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Harry Styles is back!
On Friday (March 6), the English musician dropped his highly-anticipated fourth solo album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., four years after his last project Harry's House. Fans got their first glimpse at his new era in January with the release of the album's lead single and opening track "Aperture," which he previously explained reflected the "positive things" he has experienced in this "really beautiful time in my life."
Styles celebrated the album release by sharing several photos on Instagram capturing the behind-the-scenes moments of creating the record, from recording vocals in a concrete stairwell and sheet music marked over with excessive notes to Styles collaborating with longtime producing partner Kid Harpoon in the studio and overseeing an orchestral arrangement from a vantage point by organ pipes.
"It's all waiting there for you. Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. OUT NOW," he captioned the post.
In an interview with On Air with Ryan Seacrest in January, Styles shared why, four years after his last album, he felt it was the right time to come back with new music.
"So many years of my life has been spent touring, where it's been me on the stage, and I think the last couple years I had a really nice opportunity to be a true audience member and remind myself how special it is to be experiencing live music with strangers and dancing and singing with them and what that feeling is about," he said, adding, "I think for me, wanting to play the music and feeling ready to do that, like I'm ready to play this in a room and play it loud and dance with people, that kind of was the catalyst to say I'm ready to start thinking about putting this out in the world."
You can listen to Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. on iHeartRadio.