Apparently this was a source of confusion for some folks, so Harry Styles has cleared the air about the subject matter of his Fine Line hit "Watermelon Sugar."
Speaking to the crowd at his Nashville concert on Friday (October 1), the former One Direction member set the record straight. When it came time to introduce the Grammy-winning earworm, he got down to the nitty gritty.
"This song is about... it doesn't really matter what it's about," Styles began delicately, deferring to the zeitgeist. "It's about, uh, the sweetness of life."
He then added, "It's also about the female orgasm, which is totally different; it's not really relevant."
But it's pretty relevant, given that this sugary sweet line of questioning can be linked back to the song's initial release in 2019, when Apple Music's Zane Lowe asked whether the lyrics of "Watermelon Sugar" were inspired by "the joys of mutually appreciated oral pleasure."
"Is that what it's about?" Styles had countered in response, playing oblivious. "I don't know."
Speaking to the crowd at his Nashville concert on Friday (October 1), the former One Direction member set the record straight. When it came time to introduce the Grammy-winning earworm, he got down to the nitty gritty.
"This song is about... it doesn't really matter what it's about," Styles began delicately, deferring to the zeitgeist. "It's about, uh, the sweetness of life."
He then added, "It's also about the female orgasm, which is totally different; it's not really relevant."
But it's pretty relevant, given that this sugary sweet line of questioning can be linked back to the song's initial release in 2019, when Apple Music's Zane Lowe asked whether the lyrics of "Watermelon Sugar" were inspired by "the joys of mutually appreciated oral pleasure."
"Is that what it's about?" Styles had countered in response, playing oblivious. "I don't know."
Lowe told him that "that's what everyone's saying," and those words still ring true. Styles took it to heart, goading everyone by making the guiding concept for the breezy, sun-kissed single's music video "touching" — insensitively released in the thick of the pandemic.
Case closed: the song is decidedly not about a cocktail or a cannabis strain or even just the delicious fruit it was christened after; it's about a woman's pleasure. But really, can't the same be said for anything from the artist's catalogue?
Watch the "aha!" moment unfold in footage from Styles' Friday concert below, and check out some of Twitter's reactions.
With less feeling, Bon Jovi butchered his rendition of the song at a show earlier this year.Harry Styles confirmed that 'Watermelon Sugar' is about sex? What's next, finding out that the song 'Milkshake' isn't about a tasty dairy desert?
— John M (@John_M15) October 4, 2021
