Record-breaking, former boy band member Harry Styles, has quickly erupted to even more fame than he had experienced while in the group One Direction. Making history with 15 sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden and beating out Sir Elton John and Mark Ronson for longest-running number one by a British artist on the US Hot 100, Styles has shown just what heโs capable of.
With three hit albums in his six-year solo career, he has enough songs to almost satisfy fans. The fans are however on the hunt and ready for more music, as they turn up unreleased songs, some of which Styles has performed live.
Here are seven tracks that have never been commercially released.ย
โMedicineโ
Although โMedicine” was never released, its studio version was leaked, and Styles has performed it at countless shows, making it a favorite among many fans. Hailed as a โbisexual anthem,โ Styles addresses sexual fluidity and experimentation with the lyrics โThe boys and the girls are in, I mess around with them, and Iโm okay with it.โ
Radio personality Howard Stern told Styles in an interview that fans feel โMedicineโ is โan anthem for fans who are thinking about coming out,” adding that Styles creates a space for fans to be their authentic self.
Styles replied, โItโs definitely about feeling like thereโs a space where people feel safe enough to kind of share, have those big moments, and share them with a group of people.โ
The sultry and mystical song was meant to be on Stylesโ debut self-titled album in 2017, but he decided against it because he thought its sound was too similar to other songs on the album. He also chose not to include it on his next two albums, โFine Lineโ and โHarryโs House,โ because he feels it doesnโt portray the current sound heโs going for, though he says he is still open to the possibility of releasing it in the future.
Released or not, โMedicineโ is a fun anthem that makes fans feel even more welcome in being who they are.
Favorite Lyric:
โIโm here to take my medicine, take my medicine
Rest it on my fingertips
And up to your mouth, Iโm feelinโ it out
Iโm feelinโ it now
I had a few, got drunk on you and now Iโm wasted
And when I sleep Iโm gonna dream of how you tastedโ
โHungerโ
โHungerโ is another song with a lack of information, although it is rumored to have been a demo written by Styles while in One Direction. The song has never been performed, but the full song was leaked in 2022 with demos โWithout You,โ โAlready Home,โ โLay Down,โ and โTrouble,โ along with songs โComplicated Freak, Baby Honey, Anna, and Medicine.โ
Styles reflects on an ending relationship, recalling when they used to only want each other, but now that theyโre apart, heโs empty. The mournful lyrics accompany Stylesโ emotional vocals, invoking his doleful heartbreak.
Favorite Lyric:
โGuess Iโm prone to overthinking,
One thing goes wrong and I canโt adjust,
I lost the taste for the good in us,
And Iโm sorryโ
โComplicated Freakโ
Unlike โMedicine,โ the song โComplicated Freakโ has never been performed live, leaving fans only to have heard it via the leaked studio version. Although there isnโt a lot of information on this song, it appears to have been meant for his self-titled debut, along with โMedicineโ and soon-to-be-mentioned โBaby Honey.โ Likely recorded in 2017, the song was leaked in 2022, along with โBaby Honey,โ โAnna,โ and โMedicine.โ
The guitar-driven melody provides a space for Styles to create lustful energy with his lyrics.
Favorite Lyric:
โTurned up late one too many times
Bad choice of words in my alibi
Guess I love crazy, out of your mind
You lost your head, so Iโll give you mineโ
โAnnaโ
Like โMedicine,โ โAnnaโ is the only other song on this list that Styles has performed live. Rumored to have been destined for his 2019 album โFine Line,โ Styles performed the song in the second leg of his first tour, Live on Tour. Although the instrumentals sound light and cheerful, the lyrics have Styles admitting to still being enamored with someone heโs no longer with.
Thereโs a studio version and a live version; the latter of the two references a line from George Michaelโsโ โFaith,โ singing, โWell, I guess it would be nice if I could touch your body.โ
Favorite Lyric:
โI donโt know how you taste when
Thereโs smoke in your perfume
So chew me up and spit me out
Iโve nothing left to loseโ
โBaby Honeyโ
Another song intended for Stylesโ self-titled debut, โBaby Honey,โ has never been performed, though Styles did register โBaby Honeyโ with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
The upbeat instrumentation guides Styles as he sings about an infatuation he just canโt get over.
The title of the song was first revealed via a photo of Stylesโ Casebook CD, also including โMedicineโ and โComplicated Freak.โ
Not much is known about this track, but the full song was leaked in 2022.
Favorite Lyric:
โOh I know heโs got the money
Baby honey, does he make your night?
Is it true he doesnโt touch you in the place the way I know you like
And I swear that Iโm not thinking about you all the time
Just today, yesterday, every day, and tomorrow night.โ
โHimโ
Also released in the 2022 leaks, โHimโ is a soft and emotional ballad, accentuated by Stylesโ strong vocals that lament over hearing about his exโs new man.
Favorite Lyric:
โSo I donโt want to hear about him,How heโs holding you better at night,
I donโt want to hear about him,
And these songs you continue to write,
I was with you when you wrote that line,
It was me that you had on your mindโ
Stylesโ versatility, from singing catchy melodies to crooning over dejected verses, shows in these unreleased tracks. While there isnโt a whole lot of information on them, it seems that Styles preferred other sounds that are present on the songs that made it onto his albums.
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