Harry Styles: The Youth Show | catalonia

The excitement faded as we pulled up to Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium. Boa feathers, a signature outfit of the night, along with glitter-adorned fantasy cowboy hats, remained on the ground after being separated from the prop, marking a multicolored path towards the sky. Yesterday that sky was called Harry Styles, handsome enough to be one of those guys who doesn’t make heads turn, …

The excitement faded as we pulled up to Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium. Boa feathers, a signature outfit of the night, along with glitter-adorned fantasy cowboy hats, remained on the ground after being separated from the prop, marking a multicolored path towards the sky. Yesterday that heaven was called Harry Styles, handsome enough not to distract people, nice, with a mischievous but romantic look, one of those guys you can trust if they say “I love U” says. The forceful presence of a woman with a profile of a teenager and around twenty, was a human river opening life with illusions caused by things that one believes emotionally, in those years when everything transcendental Seems because everything is new, or almost so. A day of so much tension on the part of the audience, so grateful and participatory that they even actually danced to the opening act, jet leg, and later, before the concert, the public address system provided by Queen, the Beatles and Rosalia. Wow, as many feelings as Dylan’s fans have, only these, older and more outspoken, no longer express certain feelings. they do.

In that environment, of course, Harry Styles displayed a number of things in full Olympic glory. First that pop iron is in health. Second, staying healthy doesn’t even require a complete reinvention at times, as Styles creates classic English pop with hints of funk, neo-soul and rock. Third, there’s not much to say about love, it sounds necessarily trite, and Styles doesn’t sing of bottomless depths, but of realms where the sun lights up the sea and life waves. Has a trembling smile. Fourth, there is still room on stage for larger-than-life big bands, with their traditional sections and even more technically driven turbo wind musicians. Fifth, the choreography can be limited to the star’s movements and dances, without any extra movement, as happened with Styles, dominated without fuss, a loose dancer without rules who makes dynamism his banner. Sixth, the show doesn’t need to dazzle if the star has charisma, and Styles, shown on the six huge convergence screens in the center of the stage, was tattooed enough to wear – initially Butterfly was too naive Bailey – to avoid it. For no one will have to spend their mind coming up with visual ideas and guesses that will complement their figure. If we add to this the presence of women in bands, even on traditionally masculine instruments like drums, and they know how to take advantage of whatever the public throws at them on stage, like LGTBI The flag that was once waved by Harry. Headed by a trumpeter, everyone can feel drawn in and integrated into a show that knows how to tap into the extraordinary energy, dedication and joy of that vast youth scene.

They performed twenty pieces, the repertoire was somewhat longer than usual, with their latest album being the most representative and featuring among other things a thunderous sound akin to glee of metals. He could have played Daylight, taking advantage of the fact that he was in Barcelona, ​​with keyboards that reminded Ferran Palau, but he preferred Stockholm Syndrome, one of two pieces he played with his ex-cool boys. K was performed by the band, One Direction. Be that as it may, his speeches sometimes became long – the moment when the girl he wanted to read his academic notes seemed drawn out, although seeing the emotional face of Paula from Bilbao, it was already shortened. was gone – but beneath, underground, there was humor that inspired him to show off his pronunciation of Good Night Barcelona, ​​Good Night Catalonia and Hello Spain, which he repeated several times.

As stated, one rogue is wearing a bright blue vest to show off his torso, tattoos on his arms and other tattoos protruding from his pants, which are tight without suffocating, causing One can predict where and how they will end up at its bottom. , And he didn’t change any of his nearly two-hour performance, opening and closing with the two extremes of his repertoire: daydreaming, a pop-funk with the Brothers Johnson in memory, and rocker Kiwi. Unlimited fun with weapons, battery draining mobiles and enthusiastic hugs for about two hours in Fidua plan. The beauty and exuberance of youth, under the guise of consumer pop, is a show of the greater glory of idols who don’t seem self-absorbed. A summer night’s dream.

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