All about Harry Styles single "Adore You" - idea, video, criticism

Adore You - hit single from the second solo album Harry Styles Fine Line 2019 of the year! This is a great and moderately energetic pop tune with hints of disco and funk. The ballad tells about love, and this is obvious from the first notes, even if you do not know English: everything becomes clear from the gentle and warm sound ... The track was warmly received by critics and listeners (even those who were skeptical of the artist's work earlier ...) Many even noted its similarity with earlier works. Mark Ronson and Justin Timberlake! The song entered the top 10 in various countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom! The eye-catching music video is like a mini-movie with a captivating story that is really fun to listen to... It's about a mysterious fictional island Erode off the coast of Great Britain… Actually, first things first! Let's start with what exactly inspired Styles to write this ballad...

Source of inspiration, message...

From an inexperienced teenager from X factor to the musical idol of millions, marked by many awards! Harry Styles amassed a loyal fan base around the world who have supported his career through its ups and downs, including when he played a role in Dunkirk! The British artist has released his first solo single "Sign of the Times" in 2017, one year after One Direction's hiatus, and the song peaked at number 4 on the chart Billboard Hot 100! Since then, Styles has released two solo albums featuring enchanting summer hits, including the romanticized pop ballad Adore You.

It is worth noting that for almost every artist, recording a second album is a very difficult task. We can say that this is a whole test of perseverance and endurance! It is the second record that demonstrates the lyrical, contextual and conceptual maturity of the singer ... However Harry Styles more than just got the job done! fine line truly amazing, and Adore You — one of his valuable pearls… The song seems quite easy to understand at first glance! But ... this is only at first glance. Combined with a uniquely sweet yet mysterious music video, "Adore You" takes on new nuances... All in all, it's a love song. Here is what Styles himself said about its meaning:

“It seems to me that we are talking here about the initial stage of infatuation with someone ... These are very joyful, blissful feelings and emotions ...”

Well, that sounds nice. However, the line "You don't have to say you love me / You don't have to say anything / You don't have to say you're mine" hints that this love story is mostly platonic...

Recording and team

Adore You is a great track in style 80s! By the way: the ballad was written by himself Stiles together with Tyler Johnson - the key author of the solo debut of the same name Harry 2017 of the year. Together with Kid Harpoon Johnson also produced this track. In addition, the charming Amy Allen (backing vocal).

Lyrics and sound

In "Adore You" Styles sings about his absolute devotion to the girl:

"Oh dear,
I would go through fire for you!
Just let me adore you!
Like it's the only thing I ever do..."

In this ballad, Harry also continues to use his fruit references (as in "Watermelon Sugar"), mentioning strawberries (Strawberry lipstick state of mind) and lemon with ice (…lemon over ice). Curious what that means...?

Music video

In the clip for "Adore You" Styles uses "against the public" the foggy sea charm of a fictional Erode Islands off the coast of Great Britain… This is a very curious place, and the people here are also peculiar! Yes, according to the story Harry - a kind of eccentric whose smile causes spontaneous combustion and temporary blindness! They do not want to be friends with him, and, in the end, he meets a rainbow fish ... She gives him hope for a relationship. It's cute to watch Harry fiddling with this fish throughout the video...

The finale of the video may amaze and touch you, because the inhabitants of a quaint town become one team in order to release a noticeably grown fish into the water! The rays of the sun break through the clouds...

Graduation and Success

Upon release, the track became a big hit, as did the album, which was dubbed by critics as "a pioneer of the era of pop music that combines late 20th century energetic synth beats with current themes and culturally significant themes to create catchy and insightful music..." The ballad won the Most Performed Song award at Ivor Novellos in 2021 (premium based on performance data collected by the organization PRS).

Shortly after graduation. Adore You has been certified platinum (or double platinum) BPI, ARIA and RIAA!

Finally…

Notable, but unlike other tracks from his second solo album Harry Styles did not explain what or who inspired him to Adore You. It is possible that the ballad is based on their romantic relationship with Camille Rowe, which were torn apart shortly before the recording of the album… One way or another, the presence of the most important “component” – the soul – is felt in the track!