And again Harry Styles does it, lightly | Israel today

To "Harry's House", his third solo album, comes Harry Styles from a winning position.

For several years he has been considered the most beautiful and true pop star to come out of the UK, as well as a fashion icon and icon for up-to-date masculinity.

These days he is also becoming a film actor, and two films starring him will be coming out soon.

At the same time, the 28-year-old Stiles is a bit of a riddle.

Is he a peacock pop artist and a featherweight superficial creator?

Or maybe it's actually a contemporary rock icon who refuses to fall into definitions (gender or musical), a sort of contemporary David Bowie?

This is a good position to release a new album, but also dangerous, especially in light of the expectations raised by "As It Was", the addictive debut single and probably the best song the musician has released since the successful "Sign of the Times".

But somehow, it seems that this time too, Stiles managed to jump lightly over the hurdles and put out what is probably his best album.

Mainly because he is such an versatile artist that there is simply something for everyone.

Want a light-hearted funk from Prince and Stevie Wonder counties?

Take the opening and upbeat "Music for a Sushi Restaurant".

Love Michael Jackson's disco from the eighties?

Here are "Late Night Talking" and "Daydreaming".

Sol, R&B and distortion rock meet in "Daylight", which could just as well have been a psychedelic song from Time Impala.

Styles at his best when he's in the ballad areas, and there are plenty of these on this album as well, in the form of the beautiful "Little Freak", "Grapejuice" and the folk "Matilda".

Even dreamy pop synthesizers are here, in the short and magical "Keep Driving".

Yes, there are also male-directed songs for lost female characters, which fit the longtime fans of his former band, One Direction (e.g. the song "Boyfriends"), but the good definitely outweighs the bad here.

The entire album is performed by Stiles with the authentic lightness of an artist free from settings, and it seems that he really manages to play on all the pitches - and win.

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