Harry Styles breaks his silence—HS4 is finally happening

I’m going to say what every fan has been thinking: it’s about time.

After almost three years without new music, Harry Styles has officially announced his fourth studio album, Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally, set for release on March 6, 2026. The title may be a little ridiculous; the wait was even more so. But here we are, alive, well, and emotionally invested again.

*Harry at the Philippine Arena for Love on Tour Asia, March 2023 | Photo from @harrystyles*

Almost three years of waiting

The last album Harry released was Harry’s House in 2022, a run that gave us Grammys, record-breaking shows, and that 15-night Madison Square Garden stretch. Love On Tour ended in 2023, and then… nothing. No hints. No “working on new music” captions.

Instead, Harry lived his life. Running marathons. Buying produce at a weekend market in Rome. Fashion weeks. His viral Vatican moment. City strolls with Zoë Kravitz. As fans, we watched from afar, respected the silence, and replayed the catalog. Well, I did.

The cryptic messages

The comeback didn’t start with a post. It started with cryptic posters.

Phrases like “we belong together” showed up in cities across the world. Soon after, HSHQ—his official team page—redirected fans away from the usual socials and toward a WhatsApp chat. Then came a voice note. Then a countdown site.

*The homepage of Harry’s official countdown website*

And just last night, at 1 am Philippine time, the announcement finally dropped.

*Harry Styles’s fourth studio album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. | Photo from @harrystyles*

Disco, sunglasses, and Harry doing things on his own time

The album artwork shows Harry under a disco ball at twilight, dressed in casual jeans, a tee, and oversized sunglasses. It looks relaxed and playful, just like him. There’s still no single, even his team is teasing “updates, occasionally.” Being his fan for years, I know that Harry has never rushed anything. He lets the moment arrive when it’s ready, even if it takes years.

As someone who’s been here since he started his solo era, I’m used to this limbo. I’m used to him disappearing, ghosting us for years, then casually dropping life-altering news like it’s no big deal. Being a Harry Styles fan means staying alert at all times, mentally preparing for sudden releases, unexpected merch drops, impulse purchases we’ll justify later, and, the most “challenging” of all, ticket wars that test friendships and sanity.

If this era has taught us anything, it’s that patience is part of the fandom. And somehow, every time, it ends up being worth it.

Let’s unpack this a bit

Before the billboards, before the website, before the midnight announcement, he left us a breadcrumb that many of us only fully understood in hindsight. Late last year, Harry quietly released a nine-minute video titled Forever, Forever. It wasn’t promoted like a single. It wasn’t framed as a comeback either.

The video was filmed during the final night of Love On Tour at RCF Arena Campovolo in Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy, back in July 2023. And instead of centering Harry immediately, it focused on the fans—the girls and women getting ready during the day, comparing friendship bracelets, showing off wristbands, practicing dance moves in open fields. There was excitement, yes, but also an awareness that this was the end of something. Several fans spoke about the finality of it all, acknowledging that after this show, Harry would likely disappear again.

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When he finally appears onscreen, it’s at the piano. He’s dressed in a sparkly open vest and matching trousers, gold rings on his fingers. Before playing, he tells the crowd, in Italian, that he wrote the song for them. The ballad is soft and emotional enough to draw tears across the arena. When it ends, he thanks the audience, waves, and walks offstage as the crowd chants his name. The video closes with a simple message: We Belong Together.

*Harry in Madrid *for Love on Tour Europe*, July 2023 | Photo from @harrystyles*

A note from one fan to another

If you’ve been here since One Direction, stayed after 2017, or found him somewhere between Fine Line and Harry’s House, this return hits in a specific place. Almost three years is a long time to wait, but it also makes this feel earned. We are so back, baby!

While we wait, here’s what we’re listening to

We curated this ourselves: Songs to sit with while counting down to HS4. That said, feel free to just press play on the entire catalog because it’s genuinely that good. We’re biased, sure. But he’s Harry Styles.

March 6 is close now. Harry Styles is so back, and if this album feels half as good as the wait made it feel, we’re more than ready to dance again.