Harry Styles Trades Disco for Classical and Plays Some Deep Cuts in Heavenly, Intimate Orchestra Show: Concert Review

By Ellise Shafer

Ellise Shafer

Latest

• Amanda Seyfried’s Axed Joni Mitchell Biopic Revealed: Learning to Play the Entire ‘Blue’ Album, Her Steak Dinner With the Icon and More 2 days ago
• ‘Thunder Point’ Heats Up as Fremantle, Bell Media and ‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ Showrunner Bring Robyn Carr’s Next Series to the Global Market: ‘It’s “Friday Night Lights” Meets “Virgin River”’ (EXCLUSIVE) 2 days ago
• U.K. to Ban Social Media for Children Under 16 2 days ago

Harry Styles took a break from his record-smashing run at London’s Wembley Stadium on Tuesday night to do something the pop star has never done before: perform with a full orchestra.

From the start, the one-off show seemed quite the opposite from Styles’ current modus operandi: his latest album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” saw him lean into dance-pop and synthesizers, and Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall is about 50 times smaller than Wembley with just 2,000 seats. But as the curator of this year’s Meltdown Festival, Styles took the opportunity to completely reimagine his music with conductor Jules Buckley and his 50-piece orchestra — and the result left fans awestruck.

Related Stories

'Kiki's Delivery Service' Live-Action Series Set at BBC Studios, Kadokawa and Wheel in Motion