FIVE minutes and 40 seconds.

That’s how long it takes former ONE DIRECTION heart-throb HARRY STYLES to establish himself as the world’s most exciting new music star.

His debut single Sign of the Times is a soaring, epic rock ballad that sounds like a cross between DAVID BOWIE and LANA DEL REY (as weird as that sounds).

It goes against the current trend of non-distinguishable dance tracks — the length alone would make it commercial suicide for any other artist.

Its main instrument is the piano, which Harry has been studiously playing in private for years.

For large portions of the track he sings in falsetto, showing off a quality voice with much more range than we ever saw during his five years in 1D. This song has the potential to become a timeless classic.

Harry co-wrote it with the brilliant, highly regarded Grammy-winning producer JEFF BHASKER, best known for his work with KANYE WEST and JAY Z.

Whether anyone in the industry will take young Harry seriously as the “next Bowie” remains to be seen, but the 23-year-old is certainly putting his best foot forward.

The lyrics are “deeply personal”, sources close to Harry tell me, but they’re also open to any form of interpretation.

Sign of the Times begins with him singing over the piano: “Just stop your crying, it’s a sign of the times. Welcome to the final show, hope you’re wearing your best clothes.”

Could it be about a break-up? Possibly. Or maybe about death? More likely.

The refrain throughout the song is his need to “gotta get away from here”. From what exactly isn’t clear.

“We could meet again somewhere, somewhere far away from here,” he sings, poignantly.

Many people think Harry has disappeared up his own backside with an arty promotional campaign designed to distance himself as far as possible from the 1D heritage that has given him this opportunity.

That said, I give him huge credit for releasing the most daring and well-delivered debut single of the decade.

His debut single Sign of the Times is a soaring, epic rock ballad that sounds like a cross between DAVID BOWIE and LANA DEL REY (as weird as that sounds).

It goes against the current trend of non-distinguishable dance tracks — the length alone would make it commercial suicide for any other artist.

Its main instrument is the piano, which Harry has been studiously playing in private for years.

For large portions of the track he sings in falsetto, showing off a quality voice with much more range than we ever saw during his five years in 1D. This song has the potential to become a timeless classic.

Harry co-wrote it with the brilliant, highly regarded Grammy-winning producer JEFF BHASKER, best known for his work with KANYE WEST and JAY Z.

Whether anyone in the industry will take young Harry seriously as the “next Bowie” remains to be seen, but the 23-year-old is certainly putting his best foot forward.

The lyrics are “deeply personal”, sources close to Harry tell me, but they’re also open to any form of interpretation.

Sign of the Times begins with him singing over the piano: “Just stop your crying, it’s a sign of the times. Welcome to the final show, hope you’re wearing your best clothes.”

Could it be about a break-up? Possibly. Or maybe about death? More likely.

The refrain throughout the song is his need to “gotta get away from here”. From what exactly isn’t clear.

“We could meet again somewhere, somewhere far away from here,” he sings, poignantly.

Many people think Harry has disappeared up his own backside with an arty promotional campaign designed to distance himself as far as possible from the 1D heritage that has given him this opportunity.

That said, I give him huge credit for releasing the most daring and well-delivered debut single of the decade.

Since we have so many appearances tomorrow, we decided to make a seperate post to make sure our followers can keep track of them. We’re adding some main timezones, you can use this time zone converter to check when the programs will air in your country/city. 

Please keep in mind that these are mostly the starting time of these shows so we don’t know when exactly Harry is going to be on them.

1. BBC Radio 1, the Breakfast show: 8AM BST / 3AM ET / 12AM PT

Official web player (available worldwide),

Official mobile apps: Itunes,  Google Play (only available for UK residents)

Some other apps you can listen to the British radios on your mobile

Google Play: Radio Uk , Itunes: British Radios

2. The Hits UK: 7AM BST / 2AM ET / 11PM PT

Official web player (only available for UK residents),

Worlwide available livestreams: surfmusic, onlineradiobox

Some other apps you can listen to the British radios on your mobile

Google Play: Radio Uk , Itunes: British Radios

3. Capital UK, Capital Breakfast:  8AM BST / 3AM ET / 12AM PT

Official web player (only available for UK residents),

Worlwide available livestreams: internetradiouk, radionomy

Some other apps you can listen to the British radios on your mobile

Google Play: Radio Uk , Itunes: British Radios

4. SiriusXM, The Morning Mash Up: 12PM BST / 7AM ET / 4AM PT

Official web player (sign up needed/only available for US residents),

There are no worldwide available livestreams for this station but you can tune in by using the VPN extensions we gave at the end of the post!

5. 97.1 AMP Radio, with Carson Daly: 3.10 PM BST / 10.10 AM ET / 7.10 AM PT

radio.com web player  (only available for US residents)

There are no worldwide available livestreams for this station but you can tune in by using the VPN extensions we gave at the end of the post!

6. Heat Radio, with Ryan Seacrest: 1PM BST / 8AM ET / 5AM PT

Official web player (only available for UK residents)

tunein radio (only available for UK residents)

Some other apps you can listen to the British radios on your mobile

Google Play: Radio Uk , Itunes: British Radios

7. 102.7 KIIS-FM, On Air with Ryan Seacrest: 1PM BST / 8AM ET / 5AM PT

iHeartRADIO web player (only available for US residents)

Worlwide available livestreams: radio-hitz, rewindradio

For VPN changes and more:

You can use vpn extensions on your desktop to change your IP address to a US/UK one to gain access to the livestreams on the official websites.

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