Harry Styles — NPR Tiny Desk, 2020

Filmed live session by Harry Styles for the NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, published on 16 March 2020, recorded behind Bob Boilen’s desk at NPR headquarters in Washington. In this intimate, acoustic format, the former One Direction member rearranges four songs from his second solo album Fine Line (2019): “Cherry,” “Watermelon Sugar,” “To Be So Lonely” and “Adore You.” Backed by a full band — Sarah Jones on drums, Mitch Rowland on guitar, Adam Prendergast on bass, Ny Oh on guitar and Charlotte Clark on keys, all singing harmonies — Styles strips his pop songs of their studio production to reveal their melody and craft. This short but rich live concert film illustrates Harry Styles’ transformation into a credible pop-rock songwriter and his ease in the delicate art of live performance without effects. A landmark Tiny Desk capture, between chamber pop and folk-rock, ideal for appreciating the voice and arranging sense of one of the major pop artists of his generation.