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Harry Styles gets ready to dance. On May 7th, the musician will release the music video for “Dance No More”, a particularly groovy track from his current album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally”. In the teaser, Styles struts across worn floors – in white sneakers and shorts. He raises the microphone to his mouth and slowly drags it over his tongue.
“Dance No More” is the third song from the album, which fans shortened to “KISSCO,” which gets a music video appearance. It started with the lead single “Aperture”: In it, Styles referenced David Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans,” had a duel with a mysterious figure in a hotel, and pulled off a few backflips. Another clip followed, this time for “American Girls.” Released to coincide with the album, the video shows Styles performing breakneck stunts on an action film set.
What he has planned for “Dance No More” remains to be seen – but there will definitely be dancing, that’s the whole point of the song after all. “’DJs don’t dance no more,’ they said / DJs don’t dance no more / We wanna dance with all our friends,” he sings in the chorus. “DJs don’t dance no more / It’s feeling like the music has been heaven sent / And that there’s no difference in between the tears and the sweat.”
What ROLLING STONE writes
In its album review, Rolling Stone described “Dance No More” as “an ’80s synthfest where the dance floor never stays empty – with choruses like ‘Respect your mother!’ evoking drag ball culture.” The track harmonizes perfectly with the deep cuts “Pop”, “Ready, Steady, Go” and “Are You Listening Yet?”
“KISSCO” draws from the many nights Styles spent in clubs across Europe after his Love on Tour ended in 2023. “When you’re out and about at night, there’s a sense of community – and at the same time you’re watching each person have their own unique experience,” Styles told legendary Japanese writer Haruki Murakami in a recent interview for Runner’s World. “I wanted to recreate what I experienced on the dance floor: that feeling of being lost in the instrumentation and the musicality.”
