to go solo.

"Sign of the Times" is the first solo single by the 23-year-old English singer who is expected to put out a full album at a later date.

The song starts with a dark chord progression on a piano before quickly building power as Styles shifts his voice into higher range.

Drums and organ give way to electric guitar riffs on a grandiose chorus with clear influences of late legend David Bowie's early glam rock and, to some extent, Queen.

But unlike the path-breaking Bowie, lyrically Styles keeps things simple with a chorus that goes, "Just stop your crying / It's a sign of the times," although the context of the sorrow is unspecified.

At around five and a half minutes, "Sign of the Times" comes off as a statement by Styles on a new artistic direction after the succinct pop ditties of One Direction.

Styles, thin like Bowie with flowing hair, becomes the latest singer to go solo from One Direction, which went on indefinite hiatus in 2015 after five years of packing in stadiums with screaming pre-teens.

Most prominently, Zayn Malik -- who left One Direction amid a rift -- has found success with a solo career in which he has parted with the boy band's squeaky-clean image for a sultry sound and style driven by R&B.

Niall Horan went in a different path when he put out a solo single last year, going for stripped-down acoustic pop.

Styles worked on "Sign of the Times" with prominent US producer Jeff Bhasker, a frequent collaborator of rap superstar Kanye West who has also gone to the studio with Taylor Swift -- whom Styles used to date.

Record label Columbia said Styles would later this month release a video for the song shot on Scotland's Isle of Skye by French director Yoann Lemoine, who has worked with Swift and Katy Perry.

"Sign of the Times" has no obvious connection to a song of a similar title by Prince, a dark 1987 take on AIDS, drug abuse and other social ills.

source: AFP
 

themuslimchronicle
themuslimchronicle

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

harry styles channels glam rock in post1d debut harry styles channels glam rock in post1d debut

 



Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle

GMT 21:40 2017 Sunday ,05 March

Extremist settlers storm into Aqsa

GMT 08:24 2017 Thursday ,19 October

Singer Nicole Saba films her new clip in Cairo

GMT 14:43 2015 Tuesday ,24 November

Iraqi president back home from GECF in Iran

GMT 10:02 2017 Friday ,25 August

Death toll from South Asia floods tops 1,000

GMT 15:46 2017 Wednesday ,16 August

Qatar conspired to overthrow the regime in Bahrain

GMT 13:46 2012 Wednesday ,20 June

Sudan appoints new prosecutor for Darfur crimes

GMT 12:23 2011 Friday ,15 July

Pink Floyd star\'s son Charlie Gilmore jailed

GMT 06:46 2017 Sunday ,19 February

Libya rivals agree to explore ways to end rift

GMT 06:39 2017 Wednesday ,15 February

UAE seeks to build human settlement on Mars by 2117

GMT 21:47 2017 Saturday ,22 April

Ashghal Opens G-Ring Road

GMT 11:13 2016 Friday ,16 September

1 year on, can Volkswagen leave 'dieselgate' behind
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
 
 Themuslimchronicle Facebook,themuslimchronicle facebook  Themuslimchronicle Twitter,themuslimchronicle twitter Themuslimchronicle Rss,themuslimchronicle rss  Themuslimchronicle Youtube,themuslimchronicle youtube  Themuslimchronicle Youtube,themuslimchronicle youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2023 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2023 ©

muslimchronicle muslimchronicle muslimchronicle muslimchronicle
themuslimchronicle themuslimchronicle themuslimchronicle
themuslimchronicle
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle