Alys Davies & Pete Allison<\/span>BBC Newsbeat<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n An almost four-year wait for Harry Styles’ new music is over, but he’s been far from elusive in that time.<\/p>\n Spotted running marathons in Berlin and Tokyo and watching on as a new pope is confirmed in the Vatican, there are few places one of the world’s biggest artists can go without drawing attention.<\/p>\n But speaking to the BBC about new single Aperture, Harry says he has no intention of locking himself away from “the human experience”.<\/p>\n “When I first started touring, we spent a lot of time in hotel rooms,” he told BBC Radio 2’s Scott Mills<\/a> earlier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “I think you can choose to shut yourself off from the world and it’s been so wonderful for me to stay in the universe.”<\/p>\n Harry’s set to go global again in 2026, announcing 50 shows across seven cities – including six at London’s Wembley Stadium and 30 at New York’s Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n His Together, Together tour will also visit Amsterdam, S\u00e3o Paulo, Mexico City, Melbourne and Sydney between May and December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Harry’s not just been running marathons, he’s also used his time away to take in plenty of gigs.<\/p>\n He told BBC Radio 1’s Greg James<\/a> being in and amongst live audiences “led to the music he’s making”.<\/p>\n “It’s been about getting on the other side of the audience experience,” he said, describing seeing American dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem live as “a reminder of why it’s special”.<\/p>\n “Having had so many years on-stage, the last couple of years allowed me to be a real audience member and be in the crowd.”<\/p>\n Harry will be supported at his London shows by Shania Twain, which he said is “a full circle” having listened to her music in his mum’s car as a child.<\/p>\n “(Shania) is someone who musically has been in my life for a really long time,” he told Radio 2.<\/p>\n Special guests in other cities will include Jamie XX, Jorja Smith and Robyn, with pre-sale and general tickets going on sale later this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Aperture is the first single from Harry’s fourth album, Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally<\/i>, set for release on 6 March.<\/p>\n But the song was the record’s finishing touch.<\/p>\n “We had most of the album done,” he told Radio 1.<\/p>\n “Getting this song at the end, it was when we were feeling freest and really having a lot of fun at that point.<\/p>\n “It felt like the mission statement of what the album was about, this perfect little bow on it, and it was like: ‘Oh, the record’s finished’.”<\/p>\n The NME said Aperture signalled an “exciting new direction” for the singer in a four-star review<\/a>.<\/p>\n While the Independent, which awarded the same score<\/a>, suggested he’d followed artists like Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and Rosal\u00eda, who’ve all released “songs that stray from traditional structure or form”. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20260113-125315-2e65791d43-web-2.37.1-4\/grey-placeholder.png\")
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