Harry Styles has released his first new single in nearly three years, unveiling Aperture from his forthcoming fourth studio album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. The track was released on 23 January, following his last standalone single, Satellite, in 2023.
Co-written by Styles and producer Kid Harpoon, Aperture is driven by a lo-fi techno beat and sees the former One Direction star reconnecting with what he has described as the place he feels most at ease: the dancefloor. On the chorus, he sings, “We belong together / It finally appears, it’s only love.”
Styles teased the single three days before its release, sharing a photograph of himself in the studio on Instagram. Wearing a white shirt and smiling broadly, he captioned the image: “Aperture. Jan. 23, 00:00 U.K.”
The announcement followed closely after Styles revealed the title and cover art for Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, which is set for release on 6 March. The album marks his first full-length project since 2022’s Harry’s House, which earned three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and produced hit singles such as As It Was and Late Night Talking.
Despite the gap between releases, Styles has previously said he began working on the new 12-track album immediately after completing Harry’s House. The 31-year-old, who has been dating Zoë Kravitz since August, has explained that he structured stops on his Love on Tour to allow for extended studio time in cities including Los Angeles, New York, Austin and Chicago.
“I’m always writing,” Styles told Rolling Stone in 2022, noting that he was again collaborating with Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson. “I think all of us are so excited to get back to it, which feels insane because we’ve just put an album out.”
Speaking about his creative priorities, Styles has said his main focus remains the music itself. “That’s it. That’s what I want to do,” he said during an appearance on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music 1. “Everything else is what it will be.”