{"id":2321477,"date":"2026-03-10T14:21:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2321477"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:21:49","slug":"heartfelt-meaning-behind-harry-styles-new-track-carlas-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/heartfelt-meaning-behind-harry-styles-new-track-carlas-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartfelt meaning behind Harry Styles&#8217; new track &#8216;Carla&#8217;s song&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Who is Carla?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>After a three-year drought, Mr Harry Styles has finally released his new album <em>Kiss All The Time<\/em>. <em>Disco<\/em>, <em>Occasionally<\/em>, and many would argue, the entire wait was totally worth it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Made up of 12 tracks, Harry&#8217;s new album showcases a more mature version of the One Direction heartthrob we remember, looking almost romantically scruffy. From his lead single <em>Aperture<\/em> to <em>Coming Up<\/em> and <em>Roses<\/em>, Harry&#8217;s new album is already winning over fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>However, there is one question on everyone&#8217;s mind after carefully listening to their way through the discography: Who is Carla?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p><em>Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.<\/em> ends with \u2018Carla\u2019s Song.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>For many fans, this comes as no surprise, as Styles is no stranger to name-dropping in his songs, with <em>Matilda<\/em>, <em>Cherry<\/em>, and even One Direction\u2019s <em>Olivia<\/em> as examples. Fans have long been used to digging to uncover the identities of these mysterious muses. But Carla\u2019s story might be a little different.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Everyone can hold their horses, as Carla is not a lover.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Harry went on to address the closing track with Apple Music&#8217;s Zane Lowe when talking about his new album. As the story has it, Carla is one of his friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;Carla kind of just became, in so many ways, the most important part of the record to me,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Harry said the song \u201canswered so many questions\u201d he had about his reasons for making music and added that it reminded him that \u201cthere was a time when you heard a song for the first time that made you want to touch music in some way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The singer then recalled a moment when he and his friends, including Carla, were hanging out at someone\u2019s house before heading to an afterparty. Carla mentioned that she had just discovered Paul Simon, and having grown up on Simon &amp; Garfunkel, Harry was already a longtime fan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;When I lived in a pub a little bit when I was younger, there was like a four-CD changer that I think the <em>Bridge Over Troubled Water<\/em> record was in the whole time I lived there,&#8221; Harry shared.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Harry decided to then play <em>Bridge Over Troubled Water<\/em> for Carla, and it ended up being a life-changing moment for both of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;Watching her listen to it, having never heard that song, felt like I was just watching someone see or something, or discover magic,&#8221; Harry recalled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;There was something in that moment that reminded me of, by making music, what you\u2019re investing in, and it\u2019s songs that go so beyond our lifetime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The opening lyrics to Carla&#8217;s song read: &#8220;There is a bridge that leads to troubled waters\/ If you know, then you know\/ If you don\u2019t, then you don\u2019t\/ It\u2019s heavenly from your head to your toes\/ Saw the light and the gold that you discover.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Harry said he went on to play <em>Kathy&#8217;s Song<\/em> for Carla, which he explained was his personal favourite song from Simon &amp; Garfunkel, and ultimately the inspiration for the title of <em>Carla&#8217;s Song.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Harry shared with Lowe that the moment helped him reconnect with the true purpose of music: &#8220;Maybe someone hears a song of yours and goes, &#8216;This song\u2019s going to be in my life forever&#8217;. That is kind of it. Like, that is enough. And I don\u2019t ask for any more than that, really.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Harry finally explained one lyric in particular &#8211; &#8216;You\u2019ve been a baby sleeping on a candy bar.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;You see a baby try ice cream for the first time, and the sweetness or something,&#8221; he explained, &#8220;but it\u2019s always been there. It\u2019s always been around. It\u2019s always existed, and it always will exist. Hasn\u2019t been in your life, and the baby eats the ice cream for the first time, their eyes just light up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\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.her.ie \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Carla? After a three-year drought, Mr Harry Styles has finally released his new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally, and many would argue, the entire wait was totally worth it. 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