Harry Styles in Argentina and how to give a great show amid the screams of his fans

Harry Styles is one of the former members of the last great boyband, One Direction. Needless to say, he is very accustomed to performing in stadiums where his voice is barely – or sometimes not even – heard. Now, this in countries that he visits every so often with his World Tours is enhanced to the thousandth. And even more with the passionate public that exists in Argentina. Last night, on the first of his two dates at the River Plate Stadium, the British musician put on a great show that shows how built-in he has the tireless screams of his fans (and knows how to cope with them), how great the band that accompanies him is and how much he enjoys playing live – maybe more than anything else. Just hours after the Argentine National Team beat Australia 2-1 and got its pass to the quarterfinals of the Qatar World Cup, Harry had to entertain an audience that for days has only been singing court songs. Attentive to this, the Englishman went on stage to celebrate with the public the Argentine triumph moments before his show and everything, something unthinkable for an artist of such an international profile, who is more accustomed to saving his appearance for the great moment of the night. After the opening act of the local Anita B Queen and the Jamaican Koffee, after 9pm he finally appeared on stage with a light blue kangaroo and a white shirt to open with the great “Music For a Sushi Restaurant” and make the stadium delirious in pure ecstasy. “It’s been four years since I was in Buenos Aires. That show was my favorite of the whole tour, “he confessed shortly after starting, and harangued: “You have to live up to it today.” I wasn’t at that 2018 concert, but I can say that at last night’s concert the chants (and screams) didn’t stop for a moment, and it wasn’t just the main artist who took them: the band’s musicians were also cheered, especially guitarist Mitch Rowland and drummer Sarah Jones.” Golden” and “Adore You” continued in the opening well hitera and then give way to a string of songs from “Harry’s House”, his latest (and exquisite) album + the ballad “She”, belonging to “Fine Line”, the album that precedes it. The sad “Matilda” was chosen to continue that moment of the set, clearly accompanied by the broken tears of her fans, who sang each phrase in tears. But he keeps that there were also moments of full celebration. That December 3, Gemma, Harry’s older sister, turned 32 and the artist asked to sing happy birthday to her so that she can listen to it from London. “In English or Spanish?” he asked, to which everyone replied “in Spanish.” After the chant but not the euphoria for that moment that made that date unique, the most fans continued to chant the name of Gemma even when Harry had moved on to something else and was talking. “It’s no longer his birthday, that’s over,” he replied with a laugh chicaneando a little, showing how hardened he is in this thing of being a starboy and that sometimes not even your own fans listen to what you say on stage. Yesterday’s show was almost without cuts, with dynamism and zero forced, becoming very enjoyable especially because the singer himself proved to be in his favorite activity of life, or almost, at that moment, leading a little to the conclusion that he probably even composes his songs thinking about how he will dance it later in the live shows. ” Let’s up the ante a little bit,” Harry said before breaking it with “Treat People With Kindness” and a half-stroke version of “What Makes You Beautiful,” his biggest hit with 1D. After this, we knew the end was coming and “Late Night Talking,” “Watermelon Sugar,” and “Love of my life” anticipated it. By the time he returned, came the incredible “Sign of the Times,” the height of the night’s dramatic moment. “I love you, I love you, I love you,” he said in Spanish and even naturally replicating the intensity of Argentines when speaking. Then, almost in return of that love, he gave the audience that song that they had been asking for since early and was not in the setlist: “Medizine”. Ecstatic, “As It Was” threatened to close and the rocker “Kiwi” did it definitively. Now what is left of the show? A lot of enjoyment, maybe a little desire that there was less shouting to really be able to appreciate the live music, and the confirmation that Harry is a great artist, in the studio and on stage. Oh, and the congratulations to the National Team and the express request for applause for Lionel Messi by the artist himself. Today, round 2.

Original source in Spanish