After four years, Harry Styles announces a new musical era

These days, everyone seems obsessed with 2016, with talk of chokers, Doc Martens and chunky necklaces, Lana Del Rey lyrics, and Rihanna’s music career, which was still in full swing at the time. If it were up to me, I would rather go back to 2019, to a summer echoing with Watermelon Sugar, Adore You, and Golden by Harry Styles, somewhere by the coast at dusk, boosting happiness hormones in anticipation of everything yet to come. I am expecting a summer like that again this year, and the fact that Harry Styles has now finally officially announced his new, fourth solo album feels like a cosmic sign. After a brief teaser campaign during which billboards around the world were flooded with his messages “we belong together” (yes, Harry, absolutely), the singer shared the album cover, title, and release date on his Instagram profile: Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally, out on March 6.

What do we know about the album?

The album was produced by Kid Harpoon, a British songwriter and producer who has worked on all of Styles’ albums so far. On the released cover, the pop star is wearing sunglasses as he bends beneath a disco ball that appears to float in the night sky, clearly signaling a step into disco and dance-pop territory.

 

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The 12-track list has not yet been revealed, nor has any new music been released, but Harry’s official shop has already offered promotional bundles including vinyl records, cassette tapes, T-shirts, something resembling an analog camera, and a waist bag. The website, by all accounts, crashed almost immediately after the album announcement.

A new tour

The most attentive fans noticed that when pre-ordering Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally, a message appears stating: “Order a copy to receive access to ticket presales for future 2026 tour dates, to be announced.” Reportedly, 12 stadium shows are being planned across the United Kingdom in 2026, with Madison Square Garden in New York also mentioned, where he performed 15 shows in 2022. Harry is also considered the leading favorite to headline the Glastonbury Festival in 2027, as the festival is taking a break this year.

A four-year break

Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally arrives four years after Harry’s House, which topped charts worldwide and received triple platinum certification in the United Kingdom with over 900,000 copies sold. The album won the prestigious Album of the Year award at the 2023 Grammy Awards, along with two additional trophies, as well as Album of the Year at the BRIT Awards the same year. It also includes the hit single As It Was, Styles’ most-streamed song on Spotify with 4.2 billion streams.

The last new music Styles released was Forever, Forever, an eight-and-a-half-minute instrumental piano composition that he previously performed on the final date of his 2023 tour and unexpectedly released with a music video at the end of 2025. All of his previous albums were co-produced by Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson.