Harry Styles has sent fans into meltdown after announcing his new single Aperture is dropping on Friday amid his return to music.
The singer, 31, announced his long-awaited return last week with his first new album in four years.
Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Harry shared a picture of himself recording as he revealed his new single Aperture will be dropping at midnight on Friday in the UK.
And it will be a battle between Harry and his One Direction bandmate in the charts as Louis Tomlinson, 34, will release his album How Did I Get Here? also on Friday, after his single Imposter hit streaming platforms on Tuesday.
Harry sent fans into meltdown as he hinted he was set to drop more huge news at 5pm when a clock appeared on his new incognito website webelongtogether.co.
As the time in the UK hit 5pm, the clock’s hands were both pointing at DISCO – before the announcement when live on his social media.
Harry Styles has sent fans into meltdown after announcing his new single Aperture is dropping on Friday amid his return to music
The singer, 31, announced his long-awaited return last week with his first new album in four years
He confirmed on Thursday his new album KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY will be released on Friday, March 6.
Harry’s new album cover showed him dancing under a disco ball in a darkened landscape, with the font matching that of the posters that had appeared around the globe, sparking speculation an announcement was imminent.
The news sent Harry’s die-hard fans into meltdown, as they posted on X: ‘Harry Styles coming to save the music industry’;
‘HARRY STYLES IS SOOOOOO BACK!! I can’t believe this is real life!!!;
‘CALL AN AMBULANCE HOLY CHIP I’VE PRAYED FOR TIMES LIKE THIS HELLO IS ANYONE STILL ALIVE???;
‘Showing up to celebrate #HS4 after hibernating for like four years; HOW DOES ONE ACT NORMAL ABOUT THIS!!;
‘When HS4 is announced on a random Thursday in January.’
Others commented on the chart battle between Louis and Harry.
They wrote: ‘No shot Harry Styles is releasing a single the same day Louis’ album comes out’;
‘Are you mentally okay @Louis_Tomlinson @Harry_Styles? Because I’m Not thanks you you’;
‘@Louis_Tomlinson @Harry_Styles why are you doing this to us?!’
And it will be a battle between Harry and his One Direction bandmate in the charts as Louis Tomlinson, 34, will release his album How Did I Get Here? also on Friday
Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Harry shared a picture of himself recording as he revealed his new single Aperture will be dropping at midnight on Friday
The news sent Harry’s die-hard fans into meltdown, as they posted on X: ‘ HARRY STYLESIS SOOOOOO BACK!! I can’t believe this is real life!!!;
Others commented on the chart battle between Louis and Harry. They wrote: ‘No shot Harry Styles is releasing a single the same day Louis’ album comes out’;
As the time in the UK hit 5pm, the clock’s hands were both pointing at DISCO – before the announcement when live on his social media
And on Tuesday, Harry again sent fans into meltdown as he hinted he was set to drop more huge news at 5pm with a clock on his new incognito website webelongtogether.co
Harry announced his long-awaited return to music last week with his first new album in four years, with the singer set to release KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY on March 6
Harry sent his fanbase into meltdown on Wednesday evening when his unsuspecting following received a voice note from the mega-star
‘I’m so sorry but Harry dropping new music after four years! The same day as Louis’ album is definitely overshadowing Louis for me personally ofc!! I’m just way more excited for the single than the album right now’.
The former One Direction star had been dropping clues about his comeback in recent days, which have included a nine-minute YouTube video, global posters and a mysterious website which encouraged fans to sign up to WhatsApp updates.
Fans who have been following the breadcrumbs last night received a surprise voice note from the star, singing ‘we belong together’.
The We Belong Together message has been incorporated in all of the hints about his next project so far, which began with the video titled Forever, Forever.
The clip, which was shared on December 27, shared footage from his final Love On Tour performance at the RCF Arena Campovolo in Reggio Emilia, Italy in July 2023.
The video includes scenes of fans arriving hours beforehand, preparing for the show, and talking about what the night meant to them.
Harry was then at a piano playing a heartfelt and mostly instrumental piece which wasn’t released previously outside of the performance.
The clip ended with the message ‘we belong together’, which most fans interpreted as a sign that Harry was returning to music in some capacity.
The imagery and phrases on these posters match the ending line and crowd shots from Harry’s Forever, Forever video – so fans quickly linked the two.
Around the same time, a cryptic new website — webelongtogether.co — went live, coinciding with the global poster sightings.
The homepage shows a looped video of a concert crowd – matching imagery from Harry’s Forever, Forever video – with no direct announcement.
At the bottom of the site is a copyright notice for Sony Music Entertainment — Harry’s label via Columbia Records.
When fans interacted with the site it redirected them into a WhatsApp contact/group named HSHQ (Harry Styles Headquarters).
Several fans shared that after adding the HSHQ WhatsApp contact from the site and sending the pre-populated ‘we belong together’ message, they received an invitation to add their contact details and a confirmation message.
The star has been dropping clues about his comeback in recent days, which have included a nine-minute YouTube video (pictured), global posters and a mysterious website
Fans who have been following the breadcrumbs received a surprise voice note from the star, singing ‘we belong together’
The voice note was perhaps the most exciting snippet yet, as many have took it as a definite sign of new music and possibly an extract from an upcoming song.
It was also noted that Harry’s prior albums used similar cryptic strategies before announcements, including DoYouKnowWhoYouAre.com and YouAreHome.co.
Fans took this as a huge sign that he is close to announcing his new music, and took to X to share their reaction to Harry sending them a voice note.
They said: ‘Being personally serenaded by Harry Styles via WhatsApp was not on my 2026 bingo card’; ‘Good morning yesterday Harry texted me saying we belong together’; ‘Your idols don’t know you exist – But why did Harry Styles send me a message on WhatsApp?’;
Following this, posters bearing the phrase we belong together and related lines like see you very soon, it’s all waiting there, here we go again, and let the light in started showing up in major global cities on January 12 (pictured London)
Harry rose to global stardom as a member of the boy band One Direction alongside Louis, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan
‘Hahhaa, I went on WhatsApp and Harry Styles had sent me a video of himself singing three hours ago’; ‘My close and personal friend Harry Styles just sent me a voice demo via WhatsApp like that’s my European brother right there’;
‘I’ll tell my grandchildren that Harry Styles messaged me on WhatsApp and sent me an audio saying we belong together, but that I rejected him to marry his grandfather’;
‘We are realising that we received an audio of Mr Harry Styles’ voice on WhatsApp?? I will tell nieces about it’; ‘A casual day chatting with Harry Styles on WhatsApp’; ‘And guess who received a WhatsApp audio of Harry Styles singing???’;
‘Not Harry Styles, who decided to send WhatsApp voice messages’; ‘I can’t believe Harry Style send me an audio over WhatsApp telling me that we belong together like!?’
‘The duality of WhatsApp, I have a group chat with my colleagues and a chat with my good friend Harry Styles going at the same time.’
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