Ahead
of a Sept. 20 show at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, Harry Styles took the stage
at downtown L.A.’s Grammy Museum on Friday night (Sept. 15) for a Q&A
conducted by writer and filmmaker Cameron Crowe. Styles, who released his
self-titled debut in May, was joined by producer Jeff Bhasker for a lively,
often laugh-out-loud discussion of how the album came together, Styles’
experience filming “Dunkirk”
“We
started the record without a label, so the start of the process didn’t feel
like I was making any sort of commitment and I didn’t feel any pressure, [like]
‘You have to make this,’ or anyone have an influence on what they thought I
should be making. It was just a group of us writing stuff to have fun and
writing some songs and seeing what came out with the thought that I would
actually play them myself. I think that’s a large part of the record is that it
started that way. It didn’t start from, what do they want? I think if you’re
lucky, I didn’t go into making the album or leave the band coming out of it
feeling suppressed or feeling like I never got to write what I wanted to write.
I loved being in the band so much and got to learn so much, and with this, I
felt like I could just have a good time working out what it would sound like if
I made an album.”
Styles’ favorite track on
the album is “From the Dining Table,” which he said is, “The one that makes me
feel the most,” adding that, “it’s the most different than what I expected
myself to write and it’s probably the most honest that I’ve been in a song as
well.”
The
album’s stylistic choices — what some deem as musical nods to classic rock acts
like David Bowie and Pink Floyd — were also illuminated, with Styles explaining
that his father listened to “a lot of Queen and Pink Floyd,” while his mother
favored Norah Jones and Shania Twain. “I’m a huge Shania Twain fan,” said
Styles (he later played a snippet of a Twain song on a kazoo, by request from
an audience member). (thedailystyles)
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