Harry Styles teases fourth album with cryptic posters

Harry Styles has hinted he is about to end his four-year music drought with a series of cryptic billboards popping up in cities around the world including New York, Manchester, Palermo, São Paulo and Berlin.

The posters feature the message “we belong together” over a photo of a stadium with fans from the final date of Styles’ 2022-23 world tour.

A website with the same brand was launched simultaneously. Clicking on the page opens a WhatsApp group chat called “HSHQ” – Harry Styles HQ.

Fans are speculating that all of this activity indicates that Styles is preparing to announce his fourth album after taking a brief break from marathoning last year.

The star, who rose to fame as part of One Direction, was spotted in both Tokyo and Tokyo. Berlin Marathons In the second race in September last year, he reached an impressive time of 2 hours and 59 minutes.

He was also seen in St. Peter’s Square for the announcement of the new pope, after which, According to Mirror, He’s in his hometown of Cheshire for Christmas with actress Zoe Kravitz.

However, he is believed to have been working on new music since the completion of his Love On Tour concerts three years ago.

The new album will be his first since 2022 English And Grammy winner He released the singles Harry’s House, As It Was, Late Night Talking and Music For A Sushi Restaurant.

Sessions for the record were first confirmed in August 2024, when Styles was spotted arriving at RAK Studios in London.

Last year, Australian radio hosts Fifi, Fev and Nick claimed the film was finished and that Styles wrote it entirely “on a typewriter”; but his sources seemed dubious at best.

The New York Post also reported that Styles has signed a deal for a residency in the city’s iconic downtown. Madison Square GardenWhere he played 15 nights on his most recent tour.

There are also rumors the star will make a guest appearance at Manchester’s Co-op Live arena. Styles is a major investor in the venue, which will open in 2024 and host the Brit Awards this year.

Styles first signaled his return on December 27 by posting an eight-minute video on YouTube titled Forever, Forever.

The clip began as fans prepared for the final date of their world tour, which takes place in Reggio Emilia, Italy, in July 2023.

They shed tears outside the stadium as they performed dance moves and exchanged friendship bracelets, while also preparing to bid farewell to their idol.

“A little bit of sadness because this is the last show… then he’ll disappear,” one fan said.

Another added: “We won’t see her dancing on stages anymore.”

The video then cuts to Styles on stage, at the piano, wearing a bright revealing vest and matching pants.

“I wrote this for you,” he said in Italian, before launching into the moving instrumental ballad he wrote especially for the occasion.

When he finished the performance and waved “grazie” to his fans, the words “We are together” appeared on the screen, directly connecting the video to the new poster campaign.

The phrase “we belong together” suits Styles, who released his latest album with the slogan “treat people with kindness.”

This is also the name of a Mariah Carey song, so could she be training to play Mariah Carey’s famous whistle notes in her spare time?

Either way, fans are greedy for more information.

“Is it happening?!” said someone, starting a long discussion Reddit forum dedicated to styles.

People there speculated that a new logo consisting of 12 arrows emerging from the center of a circle might mean there would be 12 tracks on the new record.

Some posters also have extra text that could be song titles or lyrics.

These include “let the light in” (Berlin), “everything is waiting there” (Naples) and “here we go again” (Manchester).

Nothing has been confirmed yet, and there’s always the possibility that Styles is joking about the release of a concert film.

Whatever happens, the fans are ready.