US EditionTears For Fears Were Head Over Heels After Hearing Harry Styles’ Cover Of Their Song: ‘Loving This’
Harry Styles performed a brass-infused cover of Tears For Fears' 1985 hit during a five-song set for a Netflix special, promoting his album Kiss All The Time.
- On Thursday March 12, Harry Styles performed a cover of Tears For Fears' 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World' for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, available via BBC Sounds and videos.
- With the album out now, Styles performed 'Aperture' and other cuts during the session recorded for a Netflix special, after staging a full-album show last Friday in Manchester.
- Performing with his live band, Styles' five-song set included 'Carla's Song', 'Dance No More', and his latest single, with brass flourishes added to the Tears For Fears cover.
- The session, recorded for a Netflix special, featured an encore of 'As It Was' and 'Watermelon', while NME awarded Kiss All The Time a four-star review calling it exploratory.
- Last Friday in Manchester, Styles performed Kiss All The Time in full at a One Night Only concert, debuted 'Aperture' live at the BRITs last month, and will launch a seven-city Together, Together tour this spring with a 12-night Wembley stint and 30-date New York residency.
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Tears For Fears classic ‘Everybody Wants To Rule the World’ covered by Harry Styles
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Harry Styles Leaves the Disco Behind on Cover of Tears for Fears Classic
Everybody wants to rule the world, and everybody wants to cover Tears for Fears, including Harry Styles. The singer took breaks from both kissing and disco recently when he made an appearance at BBC Radio1 Live Lounge to perform one of Tears for Fears’ Songs From the Big Chair. Styles rendition is reverent to the original, first released in 1985. It opens with the opening guitar ostinato before the groove kicks in and Styles, dressed in a vari…
Harry Styles Covers The ’80s Classic ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’ In The Live Lounge
Tears For Fears’ “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” is one of the most enduring songs of its era: On Spotify, it’s the No. 7 most-streamed song from the ’80s on Spotify with just under 2.5 billion plays. Harry Styles, meanwhile, is one of the biggest pop stars of his era (who himself has a couple songs that have crossed 2.5 billion Spotify streams: “As It Was” and “Watermelon Sugar”). Now, those two forces have collided, as during his appearanc…
Harry Styles once again proved why he remains one of the most influential style icons in pop music today. During his recent appearance on the BBC's Live Lounge, where he performed a cover of Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," the artist opted for a look that immediately caught the attention of the fashion industry. For the performance, Styles wore a custom silk shirt designed by Conner Ives, one of the most talked-about emergi…
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