The singer played three tracks from his new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
Things are certainly coming up roses for Harry Styles fans. Styles surprised fans on Monday (April 20) with the release of “Harry Live from Funkhaus,” a studio session video of the singer at Berlin’s Funkhaus performing stripped-down versions of three songs from his new album, Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
The video opens with a title card and cozy winter footage as a piano plays in the background. In the clip, Styles sits on a park bench in the snow, bundled up in a black coat, sneezes and smiles. The video then cuts to a warm studio where Styles is seated at a piano.
His bandmates warm up and the group talks about arrangements for the songs they’re about to play. Styles steps up to the microphone and dons his headphones. He is clad in a yellow sweatshirt that says “KUSS” on the front and “DISKO” on the back, the German words for “kiss” and “disco.” “There’s been another crime, another crime on page three,” Styles jokes as he and his conductor work out some kinks in the music before they start.
For his first song,”Season 2 Weight Loss,” the singer is accompanied by a chamber orchestra, a drummer and a pianist. As he sings the tune — standing at the microphone with hands on his headphones — he mixes his audio live. “‘Paint By Numbers,’ take 73,” Styles says into his microphone from his new position at a piano.
He is accompanied by strings and a guitarist who also sings the backing vocals for the second song of the set. “That felt great, I love that one,” one of his instrumentalists says after they finish playing the tune. For the final track, “Coming Up Roses,” Styles remains at the piano and the string players and the first pianist return.
The group is rounded out by an electric bassist. Styles begins the song on the piano accompanied by the orchestra. The performance builds as the string players pivot to using their bows and the pianist joins Styles on the keys.
The video closes out with a shot of Styles at his piano and a card that simply reads, “DAS ENDE.” Released in March, Styles’ fourth solo studio album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — following in the footsteps of his first three solo records. The album’s lead single “Aperture” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has spent 11 weeks — and counting — on the chart.
Alongside “Aperture,” all three of the tracks from “Harry Live from Funkhaus” also hit the Hot 100. Watch “Harry Live from Funkhaus” below.