Harry Styles sets March album release and 30‑night Madison Square Garden residency

Harry Styles will release his fourth solo album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., on March 6 and has announced a 30‑night residency at Madison Square Garden, along with multiple stadium dates in Amsterdam, London, São Paulo and Mexico City. The lead single, "Aperture," produced by Kid Harpoon, is described as subtler than disco: it is driven by three thumps and a syncopated fourth beat, double‑timed by electronic buzzes and bursts of percussion.

Styles croons toward a choral affirmation of "We belong together" only to undercut it with "It finally appears it's only love," and the review says ambivalence reigns. The week's roundup also highlights new work from a range of artists: Charli XCX's "Wall of Sound," assembled as a soundtrack piece for a new adaptation of Wuthering Heights with eerie strings and exposed vocals; Luis Fonsi and Feid's salsa‑tinged duet "Cambiaré," apologizing and begging for forgiveness; Lucinda Williams's bleak "Something's Gotta Give" with the line "There's an anger to these days"; Joy Oladokun's "Nothing Comes Easy," written after she was dropped by her label; and Snail Mail's "Dead End," from Ricochet, due March 27, which revisits a messy breakup with thickly layered guitars.

What is known: Styles's album is due March 6 and Snail Mail's Ricochet is due March 27.

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