At 8 pm in Dublin last night, 50,000 fans were holding their breath for another Prince Harry.
The point where “the best song ever” by his previous band One Direction was played on the speaker system.
Suddenly everyone sang together. It was euphoric, fun, and gently deafening. It also showed what was to come.
About 40 minutes later, when Harry Styles arrived on stage, the volume at Aviva Stadium became really deafening. It wasn’t just an arrival.
He was dressed in green striped hot pants and a matching sleeveless top (to show off his muscular, tattooed arms), and his hair gelled like Elvis in his heyday.
His 1970s top was open to reveal the cross and just the right amount of chest hair.
He started with the electro 1970s funk of “Music For A Sushi Restaurant” and sang, “I was able to cook you eggs.” Then he played the guitar and blew away the “golden”.
He immediately walked around the huge stage with a microphone, singing “Adore”.
I filmed a teenage (and pre-teenage) idol who came to see 50,000 mobile phones brought into the air and set fire to Aviva.
Every time he smiled (albeit cheeky) to the crowd and danced exaggeratedly for their benefit, the reaction was a frenzy that dented the eardrum.
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It was like the aforementioned Elvis in his heyday.
This was Harry Mania. “It’s great to be back in Dublin. How are you feeling in Dublin? My name is Harry. Anything is fine tonight. I want you to hold someone’s hand in your left hand and say.’I found it.” I want you to hold a person’s hand to the right and say “I love you.” Then close his eyes and say “I love you”. OK? “
This was fine. In particular, all the young fans in the audience did what he asked for and shouted their approval for them to do so.
Parents of young fans may have more easily recognized Christopher Nolan’s World War II movie, Dunkirk, as Allied soldier Alex was trapped on the beach in Dunkirk in 1940.
Rest assured that he loved the fans more than the Nazi bombers overhead, he played the calm and reflexive “Martida”.
Everyone is rocking their phone back and forth to this very deep song (the light on the screen creates a magical effect).
A crowd of young and mostly women was in their own alternative pop paradise. For those who reviewed the style and audience last night, here’s what he told Rolling Stone in 2017. “Young girl like The Beatles. Do you say you’re not serious?”
He is attractive and cool, but he still has certain vulnerabilities. He had a lucky girl sing “Happy Birthday” to the crowd at the show.
He is a very nice person. Because of his all apology and coolness, this to his mother Ann who was on the balcony at a recent concert to sing the lyrics “cocaine, side boobs, choking her with sea views” in front of her. I’m the same millionaire star who apologized. Keep driving. “
“Dublin makes a noise!” Harry demanded. He wasted his breath. Aviva Stadium was already shaken by the sound of a sold-out crowd shouting his name. He undoubtedly pretended to cross a huge stage like the world’s biggest star today (10 nights sold out at Madison Square Garden in New York).
His sound, like Justin Timberlake and Kendrick Lamar, is due to Prince (Harry in Minneapolis, not Harry in Windsor) and David Bowie, and the 1980s.
Accepted by the LGBTQ + community and elsewhere, a fashion style with fluid gender and a sexually ambiguous image is the perfect cultural ambassador for the modern world of 2022.
His music is also edgy. As the Guardian recently mentioned in a Styles review, here’s a suggestion from one of his former bandmates:
At Aviva last night, Styles swept the city. “Dublin,” he asked, “Do you know who you are?”
Dublin will not forget him for a long time.
