Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” which was released on April 1, 2022, with lyrics that are as cryptic as ever, but leaving it to fans to decipher the song’s meaning (and its secret reference to Olivia Wilde.)

“As It Was,” which is two minutes and 47 seconds long, was written by Harry and songwriters Thomas Hull and Tyler Johnson, who have also co-written songs like “Watermelon Sugar,” “Adore You,” “Golden” and “Falling” with the former One Direction member.
Shot in London (in Barbican Centre, Royal Academy of Arts, Penguin Pool...) and directed by Ukrainian director Tanu Muino, the music video starts with Styles walking among a group of people in a bright red coat from Bianca Saunders’ fall 2022 collection along with a fuzzy, long black scarf from Dries Van Noten’s fall 2022 collection.
 
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Credits.-
Made with love by a creative team from Ukraine.
Director.- Tanu Muino.
Creative Director.- Molly Hawkins.
Producer.- Bryan Younce, Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin, Fred Bonham. Carter, Alexa Haywood.
Line Producer.- Andrew Rawson.
Production Company.- UnderWonder Content.
Service Production Company.- Just Fred.
Choreographer.- Yoann Bourgeois.
Director of Photography.- Nikita Kuzmenko.
Production Designer.- Spencer Graves.
Editor.- Carlos Font Clos.
Colorist.- Joseph Bicknell @ Company3.
VFX.- Max Colt @ The Frender.
Lyrics.-
Holding me back,
Gravity’s holding me back,
I want you to hold out the palm of your hand,
Why don’t we leave it at that?,
Nothing to say,
When everything gets in the way,
Seems you cannot be replaced,
And I’m the one who will stay,
Ooh,
 
In this world,
It’s just us,
You know it’s not the same as it was,
In this world,
It’s just us,
You know it’s not the same as it was,
As it was,
As it was,
You know it’s not the same,
 
Answer the phone,
“Harry, you’re no good alone,
Why are you sitting at home on the floor?,
What kind of pills are you on?”,
Ringing the bell,
And nobody’s coming to help,
Your daddy lives by himself,
He just wants to know that you’re well,
Ooh,
 
In this world,
It’s just us,
You know it’s not the same as it was,
In this world,
It’s just us,
You know it’s not the same as it was,
As it was,
As it was,
You know it’s not the same,
 
Go home,
Get ahead,
Light speed internet,
I don’t want to talk about the way that it was,
Leave America,
Two kids follow her,
I don’t want to talk about who’s doing it first,
(Hey!),
 
As it was,
You know it’s not the same as it was,
As it was,
As it was,
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Published on: July 2, 2022
Cite: "As It Was by Harry Styles. Using as stage London Architecture" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/it-was-harry-styles-using-stage-london-architecture> ISSN 1139-6415
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