#the sunflower vol. 6 intro dance

[finexbright]

uk and european besties let's all just hold two mins silence and say rest in peace to the live versions of lights up, little freak, cherry, falling, sunflower vol. 6 and to be so lonely, gone but never forgotten, forever beefing with harry styles

[planetharrie]

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･Sunflower Surprise!

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In which Harry sings a particularly special song for his kids on stage.. 🌻🎤🪩

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Harry's wife and kids were curled up on a black, leather sofa when a pair of knuckles rapped on the door. Both children lifted their heads from their mother's shoulders as she closed the book she was reading and turned her head in the direction of the noise.

In popped the large, round head of a security guard from behind the door and Talia was met with a large smile.

"Hey guys," Dan started, referring to both Natalia and her two children, "he's ready for you."

'He' being Harry.

"Alright, thanks, Dan." Talia thanked him before sitting up from the couch, "c'mon guys, I have a surprise for you.."

The small family followed security guard Dan through the industrial hallways hand-in-hand. Harry's voice could be heard clearly with an echo, thanking the crowd for coming and introducing them to his band.

To the young mother's right, her son Wyatt began whining and squirming to get his red ear-defenders off of his head. Talia let go of his hand momentarily and stroked the back of his hair.

"You gotta keep them on, buddy; it's going to be loud in there." She tried to explain to her 8 year-old son. The closer they got to the stage and arena, the louder the sound of the speakers and crowd grew and Talia cupped both her hands over an ear each of her kids' protectively.

Dan led them out to the back of the pit where some fans turned and waved, glancing back and forth between tiny Harry on stage and his small family. Wyatt and Annie hid their faces into Talia's leg, overwhelmed by the cheers and screams. They stood behind a guarded barricade and Talia crouched down to her children's level and pointed at the giant screens.

"Look! It's daddy!" She whispered excitedly and Annie cracked a toothy smile, or rather a toothless one as she'd lost her two front teeth, at the sight of her dad literally sparkling on stage.

Harry's speech changed tone from his usual generic one to words far more serious, loving and intimate.

"Tonight," he began, pausing as he gathered his thoughts and waited for the crowd to settle, "tonight’s show is a little bit more special, a little different as my wife and children are attending this evening."

The crowd erupted into shocked and excited screams. Talia stroked her kids' backs gently and smiled proudly at the screens.

"And I believe that they are somewhere in this crowd tonight," Harry's eyes scanned the crowd before turning back at the screen when a camera focused in on his wife and two children’s faces. Talia waved shyly and laughed when both her kids turned away from the lens.

"There they are!" Harry yelled excitedly into the microphone. He faced back at the crowd with a shy grin as he fixed his ear piece. "They're a little shy.." his voice softened into a rasped whisper and he stepped back from the mic and coughed into his hand.

"I would like to play a song for you, tonight, that we haven't played in a while." The audience gasped and whooped with apprehension. "This is also my youngest's favourite song but I would like to dedicate it to both Annie and Wyatt, tonight!"

At the back of the pitch, young Annie squealed with excitement as her Dad spoke about her, understanding that Sunflower Vol.6 was about to be performed to her and thousands of others.

The intro started playing and it took the crowd a few seconds to recognise the first few chords before everyone burst into the song with Harry.

Talia stood up from her crouched position and started dancing shyly with her kids to the chorus, twirling Annie as she giggled and putting Wyatt on her shoulders.

The end of the concert came quickly after the surprise song and as As it Was started the encore, the three were escorted back backstage to avoid the fans who were leaving early.

Buzzed with excitement, they practically skipped back to the dressing room, singing loudly along to the song.

"Was that a fun surprise, guys?" Talia asked as they entered Harry's dressing room, letting her kids run in first before thanking Dan and closing the door.

"Yes, yes, yes! Dad is the best!"Annie jumped up and down and ran over to Harry's suitcase. "Can I lay out Daddy's clothes?"

A small 'tradition' Annie and Harry have is he'd let his daughter pick out the clothes he wears after the show. She often advised by her mother to pick comfy and pyjama-like clothes for her dad, but there have been times where Harry's been forced to get changed into jeans and a sweater and wear it until both children have been put to bed and only then can he finally change into his lounge-wear in the secrecy of his own bedroom.

"Of course you can but how about we pick something like his trackies so that Dad can be comfy. He's worked very hard today." Talia approached gently, peeling out Harry's grey joggers from under his pile of clothes and held them up.

Annie scanned them skeptically before shaking her head. "No, no. Dad needs to look nice, not lazy, mummy!"

'Sorry, H. I did try!'

By the time Harry burst into the dressing room, he was out of breath and jokingly collapsed onto the cold floor where Annie and Wyatt pounced on him.

"Hello you two! Did you like the show?" He tickled under their chins and lifted them off his torso.

"They loved it, H. Didn't you guys? We even danced along!" Talia knelt down next to him and kissed his lips which resulted in gagging noises from their eldest.

"Ewww!" The two kids whined, pulling faces.

"Oi, you both should watch it or else me and mummy are going to come and tickle you until you're laughing so much that you will be really gagging then!" Harry playfully warned, pulling himself up from the floor and both kids squealed and hid behind the couch.

Talia laughed too before spotting Harry's outfit. The silver and red sparkly suit was no longer clinging to his sweaty skin. Instead his body was clad with a black tracksuit and trainers.

"You changed?" His wife asked with surprise.

"You think I'm wearing jeans for that 20 minute car ride back?" Harry cocked an eyebrow while readjusting his hood. He clapped his hands together and walked towards his stuff, "right guys! Time to get home to bed!"

Whines and groans from the children followed before a screech echoed the room:

"That's not the outfit I chose!"

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[stylesnews]

Harry, Niji and Mitch dancing to the Sunflower, Vol. 6 intro in Little Rock - 24/11

[ialwaysknewyouwerepunk]

two ghosts - a close reading

hs1, track 4

hs1 intro post

LYRIC ANALYSIS

Same lips red, same eyes blue Same white shirt, couple more tattoos But it's not you and it's not me

that one special lover with the beautiful blue eyes

"couple more tattoos": but not couple tattoos? it's just. such a good play on words it must allude to that pls

establishment of them as something familiar

cute lil theory:

1st line = you

2nd line = me

also parallel to well-used "it's not you, it's me" line in break-ups - allusion to the cause of their issues not (necessarily) being themselves

Tastes so sweet, looks so real Sounds like something that I used to feel But I can't touch what I see

THE SENSES!! ALL OF THEM!! 'you' is all-encompassing

they're there, they're close to each other, but they're not as physically intimate as they used to be

We're not who we used to be We're not who we used to be We're just two ghosts standing in the place of you and me Trying to remember how it feels to have a heartbeat

we!!! you and i are still a we!!! itsnotfuckingoverneverneverover

together is when they had a heartbeat, when things were good. when they're apart they also don't have a heartbeat. but now they're not themselves, and they're not the couple they used to be, so they've lost their bearings. (external) change has caused a shift

The fridge light washes this room white Moon dances over your good side This was all we used to need

domestic bliss

cont. in sunflower, vol. 6: "kiss in the kitchen, like it's a dance floor"

"all we used to need": we need more, now. things have changed, we need to work on this relationship to keep it working, not just stay complacent and expect things to always work

Tongue-tied like we've never known Telling those stories we already told 'Cause we don't say what we really mean

cont. in sunflower, vol. 6, pt.II !!!!: "i was just tongue-tied"

communication!!!! central theme on the entire album: these kids couldn't fucking talk

they are still talking, still spending time together, but they're holding their emotions back, afraid of what might happen if they open their mouth. afraid of change

We're not who we used to be We're not who we used to be We're just two ghosts swimming in a glass half empty Trying to remember how it feels to have a heartbeat

'glass half empty' - his/their own outlook, or did chances get taken away?

edit: okay. it was a crime to leave out pink floyd here, headstrong as i may be. "we're just two lost souls living in a fish bowl" from wish you were here is. it's essential. pink floyd's lyricism is a key understanding so much of harry's work, and it can never be stressed enough. also i love pf so even though i wasn't typing it out here i was singing it in my mind okay

another hint at their relationship struggling bc of a context change

trying to remember: they're trying to make it work

Trying to remember how it feels to have a heartbeat I'm just trying to remember how it feels to have a heartbeat

i'm also figuring out for me what i want and need bc for this relationship to work i also need to know who i am

SYNTHESIS

This is a pair that loves each other. There is no doubt about that. This song is about heartache, about a relationship that's changing, one that used to feel easier. They now have to try, to work, to make it work again. The context of their relationship has changed, they have changed, they're growing. They have to figure out who they are in order to know what they want, what they see in the future for themselves and each other.

I think the lyrics, for once, say a lot. At first, the song sounds like an ending, something melancholic. Upon closer inspection, though, you can hear the hope, the work, the trying. Trying, figuring it out for themselves and for the relationship, is a central theme on HS1. It's what pulls all songs together, with this song at the centre, along with Sweet Creature, which holds that sense of security that they will figure it out eventually. In Two Ghosts, especially in the last line, Harry recognises that he needs to look for himself again, too. As does his lover. They're both ghosts, pretending to be someone they used to be. Perhaps in order to preserve what they once were, because they're scared of what might happen if they let change wash over them. Scared of the possibility of losing each other if they let go of the past. Despite the sadness and melancholy, Harry never fails to preserve that undertone of hope. He knew all along that there was no other way than for them to come out alive. (And then he wrote Sunflower, Vol. 6 as proof.)

[roseandbee]

Love on Tour St Louis

So let me preface this by a quick rundown:

I'd been avoiding previous concert videos to give myself a bit of surprise and haven't watched any from this one (yet!)

I have visual problems and some memory issues so if I didn't catch something or misremember something, sorry

I've been to two Live on Tour shows (2018)

In case you missed it- no concert photos or videos here but if you don't mind, keep reading. If you do, please just skip!

Should I do this by setlist or my random memory order?? Lol so my view:

Treat People with Kindness was everything I wanted it to be- everyone just going fuck it and dancing. The energy of it was awesome. Combining it with WMYB and an up-tempo Canyon Moon was sheer genius in terms of instant dance party, which is exactly what you want at a concert, right? I think I got second and third winds by osmosis (I...do not generally have that much energy all at once but it was palpable). I happened to catch the entirety of The Sunglasses during WMYB, and it was the best. H caught them and I think we had a brief mind meld of something like "Covid? But. Elton. Fuck it! Yassss" I was lucky enough to have the perfect view of The Pose with the flag aloft, boa and sunglasses framing that gleeful proud face. Beautiful.

Woman, Carolina, and Only Angel: full respect to them adding to the overall dance party. Woman seemed especially even better with the new band. Carolina had awesome trippy imagery and was a total blast. Only Angel had the pride flags flying, which got me a little emo, ngl, but didn't slow me down. Truly ty H for not putting those three together as well bc I would have collapsed, y'all.

Adore You- I adore you. Missed opportunity call-out @ Harry for not reading the fish joke sign before/after this one. Peculiar choice 😉

Bookending with Golden and Kiwi, respectively, were perfect choices. Golden kicked the concert off just as well as it did the album, and Kiwi left us not wanting to stop the party. The band continuing so long after Harry exited was perfect. Pretty sure that adrenaline was responsible for me staying up as long as I did after I finally got home, not to mention just keeping my energy up long enough for me to get home safely, period.

Two Ghosts/Falling hit me just as hard as the sheer idea of it did. The only way to make it even better (worse) would be to relive the music videos. (Also fuck me for not checking the screens?? Did we get anything on those? I was so focused on not crying I didn't see).

Watermelon Sugar had me repeating the silly joke to myself that if you don't know the words just sing "Watermelon" over and over bc my ears decided to pop around then and to begin with I didn't know what tf was happening but I thought it was WS intro. (Y'all be smarter than me and remember to bring earplugs if you need them). Ahem. I then tried to hurt my throat singing along. I don't think I was alone in that. As it should be.

Let's keep with the fruit. Cherry! Was! Beautiful! More trying to hurt my throat. Excellent. A fan near me had a mask with cherries on it and I saw others here and there with cherries and other fruit (tastefully done- if you didn't, sorry my mind bleach took over).

Harry started Sunflower Vol. 6 with the alien noises, and I lost it y'all. And then he had us join in, except I was grinning and giggling too much. Awkward silly Harry is the best. The. Best. Boop boop boop boop. Missed opportunity call-out @ me for forgetting to wear my sunflower pin. Sigh. Next time?

She. She was perfection, from the note changes to the soulful delivery to the pride flags I saw in the crowd. And let's just give an extra special mention to Mitch and the guitar solo. Like. Bless whatever person or force made it so he faced my side of the crowd so I could properly experience that brilliance. I have been in love with that solo since I first heard it on the album, and live was something I will never forget. I don't even know what I was doing exactly while he played but I was very happy to find I wasn't remotely alone in thunderously cheering his performance when it was over.

Fine Line. God. What can I even say. Ethereal? Healing? Beautiful? Pick another adulating adjective ? The title track never disappoints.

Sign of the Times. So H messed up slightly iirc at the beginning but I didn't even care bc so did I! Lol I've gotten too used to the album version again. Harry finished strong though, and it was beautiful as always. I'll repeat my wish that it never leaves the setlist.

Lights Up. Okay I saved my fave of the night for last. It was just extra special hearing those words sung live, and singing it with that many people was extra cathartic and healing. I think a lot of us sung that with our whole chest- we're not ever going back.

I want to be an old lady with a walker still swaying and trying to hit those notes while H is still up there dancing and doing gorgeous note changes, and I feel blessed to have gotten this chance again to witness the force that is that beautiful soul on stage. Thank you to anyone and everyone who helped me get there and/or helped me enjoy it!

Special mention to some fans (in no particular order):

As mentioned- the person with the fish joke! I can't totally remember how it went but it was pretty punny

I'm pretty sure I saw another punny joke up front but I couldn't read it- I still appreciate you!!

The person with the sign saying "You make this feel like home" - 🥺💕

Everyone with variations on simply "I love you" & "Welcome" & the like just made me happy

Everyone who gave special shout-out's to the band!! I think I saw a mention for all of them in various signs plus I appreciate that I saw no one leave until they left bc they all brought it just as hard as Harry and seemed happy to do so

Everyone who wore sequins (magpie hours-I appreciate you)

The fan(s) who got those glorious sunglasses on stage!! Iconic

Everyone celebrating their birthday but cheers especially to the one celebrating "in Style" bc okay well played (and imma assume you meant that fully innocently)

Absolutely everyone showing their pride - for Harry and for themselves - bless us all for bringing the love to Love on Tour

[hlupdate]

Anyone within a mile radius of the United Center Sept. 24 and Sept. 25 saw thousands of people streaming into the venue for the Harry Styles concert — fans came dressed in pearls, feather boas, flare out pants and even wedding dresses, each of them with smiles hidden underneath their required masks.

The show began with opening act Jenny Lewis, a 45-year-old folk-rock singer. She dazzled the stage in a blue and pink romper with fringe dangling from her arms as strummed her guitar. She played her most popular songs, including “Just One of the Guys,” before she was escorted off the stage by a man wearing a dog costume, which was believed to be an ode to her dog.

As soon as the lights dimmed in preparation for Styles’ arrival, the deafening screams of teenage girls likely could be heard from miles away. His band, dressed head-to-toe in white, began to play the opening of “Golden” and the former boy-band member rose from center stage as the first verse started.

Styles — always a proud representative for Gucci — paid tribute by wearing a custom outfit for each night of the tour. On Friday he wore a black, bedazzled button-down, his signature light purple flare out pants and suspenders to match. On Saturday, he wore a red floral top with matching red silk pants and red suspenders.

Fans of “Fine Line” track “To Be So Lonely” had their prayers answered on Saturday, as Styles performed the song live for the first time ever. His setlist also included fan favorites  “Sunflower, Vol. 6” — regular version and extra spicy funk remix — “Canyon Moon,” with a tropical twist and “Falling” with the intro of his first album’s song “Two Ghosts.”

Along with his solo songs, he paid homage to One Direction by singing a rendition of “What Makes You Beautiful.” This was a personal thank you to his fans that have been with him on his musical journey for eleven years total.

During “She,” guitarist Mitch Rowland delivered a wicked guitar solo while Harry showed off some wacky dance moves. Each song had unique visuals, including falling bunnies, colorblocked images of mirror images of the singer.      

If there is one thing Harry Styles specializes in, it’s driving crowds crazy with his charismatic and extroverted personality. To really connect with his Chicago dwelling audience he took a poll by applause of which pizza they preferred Giordano’s, Lou Malnati’s, or so-called “alternative pizza.”

To kick off the encore, Styles teased fans with the opening notes of his debut single “Sign of the Times.” During this emotional number, he waved a Black Lives Matter flag in support of the movement.

The final two songs were an upbeat change, as he performed his radio-famous and Grammy Award-winning song “Watermelon Sugar.” He informed the crowd he would “take it home” with his final song choice “Kiwi,” as he wildly danced around the stage backed by flashing lights.  

The concert was more than just a collection of Styles’ hit songs, but a true enticing work of art. With unique lighting, song arrangements, conversations to the crowd and exhilarating energy, it was surely worth the cost of the tickets — even though they were on the pricey side ranging anywhere from $80 to over $500.

After two years of waiting for a second album, a rescheduled tour and a global pandemic, Harry Styles managed to deliver a spectacular show two nights in a row.

[ihearthes]

Little Rock 2021

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. Having just finished a whirlwind of Harrying, I have much to be grateful for. I’ve always said that if I ever got the opportunity to meet Harry, I would thank him for bringing so many amazing people into my life. Little Rock was no exception. I was able to meet a lovely Harrie for lunch there, and we met many, many Harries at the restaurant where we ate. My hotel was swarming with Harries to the point that the hotel ran out of soap, and we had to use shower gel instead. 

But also -- that crowd of Harries at the show! Harry deserves the very best, and that includes an audience that adores him. And the Little Rock crowd -- both in the arena and out -- was very much in love with Mr. Styles. Everywhere I went while in the small city, I heard from the locals about how overwhelmed they were by the presence of so many Harries. Every Uber driver who chauffeured me talked about how grateful they were to have Harries in town to support their economy, how kind Harries had been, and how the townsfolk were now interested in learning more about Harry Styles. The power of Harry -- that he can transform an entire city by performing one show there. 

Having seen Harry in the first two shows of this tour, I was supremely interested in observing his evolution from Las Vegas to Little Rock. The difference was palpable. In Las Vegas, he was a man who had been disappointed so often that he couldn’t believe he was standing in front of the crowd performing live. In Little Rock, he relearned what ‘edging’ means -- in words and in deeds. For those of you who have yet to hear him perform the Fine Line album live, let me tell you how amazing his voice is. Clearly he’s been working on his vocals, and I’m excited to hear HS3 and how he’s leveled up even more in his studio recordings. It’s always been his live singing where he’s played with his voice and shown us how dynamic he is. 

He was sparkly in all ways in Little Rock. From his outfit to his personality, he brought the most positive energy. When he “called the hogs”, the look on his face at the response was pure delight. And when Harry and Niji finished their intro dance to “Sunflower Vol. 6″ by dancing and jumping up and down with Mitch, Harry was having intense fun. His smile during “Lights Up” when he witnessed the rainbow fan project was a thing of beauty. When he shouted out a random lady in a red cardigan, he made HER sparkle. The boy almost 28-year-old man is having the time of his life, and he invites us to join in on his adventures. 

Today I am grateful for Harry and to him for the Harries he’s brought into my life -- whether they have stuck around or not. It’s a rare thing to experience pure joy in adulthood, but as a Harrie, I know exactly where to “find a place to feel good”. I’m sad that I won’t see him live again for quite a while, but I know that Harries across the planet will be inspired by the sparkle of our Harry Edward Styles. 

[meaningtotellyou]

missing harry and pauli’s best friends dance. missing harry and niji’s sunflower vol 6 intro

[accio-lo-ki]

an attempt on ranking harry styles’ entire discography

this was hard. 

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from the dining table - his most raw and vulnerable musically and lyrically; paints a straightforward, clear picture and uses repetitive lines to effectively emphasize honest emotions; fave lines: “even my phone misses your call by the way” and “comfortable silence is so overrated”

meet me in the hallway - baseline trumps all his songs in my honest opinion; almost goes hand in hand with from the dining table, which is fitting given as this song opens the album and that song closes it; musically and melodically one of his best and most unique; fave lines: “we don’t talk about it / it’s something we don’t do / but once you go without it, nothing else will do”

fine line - i remember in vivid detail the first time i really processed and listened to this song; i was in the shower and it came on shuffle, and i was so shocked that it was harry styles i was listening to because i had never thought that he would do this kind of folk-indie sound that i admit i was a fan of. made me cry. lyrically on of his best and the build up in the production is amazing. fave lines: “put a price on emotion / i’m looking for something to buy / you’ve got my devotion, but man i can hate you sometimes”

golden - one of the best from fine line; the contrast between the upbeat melody and the melancholic lyrics is amazing; i’m especially fond of the repetition of the line “i don’t want to be alone,” i feel like it sends the desperation and fear across clearly and subtly; fave lines: “i know you were way too bright for me” ; “i know that you’re scared because i’m so open”

sign of the times - i will never get over how this man chose a six minute rock ballad as his debut single and called it “playing safe.” this song is easily a classic and i can see it transcending time akin to bohemian rhapsody and the like. fave lines: “you can’t bribe the door on your way to the sky”

to be so lonely - easily the best musically in fine line; the guitarlele is such an edge and the melody is outstandingly complex; plays with his self-deprecation perfectly the way he failed to do in falling. fave lines: “i’m just an arrogant son of a bitch who can’t admit when he’s sorry”

adore you - literal pop perfection in terms of production and musicality; putting a (albeit simple and basic) guitar solo in the bridge of a pure pop song is refreshing and brave; lyrically simple but the overall song makes up for it. also hints at his self-deprecation which i always like. fave lines: “you don’t have to say you love me / you don’t have to say nothing / you don’t have to say you’re mine”

only angel - there’s something about this kind of style that brings out the best in harry’s voice. the nearly one minute choir intro is simply deranged and perfect. a lot of strong lyrical points. fave lines: “i’m still the only one who’s been in love with me” ; “broke a finger knocking on your bedroom floor / i got splinters in my knuckles crawling across the floor” ; “i must admit i thought i’d like to make you mine / as i went about my business through the warning signs”

lights up - musically one of his most unique; the combination of modern and traditional sounds in the production is very well done; his tone of voice in this is also very unique. fave lines: “lights up and they know who you are / know who you are / do you know who you are?”

watermelon sugar - perfect mix of mainstream bait and still being a really good song; production is amazing and the hype is well-deserved. fave line: “getting washed away in you”

kiwi - the perfect tour song; a lot of good lyrical points; the bridge is amazing; this song really brings out his vocal abilities. fave lines: “such a pretty face on a pretty neck” ; “it’s new york, baby, always jacked up / holland tunnel for a nose, it’s always backed up” ; “she sits beside me like a silhouette / hard candy dripping on me ‘till my feet are wet”

cherry - not quite as raw and vulnerable as from the dining table, but lyrically still honest and paints a really clear picture. minus points for the generic lyrics/ rhymes in the chorus but the great verses make up for it. the build up in the production is once again amazing. fave lines: “i confess / i can tell that you were at your best / i’m selfish so i’m hating it” ; “i noticed / there’s a piece of you in how i dress / take it as a compliment”

she - a nice attempt at an omniscient voice; superior vocals in the chorus; the guitar solo is once again basic (not in a bad way) yet hits so hard. i’m always a fan of specific place or time in the lyrics as it makes the song seem much more real. fave lines: “sends his assistant for coffee in the afternoon / around 1’32 / like he knows what to do”

sunflower, vol. 6 - the production in fine line hits its peak in this song; there’s a lot going on but it somehow works. lyrically underrated. fave lines: “my eyes want you more than a melody” ; “i couldn’t want you anymore / kiss in the kitchen like it’s a dance floor” ; “tired eyes are the death of me / mouthful of toothpaste / before i got to know you” ; “i’ve got your face / hung up high in the gallery” ; “your flowers just died / plant new seeds in the melody”

treat people with kindness - the chorus grows on you, but it’s really the melody and his vocal in the verses that sell this song. not for everyone. fave lines: “all we ever want is automatic all the time / all we ever want is auto all of the time”

carolina - another vocal highlight; the verses are better than the chorus. fave lines: “there’s not a drink that i think could sink her”

canyon moon - musically could be better, but the lyrics are outstanding. a nice attempt at a more poetic, lyric-focused song. fave lines: “quick pause in conversation / she plays songs i’ve never heard / an old lover’s hippie music / pretends not to know the words"

woman - his vocals and the production in this is what makes it work. it’s not a bad song–it’s really good actually–but it just doesn’t stand out in his discography. fave lines: “this thing upon me howls like a beast / you flower, you feast”

sweet creature - this is also a very good song, but compared to his discography, it’s apparent that he still wasn’t that comfortable and is still finding his own sound when making this. takes a lot of inspiration from the beatles’ blackbird. this just doesn’t scream “harry styles’ song”; it could easily have been another artist’s. fave lines: “i always think about you and how we don’t speak enough”

two ghosts - another one where it’s a good song but it doesn’t have his signature style yet. also, if there’s any song in hs1 where he’s definitely playing it safe, this is one of those. has great lyrical moments. fave lines: “tastes so sweet, looks so real / sounds like something that i used to feel / but i can’t touch what i see” and “this was all we used to need”

ever since new york - another good song that just doesn’t stand out. the dynamics are better live than in the studio version. fave lines: “choose your words cause there’s no antidote for this curse” and “there’s no water inside this swimming pool”

falling - okay. if there’s one harry styles song that i can throw away and pretend doesn’t exist entirely, it would be falling. not that it’s a bad song. it’s alright. but i feel like this song is textbook mainstream bait and it shows, especially when compared to the other songs in fine line / his discography. the first two lines in the verse (I’m in my bed and you’re not here) makes me want to cut my ears off with how generic the lyrics and melody are. i’m sorry. i’m only this harsh because i know that harry is better than that this song and that line. also, going back to vulnerability and self-deprecation, this one tries but just fails to land. the “vulnerabilty” is too in-your-face to feel genuine. again, not a bad song because he doesn’t have any, but this is pretty close. fave lines: “what if i’m someone i don’t want around?"

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so. agree? disagree? feel free to send me your thoughts!

[faroutharry]

You feel, I feel

Hey guys, this is my first Harry writing, sorry if it is really shit, feel free to send me ideas for more writing, im very excited to get into this.

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Harry’s new album was coming out in less than a week and he was going crazy thinking about how his fans were going to react. “But baby what if everyone hates it?” Harry pouts at me from his spot on the bed, his eyes still puffy and his voice groggy from just waking up. “They aren’t gonna hate it H, they will love it because it comes from you and your heart” I give him a big smile through the mirror across the room. “Hmmmmp” He flops back onto our bed with a big grunt. “Maybe I would be more confident if you listened it to first…” Harry quietly says as he pokes one eye over the duvet. I spin around quickly looking at him as if he has two heads. “What?” He’s using those little puppy dog eyes and staring up at me with hope. “You really want me to listen to it?”

I can’t even begin to explain how tense I feel about his question, On one hand of course I want to listen to it, because he’s my loving boyfriend and he had already told me that there were certain songs that I had influenced. But on the other hand he had also stressed to me that certain songs have been influenced by “other people”. The second he said “other people” like that I knew exactly what he meant, and as heart breaking as it is to me that he has obviously had previous partners, I knew this day would be coming and as selfish as I am, I have been trying to put off listening to the album in fear that I would ruin it for him. I know I’m nothing compared to his pervious relationships and that’s something I need to work through and definitely not something he needs to worry about. Another reason for me avoiding the album is well, I just love him so much that even hearing him talk about his previous pains gives me pain, I can’t even begin to explain how sad it makes me to think that someone has broken his heart like that. Before we started dating we were amazingly close friends, and I cant even tell how many times I walked into his place to hear his strangled cries from shower or his angry yelling in the kitchen. I just want to cuddle him in a big blanket and shelter him from the worry and hurt.

“Of course I want you to listen to it, your opinion is one of the only ones I truly care about baby” He slowly rises from the bed and walks his way over to me, wrapping his hands around my waist and staring at me in the mirror. I try my absolute best to seem as excited as I can be, because I am excited, well for most of the songs. “I would be honoured to hear your album H” I wriggle around in his arms and kiss his lips briefly before hiding my face in his neck. I can hear his heart start beating faster as he says “Really? Thank you so much petal, I can go and get my laptop and show you now if you’re free?” With a pleading look on his face how could I possibly say no? “Yeah sounds good bub”. He runs off without another word into his office.

I try to prepare myself by focusing on my breathing and counting to 10 slowly. By the time I’m done Harry is racing back into the room with his laptop secured in his arms. He jumps onto the bed and pats the spot next to him. I carefully walk back over to my side of the bed and hesitantly get back under the covers, if I’m going to do this I’m gonna be as comfy as possible on the outside, because my insides are going to be a wreck. “You ready baby?” H looks over at me with his childlike grin and I shake my head yes “Just don’t interrupt though, I wanna hear it the whole way through”.  As the intro to Golden starts I breathe in quietly and silently pray it’s not about someone else. Harry stares at me intently as I try not to focus on him right now. I close my eyes and lie down to try to distract him from my anxieties. As Golden ends and Watermelon Sugar starts I start to calm down and juts enjoy his heavenly voice as I know the next 3 songs are ones I have already heard and, from what I think I know, they aren’t based on any ex’s of his. But then Cherry starts…

This is what I was worried about. As soon as I hear her voice I know I’m screwed. My heart is going crazy in my chest and I struggle to keep my tears to myself. I slowly look over to Harry and see that he is staring up at the ceiling and I am grateful he’s not looking at me right now, cause I know he would stop the music and ask me what is wrong. So I suck it up and try to listen to the song over my rapid heartbeat. Hearing him say he misses certain things about his ex is never easy and I swallow down my insecurities and try to focus on the guitars or backing vocals, so I don’t have to listen to the words. Just when I think the gut wrenching song is over, I let out a small sigh of relief. But then her voice fills my ears again, her gorgeous accent and girly laugh flow through me like an alarm, only I can’t wake up from this nightmare because it’s happening in real life.

I look to the computer screen as I now see Harry has also closed his eyes next to me, and see the next song if Falling. If the song title is anything to go by, I think I’m in for a sad time. Harry’s phenomenal vocals distract me long enough to not really listen to the words, but I get the gist and it makes me sink further into my miserable state. I can hear Harry slightly sniffling and so I take that as an okay to silently cry myself. I get through the rest of the songs relatively easy, my heart gets a break during Sunflower Vol.6 and Treat People With Kindness, and right when I think it’s over, Fine Line comes on.

As I’m listening I slowly start to piece things together and realise that, hopefully, this one is about us. Our relationship had a rough start with mixed communication and missed opportunities, but I very clearly remember rocking him in my arms as his drunken tears covered my shoulder, and I repeated the words “We’ll be alright” until he fell asleep in my arms on his kitchen floor. I can’t help the tears flowing down my face anymore and Harry finally notices as I feel his arms pull me onto his chest and he kisses my forehead. As the song fades out I sniffle back my tears and turn to shove my arms around him in a giant bear hug. I push all my feelings aside and look him dead in the eyes as I say the one sentence I know he really wants to hear. “I am so proud of you H”

The next week Harry was super busy leading up to the release of Fine Line and, as I promised him, everyone loved it. His fans were going crazy about it and about a certain song as well, clearly I was not the only one shocked to hear her voice on Cherry. The fans quickly figured out what it translated to in English and though it was a pretty meaningless conversation it still kind of hurt that Harry kept it.

Being the loving supportive girlfriend that I was obviously I played the album around the house, mostly when Harry wasn’t around so that I could skip a few songs to save me the heart ache. But a certain night, when Harry wasn’t due home till late, I was washing the dishes whilst singing to Lights Up and I didn’t hear Harry sneak in the front door. He stood by the doorframe behind me so I couldn’t see the smug look on his face as he watches me sing and dance slightly to his song. When I heard that the song was ending I spoke up. “Alexa, skip 2 songs”. I am a little grateful that I didn’t realise Harry was there cause the look on his face would have shattered me. He slowly turns back to the door with a dejected look on his face. He re opens the front door and shuts it louder in hopes that I will hear it. I turn around with a smile on my face and call out to him. “Hey baby, I’m in the kitchen”. He walks into my line of vision and I can see he looks upset. “You okay H? Bad day?” He shrugs slightly at my question and he quietly states, “Yeah it was alright, I’ll just be in the shower”. His usual loving self is nowhere to be seen and I start to worry. He should be happy, his album is amazing and all his fans love it. So I hurried to dry my hands and race up the stairs after him.

I can hear the shower already running so I open the bathroom door quietly and stick my head in. “H baby are you alright?” I can hear him whimper gently and I waste no time in opening the shower curtain and hopping into the shower fully clothed to hold him. When I do I see he didn’t manage to get his clothes off either and it makes me seriously start to panic because Harry was always the stable one holding me usually. He cries are like daggers to my heart as I plead with him to tell me what’s wrong. “H are you alright? Are you hurt? What’s happened?” He just sobs louder and can’t even get his words out. So I just hold him tightly and slowly try to get him out of his clothes while he cries in my arms. Once I finally get both our clothes off I quickly reached down to plug the bathtub so we can have a bath, because all the crying and water is making it hard for H to breathe.

Once the tub is full, I slowly move Harry down into the water, situating him in from of me so I can wrap him in a giant bear hug. After a while his crying subsides and I ask him again quietly “Harry you wanna talk about it now?” My quiet voice startles him and he slowly lets out a big sigh as he whispers, “I knew this would happen” His voice sounds so broken I just want to take all his pain away. “Baby what are you talking about? What happened?” He gently turns around in my arms so he is facing me. “Cherry” he huffs dejectedly, my breath catches in my throat and I look at him confused. “I know I should of warned you about her being on the song and I swear I was going to I just didn’t know what to say and I know how awful it must have been to hear me sing about her and then hear her at the end and I even…” His rambling is making me confused and he’s starting to speak faster and I can barely understand him towards the end. “H” I try to cut in on his outburst but he can’t even focus on me as I see him start to crumble again. “Harry… Harry!!!” I grab ahold of his gesturing hands and get him to look at me. “It’s fine baby, it was a shock but it’s fine I promise you, it’s a great song”. He looks at me like he knows I’m lying and says, “You don’t mean that” I go to open my mouth to rebut him but I can’t get any words out. “I heard you skip my songs when you were in the kitchen before…” The look on his face makes me hate myself; I quickly shake my head as I feel tears start to escape from my eyes.  “Baby I only skip those songs because it makes my heart hurt to feel you sing with such emotion and pain. I physically can’t listen to you sing about your heartbreak because it breaks mine right back. I can’t even explain to you how mad and upset it makes me that she ever made you feel that way and I don’t ever want you, or me for that matter, to ever feel that way again because my heart can’t take it.” He slowly looks up from the bubbles in the bath to meet my tear filled eyes. “I just love you so much H that I don’t want to ever hear or see you in pain, I swear I think it’s a great song, almost too good, because it makes me feel so emotional” Before I can continue Harry cuts me off with a kiss so deep I cant even think straight. He slowly leans back and pulls me on top of him so im straddling his hips. His hands move around my waist as I grab hold of his neck. I can feel all our love in this kiss and even though both of our tears and some snot is mixed in, it’s the best kiss we have ever shared.

As I pull away, I look into Harry’s eyes and I see his smile start to come back as he kisses my forehead before I place my head onto his chest. And for that moment we just sit there in a comfortable silence and bask in out love. After a while I slowly pull myself up out of bath and with my pruned fingers I grab ahold of Harry and help him out of the tub too. We both dry off and get each other into our pyjamas. As we both get in bed we lie facing each other and I give him a small nose kiss as I say “ H, I so sorry I didn’t tell you about your song, I didn’t wanna upset you about it because its only my opinion, not every ones” Harry pulls me into his chest as he rests his head on top of mine. “I know baby it’s okay, I just love you so much that I couldn’t stand you hating my songs, I know it sounds stupid but I just adore you and your opinion is so important to me, and I know I should of told you about her but I knew it would make you upset and I promised myself I would never do that” I can feel his tears falling onto my head and I lift mine up to look at him. “I just can’t live without you petal and I couldn’t stand to see you mad at me, I’m so sorry” I kiss his tears away and then plant one on his lips before I say “I love you too much H, you could never say or do anything that would make me want to leave, and I know how pathetic that sounds but I just think you’re my soul mate and I couldn’t live without you either baby” His eyes spew more tears, this time of happiness and his grin spreads to his cute little dimples. “Just incase you were wondering Adore You and Sunflower are about you, about how happy you make me and how you make me feel.” I smile up at him with a shocked look on my face; a cheeky grin spreads across my face as I giggle to him “What? You mean Watermelon Sugar isn’t about me?” Hearing his infectious laugh warms my heart and he starts tickling my sides. “Of course its about you petal, im addicted to your taste you know that” And with that he starts sucking on my neck making me laugh as his prickly bread tickles me. I may never be able to go back in time and un-break Harry’s heart, but I can always ensure it doesn’t happen again.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING THIS!!! LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SHARE THIS OR LIKE IT, IT WOULD MEAN ALOT TO ME!!!! Don’t forget to send me ideas pleaseeeeee!! :) 

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favourite things to have happened during love on tour

- crowd : "just let me adore you" // harry, with his dimples out : "okay, but just for tonight"

- "i was on my way to buy some flowers for you" with the crowd throwing flowers at him

- "leave america" being so earth shattering loud in every other continent but it being dead quiet in america and harry being amused by it

- "do you know who you are?" // "i do now"

- harry thinking he's spiderman (which leads me to believe he's got a cameo in a spiderman movie, or that spiderman is gonna be in eternals)

- "tell me what she did" right before "she worked her way through a cheap pack of cigarettes"

- the adore you extended instrumental

- fine line live high notes but specifically the edinburgh night two one

- the crowd singing the last verse of matilda along with harry, no instruments, just us and him

- sunflower vol. 6 intro with niji during suspenders on tour

- the bestie dance with pauli and how they added special extra music to wmyb just for it

- "and we danced all night..."

- the rain being a cosmic paid actor by making an appearance at the very first wembley show in 2022 and then at the very last wembley hslot show in 2023, only a day apart from one another, and only during sott

- harry being so overwhelmed by the sheer amount of people singing the lyrics back to the songs he wrote and immediately turning pink

might rb and add more later, but feel free to add your favourite moments to this list too!

[gottagetbetta]

It’s midnight!!! Meaning it’s Fine Line’s Anniversary 🥺🥺🥺 so I will do an unsolicited ranking of its songs and how much they mean to me (also note these change everyday adjdnsama no cap so if your fave is at the bottom take no offense I’m just feeling a type of way😌)

1. FINE LINE- so Hi I am Daniella and I believe in Fine Line supremacy. Periodt. No but seriously guys over the year this song has come to mean a lot to me and not to be dramatic but the lyrics make me feel like Harry physically ripped my heart out and put it on paper. It’s been very challenging for me this year overall but even the “we’ll be alright” alone makes me fall apart and I’m like ya know maybe we will be

2. Sunflower Vol. 6- Absolute cuteness overload!!! I hope when I fall in love for the first time it’ll feel like this song sounds. Also it just makes my heart happy :)

3. To Be So Lonely- okay all of these are gonna tell you how I relate probably so buckle up but anyway I too am ~lonely~ and just the overall message I can’t explain how it makes me feel precisely but JUST KNOW I feel things. Also the cello breakdown in the middle brings a tear to my eye it’s so beautiful

4. Lights Up- I genuinely love that we have all agreed that this song is about acceptance and loving yourself for who you are and in an interview Harold really said I didn’t really know what I wrote it about ajajajsjfj anyway the intro to this song sounds like sex for my ears I will not elaborate and the choir is utterly beautiful and enrapturing. This was a heck of a way to kick off the fine line era

5. Cherry- cherry makes me feel a visceral sadness but that’s okay I guess I’ll deal with it because it’s such a special song. He doesn’t try to hide how he’s feeling, he’s straight up petty in it and you know what I’m here for it. It kinda validates that crappy feeling you get when the person you loved moves on and you never really have an outlet for it but listening to this song is a great way to vent when you’re in the inbetween of sad and angry and I genuinely appreciate it

6. Golden- I love brightness, I love happiness, I love being open and vulnerable, and I love love. This song has all of those things and ya know not to be overly and disgustingly soft but I kind of just walk around day to day with this vibe in my head and I love that it has been materialized into a song that I enjoy listening to. Once again, Harry Edward Styles has taken a piece of me and put it on his record

7. Adore You- as a black woman it is the “brown skin and lemon over ice” for me. When I hear this song I really do feel like I’m listening to art and the music video just furthers that. I think it’s such a sweet and cute thing to be like look I’m not expecting anything back but just to let you know for the sake of knowing you’re loved, you’re really freaking cool

8. She- she supremacy is real. Also this is not Harry’s song this is Mitch’s. I will not be accepting any other opinions at this time. Do we really know what the heck this song is saying??? No. Do we still have it on repeat cause it is just that good???? Yes❤️

9. Treat People With Kindness- alright y’all now I grew up in the church and I am still a lover of black church so when I TELL YOU this song gets me hype I mean that. The influences from traditional gospel makes my heart soar and the message overall is very nice and very Harry and I appreciate him letting us know he’s freaking crazy and off his rocker with the “if our friends all pass way, it’s okay” line :)

10. Falling- uhhhhhhh this is only so low because YOU GUYS this was a cry song for a hot minute. Falling is very real and ya know sometimes I don’t be looking at celebrities as like ACTUAL people like us so the lyrics in this one just humanize Harry on another level for me and I feel so many emotions hbsjsnnsns

11. Canyon Moon- CANYON MOON IS A SONG FOR PEOPLE WITH IMMACULATE TASTE. I’m not wrong. Thank you. Most of this list has been based on personal relation which is why CM is so low but just know that this song makes me very happy. It is the end credits of a happy movie. It makes me wanna dance with my family on the grass and play stupid hand games like when we were kids. Just such good wholesome vibes all around

12. Watermelon Sugar- now I’m not gonna be a Harry who says it’s overplayed. I mean they’re right 🥴 but it is still a more than valid song nevertheless. I love the summer vibes of it and it’s so easy to bop to and you literally know it the first second after you’re first hearing it and if that’s not what good songwriting is I mean what can I tell you. Props to Mr. Styles for making a song about eating coochie his first number one!!!

Overall Fine Line is an album that I don’t think I could forget if I wanted to. Harry really gave us something special with this one and not only gave us a glimpse of himself but put a mirror up for us to also see ourselves in every lyric as well🥺 but yeah I’m gonna stop cause I’m getting sappy but happy Fine Line anniversary and I’m very happy to be apart of this fandom😌

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Harry and Niji dancing during the Sunflower, Vol. 6 intro in Chicago - 24/09

[ialwaysknewyouwerepunk]

sunflower, vol. 6 - a close reading

we love love here in this fandom. harry loves love. he really wants to be that as clear as possible. have you heard about all the love he has for his person, the love of his life? cause he'll keep repeating it if necessary. take my money and my time, my dearest harry, and keep writing these songs. take all the microphones in the world and serenade your lover. gaaaaaahhhhhhhh.......... okay we're getting into it.

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fine line, track 9

intro: "sunflower" backwards

symbolises the sun: life and its cycles, longevity

in art: happiness, devotion, loyalty, love of life (the flower always directs itself towards the sun)

～ golden: another song about his sun(flower): “bright”, “you wait for me in the sky”, “brown my skin just right”

～ watermelon sugar: “summer evening”, “summer feeling”, “end of june”: the sun is definitely out

～ adore you: “your wonder under summer sky”

～ canyon moon: “sky never looked so blue”

so there’s definitely something about the sky and the sun going on here.

vol. 6:

sixth song on the album about the love of his life (so every song besides lights up, cherry and she)

sixth stage of the growth of the sunflower: pollination (smh harry)

LYRIC ANALYSIS

Sunflower, my eyes want you more than a melody

he’d rather look at his sunflower than figure out a melody. love > career

melody: “and it sounds just like a song” from watermelon sugar: i want you for more than just sex

Let me inside, wish I could get to know you

～ golden “i know that you’re scared because hearts get broken (…) because i’m so open”, ～ adore you “just let me adore you”

～ or even ⟷ mmith: “i’ll be at the door” waiting for you to let me in again/you to come out

Sunflowers sometimes keep it sweet in your memory

echo of “memory” in she: “lives for the memory” - huge part of life is led internally

missing the other person when they’re not there, but it’s still sweet; seeing sunflowers remind harry of them and how bright they are to him in his mind

sweet = a feeling + a taste (like berries, for example…….)

I was just tongue-tied

first verse = first stage of their relationship, meeting

echo of two ghosts: “tongue-tied like we’ve never known” - same word, new perspective/context

～ golden “you were way too bright for me”

～ to be so lonely: “wasn’t ready for it all”

I don't wanna make you feel bad

But I've been trying hard not to talk to you

Sunflower

it’s not their fault, harry is intimidated - knows he won’t be able to prevent himself from falling ～ tbsl

I couldn't want you any more

desire

Kiss in the kitchen like it's a dance floor

～ two ghosts: “the fridge light washes this room white, the moon dances over your good side” - again, sad older song about their relationship turned on its head

domesticity

I couldn't want you any more

Tonight

physical desire (early on in their relationship)

Wondering, headshake

“wondering”: still getting to know one another, wondering about the other person

can’t believe his eyes, his luck ～ adore you “would you believe it?”

Tired eyes are the death of me

waking up together, h is swooning

and/or: seeing them in bad shape is the worst feeling ever

Mouthful of toothpaste before I got to know you

could mean any inside joke; sharing a bed, spending the night in the early stages of the relationship ⟶ get out to brush teeth before the other wakes up

(stretch) echo of “keep it sweet” earlier: before he met them, he made sure to wash the sweetness out of his mouth: avoided love, this one took control over him and it couldn't be stopped

I've got your face hung up high in the gallery

adoration, but: a work of art hung up high, so in a place where you won’t actually be able to properly admire it, is a strange choice. 

⟶ other interpretation of “gallery”: balcony. harry placing his lover up on the highest balcony at his shows, so he can look up and see them

⟷ cherry’s “gallery”, purposeful echo to highlight the contrast in meaning and context

I love this shade, sunflower, sunflower

a specific color, or silhouette: in the darkness of a concert hall, only the silhouette of someone sitting in the balcony would be visible

Your flowers just died, plant new seeds in the melody

ups and downs of life, but they get through it; it’s just the flowers that died, the plant was always alive still

repeat of “melody”: their song is being written as they go

motivation: go and bloom, take that hurt/struggle and let something new grow from it

Let me inside, I wanna get to know you

no more wishing: i’m here and i want this, let me in. OPEN

could def be sexual as well

I don't wanna make you feel bad

But I've been trying hard not to act a fool

Sunflower (Sunflower, sunflower)

harry the fool in love: ～ golden “i’m out of my head”, to be so lonely, adore you, etc etc etc

doesn’t want to get it wrong but this person makes h lose his mind

(…)

I couldn't want you any more

Kids in the kitchen listen to dancehall

another reference to their young age: longevity, long-term relationship ～ tbsl “i was just a little boy”

they’re also still kids now ～ sweet creature “we’re still young”

dancehall: popular jamaican music genre: where harry wrote/recorded a lot of hs1, which he described as one of the happiest times of his life (behind the album from 4:40, especially 7:00) - he shared that happiness with his loved one

I couldn't want you any more

Tonight (Tonight, tonight, tonight)

Sunflower, my eyes want you more than a melody

Let me inside, wish I could get to know you

Sunflowers just died, keep it sweet in your memory

I'm still tongue-tied

no matter how long this relationship lasts, he’ll always be tongue-tied, baffled, lovestruck. his love for this person takes away all his self-control, he’s still full of disbelief

[Bops and Intense Throat Noises]

SYNTHESIS

Sunflower, Vol. 6 is the song on the album that ties in everything about Harry’s one true love, the love of his life, the one he writes too many songs about. There are references to almost every other song on the album and even hs1, with clear echoes of Two Ghosts. We’re here for personal growth, for supporting your loved ones, for patience, for being stupidly in love after all these years, for wanting them in every way, for sharing your happiest moments with your lover.

This person symbolises the sun for Harry, and he’s made it very clear to us by now, like in Golden, Watermelon Sugar and Adore You. Again, this album tells the story of one love and one love only. These songs are all about the same person, the same relationship. The use of “tongue-tied” is also a deliberate reference to Two Ghosts, illustrating how songs from hs1 were also about this love story. The mention of dancehall, a well-known Jamaican music genre, ties in hs1 even more: that album cycle and the experiences sung on that record are part of Fine Line too. That Two Ghosts, a sad song about a time in the relationship where they were a bit lost, is echoed twice in this gloriously happy love song is Harry telling us that they fucking made it. They were kids when they fell in love and their love has only grown stronger and deeper. They’ve shared many lives together, many cycles of the sunflower’s bloom. A lot of their struggles have clearly been centred around them not opening up, not communicating (well or at all), as illustrated in literally every single song this kid has ever written about love like MMITH (“we don’t talk about it”), Two Ghosts (“tongue-tied like we’ve never known”), Sweet Creature (“it’s hard when we argue, we’re both stubborn”, “I always think about you and how we don't speak enough”), From the Dining Table (“we haven't spoke since you went away”), Golden (“and I know that you’re scared because hearts get broken/I’m so open”), Adore You (“you don’t have to say you love me, you don’t have to say nothing”), Falling (“forget what I said, it’s not what I meant”, “it kills me ‘cause I know we’ve run out of things we can say”), TBSL (“and I’m just an arrogant son of a bitch who can’t admit when he’s sorry”) and that song is also pretty much Harry being honest because he’s drunk so those are also not exactly top-tier communication skills. BUT here, Harry takes that phrase, “tongue-tied,” and turns it on its head: there is no sadness anymore, they’ve learned and grown, and it only involves a cute feeling of being stupidly in love. Harry is still tongue-tied because he can’t believe his luck, he doesn’t know how he could put it all into words so he gives us some riddles and boop boops. 

A sunflower symbolises longevity, love of life, devotion, adoration, loyalty, etc; in short, anything that a good long-term relationship thrives on. Like in a sunflower’s cycle of growth, there are ups and downs in life, but one thing is for sure: the flower will bloom again. This person Harry keeps serenading is strong, optimistic and bright. And any struggles they might go through, Harry will be there to support them. The ‘Vol. 6’ in the title could mean a number of things unknown to us, as always, but some small theories are interesting. When I looked up the growth stages of a sunflower, “stage six” is described as either “flowering is complete and the ray flowers are wilting,” which isn’t the best visual and probably not the one aimed for in the context of this song, or the stage when pollination takes place. So, this might as well be Harry and his dirty mind once again, always finding a way to express his love for that sweet sweet nectar. (you’re welcome)

did harry write that blog post about sunflowers or

Just like in Golden or Adore You, the love Harry has is so strong that he just wants to shout it out. He can’t stop writing songs about his sun, his source of life and happiness. It makes him go crazy. He would do anything for them. Walk through fire, or even give up on writing songs altogether. (Which calls back If I Could Fly (“I think I might give up everything, Just ask me to”).

Yes, it’s sappy, yes we also can’t get enough. YES THEY ARE IN A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP DEAL WITH IT

read my other lyric analyses here

[softforcal]

What each song on Fine Line Reminds me of

Golden

-the sound of rain hitting a windowpane

-a montage of someone preparing to face their fears and defeat something

-Feeling like you’re sort of not enough, but also simultaneously knowing you sort of are

-Worshiping and loving someone else so completely it makes you want to write poetry and sing and dance in the summer rain

-Being unsure about being happy with yourself and preferring to use someone else as a crutch in a relationship or love as a self-medicated drug

-missing something until your chest hurts

-conflicting emotions and fear covered in false optimism

Watermelon Sugar

-the feeling of sunshine on your skin

-The taste that summer fruit and berries leave on your skin

-Juice running down your chin

-swaying to music you feel in your soul while outside and surrounded by the elements and the feeling of Earth and Nature

-The type of kiss that leaves you completely breathless and needing more

-being addicted to being with someone

-daydreaming about the person you love

-a beautiful man bobbing his head to a melody as his curls fall in front of his face but he’s too lost in the music to push them to the side

Adore You

-walking to the beat of an uplifting song

-girls wearing flavored lipgloss

-possibly unrequited love but you’re too afraid to ask

-all-consuming passion, pure and wonderful

-finding beauty in everything the person you love does

-noticing the way the sun hits your lovers' skin

-a sweet confession, or maybe a love note written and waiting to be sent

-lovers slow dancing and whispering sweet nothings into each other's ears

Lights Up

-the sun setting

-tropical sounds and music that makes you sway

-wanting to hold onto something that you can feel slipping away

-self-realization and acceptance, the will to move forward and progress

-confusions in love

-quiet acceptance

-wondering why your lover isn’t progressing with you like you wish they would

Cherry

-the pain after a heartbreak when your ex finds someone new

-the feeling of being unsure if something is wrong with you because you’re not moving on and your ex is

-rainy days in Paris

-small apartments with clutter, and everywhere you look, the ghost of your ex lingers

-noticing the smallest things you miss about your ex in everything, all your clothes seem to be tainted by what you've lost

-a hopeless feeling deep in your chest when you know someone is gone forever

-being jealous and hurt and upset

-searching to grab onto something, perhaps a pet name, and keep it your own before your ex gifts it to someone new 

Falling

-hard liquor and messy bed sheets

-words misspoken and running through your head over and over as you wish you could have changed the way things happened

-not being happy with your own company

-the nagging wonder if your ex is talking about you, not knowing if that would be good or bad

-the analyzation of everything your ex ever said

-poetry as therapy that maybe makes things worse and opens the wounds over and over again

-feeling useless

-staying in one room as it goes from light to dark to light again outside, the world continuing as you sit in a state of unmoving sadness

-not remembering what it feels like to be happy

To Be So Lovely

-the lingering taste of first love

-nostalgia 

-The mutual feeling of shock and hurt when your ex calls you baby because they’re not used to calling you by your name

-the knowledge that when you go home, your home will be empty and missing the person who used to make it feel alive

-struggling with jealousy and knowing it’s over and you shouldn’t be jealous but you still are

-exasperation

-grey clouds, mist, and soft rain

-Tearing yourself apart trying to find the reason someone important left

-breaking things in a fit of rage only to collapse and cry in your quiet room as a storm rages outside

She

-the type of woman who you catch a glimpse of once and she never leaves your mind again

-a mundane life forever changed by the image of a beautiful stranger

-the triumphant feeling of attaining a faceless stranger in a dream and knowing you’ve won, you’re not sure what, but you’ve won something

-daydreams of escape

-daydreams of lovers who know exactly what you want and are willing to give it all to you

-longing

-slow sex where you hold hands and it’s intimate even though you’re strangers, but for a moment you’re something more, something unnamed and powerful

-knowing you’ll probably wake up in an empty bed but it doesn’t matter anymore

Sunflower, Vol. 6

-a happy song coming from a convertible passing by and drifting through the warm summer air

-trying to distance yourself from someone you’re falling in love with

-the lust of kissing on a dancefloor in the intimate space of a kitchen, confusing and addicting, something that will drag you in if you’re not careful

-knowing that summer is decidedly not cuffing season

-a relationship that’s uncertain

-teetering on the edge of something amazing but terrifying at the same time

-falling in love with the domestic simplicities like a beautiful person brushing their teeth as you watch them through the bathroom mirror, leaning in the doorway quietly and enjoying the view

-cute pet names

-putting flowers in someone's hair to make them smile

Canyon Moon

-being the kind of person who moves around a lot

-having a happy place

-a hippy playing a guitar while a group of young beautiful people dance while dressed in white and barefoot

-homesickness

-when a lover shows you new music and even though they don’t know the words, it’s still the most lovely thing you’ve ever heard

-learning from a lover

-a moment so beautiful it’s captured in your memory forever and you can even taste the way the air tasted, and feel the warmth and smell the smells, even though you’re a thousand miles away and time has passed

Treat People With Kindness

-a possible intro song for a 70′s show about a huge family that are constantly fighting and has to be reminded to treat each other kindly 

-complete serotonin

-smiles that hurt your face but you don’t care, you just keep smiling

-the glass is half full

-healing

-the kind of song that lifts your soul every time you hear it

-finding a group of people who care about you and love you

-acceptance

-(how Harry feels when he’s with fans at a concert)

Fine Line

-a struggling relationship

-trying to forget by drinking but it just makes you think about it even more

-the feeling of giving in to a lover, over and over and over again

-trying your best but it’s not enough

-the sad kind of sex near the end of the relationship where you’re trying so hard to cling to that person, but part of you knows that they’re still going to leave

-trying to tell yourself you’ll be fine

-knowing in your heart that the relationship is not working

-Knowing that you won’t feel good, but that feeling will pass, someday 

[asleepyperson]

fine line: the album (a commentary / best songs list)

disclaimer: I love every single song on this album. I will never not love them. I just happen to love some songs more than others.

Harry Styles is a mans. a mans who I adore. a mans I cherish. even more so since he released this beautiful masterpiece of an album that I still listen to at least 3 times a day. this is me finally externalizing my love for this album and its individual pieces of heaven i.e. songs.

1. Golden

an underrated queen. she’s beauty, she’s grace, she’s miss united states. nothing gets me up and bopping like this song and harry was nothing but CORRECT when he made this the intro to the album. a ride from beginning to end, albeit more a road trip down the coast than a roller-coaster.

favourite lyric: “You’re so golden. I’m out of my head and i know that you're scared because hearts get broken.”

2. To Be So Lonely

I can't explain it. it's just the vibe of the song. it's so up my alley and slightly different to his other songs, I really can't help but love it. that guitar or whatever it is throughout? the strumming? the violin (or cello?) before the bridge?? take all my money. if you think about it, it gradually gets a bit more dark as the song goes, which is so cool. and also yeah, I relate way too hard to this.

favourite quote: "do you think it's easy being of the jealous kind?"

3. Adore You

do I even need to explain this one.

favourite quote:"you don't have say you love me, you don't have to say nothing, you don't have to say you're mine."

4. Sunflower, Vol. 6

i actually feel like skipping through a meadow or a field of sunflowers, wearing a flower crown and and a yellow dress and strappy sandals and just being in the sunshine. it is everything good in the world poured into a 3:46 song.

favourite quote: "your flowers just died, plant new seeds in the melody."

5. Cherry

I know this is actually kind of a sad song but man how CUTE is this. I hope his ex listened to it and got only good vibes because you can tell that he really loved and appreciated this relationship. and yeah he's bummed that she's moved on but you can sort of hear the resignation? either way, cherry makes me want to be on a boat on a windy day with a milkshake in my hand.

favourite quote: "i just miss your accent and your friends. did you know I still talk to them?"

6. She

someone said 'woman walked so she could run' and I couldn't agree more. there's not even a specific setting this could be listened in but it's worth listening to anyway. and that guitar solo? whew chile.

favourite quote: "she lives in daydreams with me."

7. Falling

I know I know, it's lower on this list than most but hear me out! usually my favourite song on any album is the sad one and falling used to be my favourite. I still love this song too death, but I don't know if I overplayed it or it just doesn't hit the same now that I'm not in my feelings about a boy. doesn't matter anyway because this song is a masterpiece the whole way through, I have little to no complaints.

favourite quote: "I can't take it back, I can't unpack the baggage you left."

8. Fine Line

this is just a vibe. it's a pick-me-up without being too peppy, which is great when you just want to feel a bit better without using a lot of energy. and the VOCALS. falsetto all the way through, that's what I'm TALKING ABOUT.

favourite quote: "we'll be alright"

9. Watermelon Sugar

I love this song. I bop to this song. the only reason this song is so low is because I love the others a bit more, which doesn't diminish the love I have for this song. and I just KNOW the music video is going to give us what we deserve, and I don't mind being fed.

favourite quote: "i want your belly and that summer feeling, getting washed away in you."

10. Canyon Moon

this song is so cute. the way he sings moon has watered my plants. imagining domestic life with Harry is just *chefs kiss*. the HARMONIES. the FLAVOUR.

favourite quote: "I've been gone too long from you."

11. Lights Up

I live and breathe this song. this song sounds like if I was at a house party and I was high off of something so everything is moving in slow motion and everyone's on the dance floor swaying and there's like, strobe lights or something. or maybe I've been influenced by the music video, idk.

favourite quote: "all the lights couldn't put out the dark running through my heart"

12. Treat People With Kindness

again, just because she's last don't mean I don't love her. this is a song for when I'm ridiculously happy and want sunshine and rainbow stickers on all my possessions and I'm suddenly seized with the need to dress like it's the 80s. I love love love the message and I still want a tpwk hoodie but ya girl is broke. the only reason I put her last is because I'm rarely ever that happy so I'm rarely in the mood to shake my booty to this. once again, I still really love her and I think she deserves more attention and love from the stans in general, she's THAT song.

favourite: "and if we're here long enough, they'll sing a song for us"