Within the video for 'Music For A Sushi Restaurant,' Harry Types is a bearded, bare-chested merman…in a method nobody would have anticipated.
One factor will be mentioned about Harry Types: he isn't afraid to get bizarre. Within the new music video for “Music For A Sushi Restaurant,” premiering right now (Oct. 27), Harry, 28, is a merman. However earlier than one expects to see Harry in an attractive pair of fins, it seems that his decrease half is made up of…tentacles. After a trio of fishermen and restauranters uncover a shirtless, bearded Harry, they take the half-man/half-squid again to the eatery. At first, the still-very alive Harry appears nervous about all of the prep work going round him, so he busts out his Siren’s name. It does the trick in charming the employees, making Harry the star attraction at Gill’s Lounge.
The beard is shortly shaved and changed by feather boas, pearl jewellery, and tentacle massages. Harry, backed by a band of Shrimp-headed musicians, rocks pearl necklaces, seashell amulets, and a pearl-covered crown for his large efficiency. The efficiency appears to do the trick till…it doesn’t. With out spoiling the ending, it needs to be famous that the tune is titled “Music For A Sushi Restaurant.” Hope you’re hungry.
The music video was directed by Aube Perrie and shot final month in Brooklyn, NY, per a press launch. “Music For A Sushi Restaurant” is RIAA-certified Gold within the High 10 on Pop radio. This makes Harry the primary male artist to ever have three songs within the High 10 without delay (“As It Was,” “Late Night time Speaking,” and “Music For A Sushi Restaurant”). He’s additionally the third artist in Pop Airplay chart historical past to realize the feat. Plus, “Music For A Sushi Restaurant” was additionally used as a soundtrack to a brand new Apple AirPods industrial, a throwback to the primary iPod campaigns (Harry, because it seems, donated his artist’s charge for the spot to the Worldwide Rescue Committee.)
Whereas some is perhaps a bit skeeved out by the concept of a Harry Types/Cthulhu hybrid, this video doesn’t stray removed from Harry’s common aesthetic. “Late Night time Speaking” noticed Harry keep in mattress whereas going about his life till a horrible storm whisks him up…solely to drop him (and his mattress) again all the way down to earth. For “As It Was,” Harry donned a purple, sparkly jumpsuit whereas participating in some artist dancing all through a museum.
His earlier movies had been simply as bizarre. “Watermelon Sugar” just about acknowledged what the innuendo was about. “Golden” had him goof round an oceanside city. Holding with the nautical theme, Harry turns into BFFs with a fish in “Adore You.” Even Harry’s extra simple movies – just like the attractive “Lights Up” – have a couple of weird components to them.
Harry is presently on tour in assist of his Harry’s Home album. After ending up his run on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles, he'll head to Mexico, South America, and Australia earlier than having fun with the primary few months of 2023 performing in Europe (with Moist Leg as his opening act.)