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Words were exchanged when Harry Styles walked onto the 2023 Grammys red carpet wearing a jumpsuit covered in a rainbow diamond print. The chest-baring Egonlab x Swarovski piece drew awed praise (“he’s slaying your honor”), bewildered scrutiny (“Ok”), and blunt observations (“Harry Styles looks like a clown”). But it turns out the three-time Grammy winner is having the last laugh.
His outfit’s shimmering harlequin print may have indeed been an early Easter egg for the “Daylight” music video, released today. The latest visual offering from his third solo album, Harry’s House, features the singer merrily strolling the grounds of a traveling circus. He juggles, dodges daggers, walks a tightrope, and flies out of a cannon wearing a lemon-yellow singlet and matching wings. It’s a playful, unserious spectacle, mirroring the playful, unserious lyrics central to the deceptively cheery breakup song.
In “Daylight,” lines like “If I was a bluebird / I would fly to you / You’d be the spoon / Dip you in honey / So I could be sticking to you” exist alongside lyrics that casually unveil the heartbreak of a dismissive lover: “You’ve got the antidote / I’ll takе one to go, go, please / Get the picture, cut out my middle / You ain’t got time for me right now.”
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It’s a dichotomy Styles is well acquainted with. His harshest critics and naysayers may demand some earnestness from the musician—believing, perhaps, that any artist worth taking seriously should present himself as more than the colorful upchucked remnants of the biggest boy band of the millennium so far. Is Harry Styles too far gone? Is he no more than just a caricature of himself?
But, judging from the “Daylight” music video, Styles is well aware of the bit—and he’s leaning into it.
Watch the full video above.
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As an associate editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com, Chelsey keeps a finger on the pulse on all things celeb news. She also writes on social movements, connecting with activists leading the fight on workers’ rights, climate justice, and more. Offline, she’s probably spending too much time on TikTok, rewatching Emma (the 2020 version, of course), or buying yet another corset.
