Harry Styles’ New album, “Kiss All The Time. Disco, occasionally,” is Ok at Best
Introduction
Harry Styles released his newest album called Kiss All The Time. Disco Occasionally. It is the fourth album to be released three years after his previous album, Harry’s House, was released. Kiss All The Time is different in its approach. While most of the tracks favour synthesis and techno beats in the first few tracks, the tracks in the album are, rather, bland, in better terms. While his songs in Harry’s House display a new breath of approach in making pop music creatively and innovation, Kiss All The Time does not fully exemplify that. It is not all bad still. There are good tracks in the album, such as Coming Up Roses, Dance No More, and Carla’s Song. While Coming Up Roses leans more toward a ballad, its use of string instruments sets up the overall vibe of the song as the lyrics showcase a yearning for their significant other. Dance No More catches the ear with a catchy bass intro while setting the song in a party setting. Despite the catchy bass, the lyrics are, rather, bland. Carla’s Song contains a reminiscent early 2000s beat with cryptic lyrics echoing in the song. In a way, it is a song that echoes a goodbye to the song.
The Review: Kinda Mid, but with an exceptional few
In a way, this album does not reach the capacity of adventurism and innovation that other albums have. While Styles’ previous projects have reached acclaimed attention and adoration from fans and listeners across the world, there really aren’t many notable songs to truly highlight much fuss and attention. One of the first things to be noticed is the lyrics. In many of the tracks in the album, repetition is one of the more distinct characteristics to be found.
The overall theme of the tracks can be debated, but the overall theme, upon listening to it, would be the discussion of love in the realm of a party or an inter-personal relationship with his own psyche. In Aperture, it clearly highlights Harry’s longing to be with someone. The title of the song suggests an opening of a camera lens, or the pupils of the eyes. It could reference the use of drugs while contemplating these feelings towards someone. White Aperture draws from love in a different, American Girls is a different approach. The song expresses his admiration with American Girls, along with his friends. He is condemned for his admiration, but also yearns for a comfy life with someone.
Ready, Steady, Go! is a song that describes Harry having butterflies in his stomach with a person who does not reciprocate the same feelings as him. In the end, he utters the same sentence as the title. Are You Listening Yet? Is more interpersonal as he describes the inner turmoil of a person who is dealing with listlessness within their relationships with their partner and friend. It is an interesting song as it showcases the inner turmoil of discovering the root issues of their problems while facing different voices from those that we love. Taste Back is a song that deals with a past lover who contacts them after a certain amount of time. While these songs’ central themes are easy to decipher, the depth and the lyrics are often shallow and repetitive, which is central to a dance-pop track for its repetitive beats and lyrics.
Is it good to listen to it?
All in all, the tracks are enjoyable, often catchy, and dance-able. Other than that, that is basically what is left. It can be argued that it is not Harry’s year for his musicality to be illuminated, but it does not end there. He has successfully risen as a mature pop artist with his previous works, which reveal that he can create new and creative pieces. Hopefully, Harry Styles can release a new album or EP that will allow him to venture more outside of the pop realm and create something new and innovative like his previous work has.
