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Harry Styles debuted a new song at Coachella about having bad boyfriends who 'take you for granted'

Apr 17, 2022, 23:54 IST
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Harry Styles performs in 2019.Isabel Infantes/PA Images via Getty Images
  • Harry Styles was the headline performer at Coachella music festival on Friday.
  • He debuted two new songs from his upcoming album "Harry's House," including one about bad boyfriends.
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Harry Styles previewed two new songs at Coachella on Friday, including one about boyfriends who "take you for granted" and know "just how to get under your skin."

The folksy ballad, which he said is titled "Boyfriends," arrived about midway through Styles' headline performance.

"Who in the audience has ever had a boyfriend?" he asked the crowd, which included Insider's music team. "Who in the audience has never had a boyfriend?"

After both questions were met with cheers, Styles added, "To boyfriends everywhere: fuck you."

"Boyfriends, are they just pretending? / They don't tell you when it's ending / And I know the game's never-ending," he sang.

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Later in the evening, he declared "men are trash" while performing with Shania Twain.

Although Styles has never publicly clarified his sexuality, he has defended his "sexual ambiguity" in the past.

"It's not like I'm sitting on an answer, and protecting it, and holding it back," he told The Guardian in 2019. "It's not a case of: 'I'm not telling you 'cause I don't want to tell you.' It's not: 'Ooh, this is mine and it's not yours.' It's: 'Who cares?' Does that make sense? It's just: 'Who cares?'"

"Am I sprinkling in nuggets of sexual ambiguity to try and be more interesting? No," he added.

During concerts, Styles often encourages the audience to "be whoever it is you've always wanted to be." Moreover, many fans interpret his songs "Medicine" and "Lights Up" as queer; the latter was released on National Coming Out Day in 2019.

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During his energetic Coachella set, Styles debuted another new track titled "Late Night Talking." Both will likely be included on his forthcoming third album, "Harry's House," due in May.

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