{"id":2248704,"date":"2026-01-24T18:55:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T18:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2248704"},"modified":"2026-01-24T18:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T18:55:21","slug":"watch-harry-styles-find-kindred-spirit-in-his-stalker-in-new-video-for-aperture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/watch-harry-styles-find-kindred-spirit-in-his-stalker-in-new-video-for-aperture\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Harry Styles find kindred spirit in his stalker in new video for &#8216;Aperture&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/harry-styles\">Harry Styles<\/a> has shared a new video for \u2018Aperture\u2019 that sees him battle and eventually befriend his stalker \u2013 check it out below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/track\/harry-styles-aperture-single-review-3924978\">Harry Styles takes things slow and steady on new single \u2018Aperture\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The soloist and former\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/one-direction\">One Direction<\/a>\u00a0star\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/listen-to-harry-styles-pulsing-new-single-aperture-3924988\">released the new track <\/a>on Thursday (January 22), marking the first from his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-announces-new-album-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-3923500\">upcoming album, \u2018Kiss All The Time. Disco Occasionally\u2019<\/a>. Executive produced by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/kid-harpoon\">Kid Harpoon<\/a>, his fourth solo effort is set for release on March 6 \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/store-uk.hstyles.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit here to pre-order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday (January 23), Styles shared an accompanying music video that sees him trailed by a man named in the credits only as \u201cStranger\u201d. The video, directed and written by Aube Perrie, sees him wander alone through an empty hotel as a mystery figure follows in the shadows.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the other person \u2013 who dons sunglasses and clutches a white plastic shopping bag \u2013 makes a lunge at\u00a0Styles and chases him through the hotel hallways, with the two falling together down a staircase. A fight ensues, with the animosity seemingly dissolving following a <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>-esque inspired lift that gives way to a synchronised dance routine.<\/p>\n<p>The video concluded with Styles finally being seen by the hotel employee he was waiting for at the start, and the stranger walks by once again, with the entire sequence revealed to be a fantasy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harry Styles - Aperture (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7sxVHYZ_PnA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Aperture\u2019 notably debuts a new electronic-inspired sound for Styles, whose last LP was the synth-pop influenced \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/harry-styles-new-album-harrys-house-3226209\">Harry\u2019s House<\/a>\u2018 in 2022. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-says-new-album-was-inspired-by-seeing-lcd-soundsystem-live-thats-how-i-want-to-feel-when-im-on-stage-3925087\">Discussing the sonic shift while talking to BBC Radio 1\u2019s Greg James yesterday<\/a>, Styles revealed that\u00a0seeing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/lcd-soundsystem\">LCD Soundsystem<\/a> live inspired his new direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the inspiration from them [was], \u2018Oh, that\u2019s how I want to feel when I\u2019m on stage\u2019. And then that kind of led to the kind of music I was making,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he was listening to The Durutti Column and had started going out more, something that also informed the new sound. He later went on to say that much of the album was shaped by becoming an audience member again, following the colossal <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-shares-surprise-video-of-instrumental-piano-ballad-from-final-2023-show-3920198\">worldwide trek he embarked on for his \u2018Love On Tour\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really fun. And I think for me, the most important thing that has happened to me the last like, couple years was, I think it was just about getting on the other side of the audience experience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think having so many years being on the stage, the last couple years, like, allowed me to be a real audience member and, like, be in the crowd and kind of have a reminder of like, oh, this is why this is special to people, and this is why this feels so good to kind of come together and be with a group of strangers and dance to music. I really experienced that for myself in a way that I hadn\u2019t had much of previously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Styles has also shared that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-says-he-needed-to-fall-in-love-with-music-all-over-again-after-taking-three-years-off-3925024\">he needed to \u201cfall in love with music all over again\u201d after taking three years off after releasing \u2018Harry\u2019s House\u2019 in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harry Styles on the Pope, parking fans&#039; cars &amp; album titles | Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zZB1Md_GGb4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>NME<\/em>\u2018s Rhian Daly gave the single four stars,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/track\/harry-styles-aperture-single-review-3924978\">in a review that read<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s also Styles as we\u2019ve not heard him before. Rather than the loosely retro pop-rock of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/harry-styles-new-album-harrys-house-3226209\">\u2018Harry\u2019s House\u2019<\/a>\u00a0or the grand theatrics of ballads like\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/nme-blogs\/harry-styles-sign-times-track-review-2037675\">\u2018Sign Of The Times\u2019<\/a>, the star heads in the direction of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/electronic\">electronic<\/a>\u00a0music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Aperture\u2019 is propelled by a lightly thumping beat that\u2019s made more or less euphoric by the stabs of house piano that dip in and out, the jittery blasts of distorted fuzz, and the 31-year-old\u2019s resonant delivery in the chorus: \u201c<em>We belong together<\/em>\u201d. Add in a series of drawn-out, droning chords and it\u2019s (likely) as close as we\u2019re going to get to Styles fronting\u00a0LCD Soundsystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In support of \u2018Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally\u2019, Styles has\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-announces-seven-city-residency-tour-together-together-including-wembley-stadium-and-madison-square-garden-3924952\">also announced a huge comeback tour<\/a>, which will see him play residencies in seven major cities around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Together, Together\u2019 tour will consist of six nights at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium and a total of 30 shows in New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden, as well as strings of concerts in Amsterdam, S\u00e3o Paulo, Mexico City, Melbourne and Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>In total, Styles will play 50 dates from May to December, and he will be joined by names including\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/robyn\">Robyn<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/shania-twain\">Shania Twain<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/fcukers\">Fcukers<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jorja-smith\">Jorja Smith<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jamie-xx\">Jamie xx<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/foushee\">Foushe\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/skye-newman\">Skye Newman<\/a>. You can see a full list of dates and all ticket information\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-announces-seven-city-residency-tour-together-together-including-wembley-stadium-and-madison-square-garden-3924952\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Styles first started teasing his new album last week, through\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-teases-new-album-and-return-with-we-belong-together-posters-around-the-world-3922885\">a series of posters<\/a>\u00a0with the phrase \u2018We Belong Together\u2019 that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-teases-new-album-and-return-with-we-belong-together-posters-around-the-world-3922885\">popped up in cities across the globe<\/a>. He then\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-sends-fans-we-belong-together-voice-note-to-signal-imminent-return-3923316\">sent out a brief, lo-fi voice recording to fans on WhatsApp<\/a>, which\u00a0contained\u00a0audio of him singing the line, \u201c<i>we belong together<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Styles has shared a new video for \u2018Aperture\u2019 that sees him battle and eventually befriend his stalker \u2013 check it out below. 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