Harry Styles dropped his new album ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally,’ and Billboard staffers sit down to react to Billboard’s rankings of the album and to share their personal rankings and opinions.
Kyle Denis:
Mr. Styles, the man that you are. This is my No. 1, man.
Meghan Mahar:
I have it at No. 4. I found that wildly disrespectful.
Jason Lipshutz:
There is a choir shaking the listener awake. Harry’s talking about unintimate sex, which also kind of shakes the listener awake to some degree.
Meghan Mahar:
Your mind is so powerful.
Tetris Kelly:
Billboard’s staff is reacting to our ranking for Harry Styles’ new album ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.’
Meghan Mahar:
I love Harry’s writing when it feels more journalistic, like this, when there are specific references to places, and I think we can maybe guess who it’s about. But I just think there are so many better songs that shine brighter on this album.
Jason Lipshutz:
I actually really like “Taste Back.” There’s the synths are huge. The hook is huge. It’s very warm. It’s very dripping in nostalgia. I think that some of the lines are really effective placed in kind of the center of the album, right before that kind of mid album pivot. It’s pretty effective.
Kyle Denis:
I have this probably in the 10 to eight range. I don’t think it’s the dead worst song on the album, but I do think that I really enjoy the way that the restlessness of the beat kind of gives you this idea of reconciliation. But are you able to actually reconcile fully with this person or not, or do you just want them for the moment? I like how his voice is kind of subdued on this track. Gives you a little bit of that apprehension that the lyrics are hinting at. I don’t know. I don’t think this is definitely not a top half for the album. At No. 11, we have “Are You Listening Yet?” This is probably where I differentiate from the published ranking most. This is a top five song for me. I love it. It gives Harry meets the dare. I think it’s super, super dope.
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