Overview
- Styles recorded the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session at Maida Vale on March 12, delivering a five-song set built around four tracks from Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
- The setlist featured “Aperture,” “American Girls,” “Carla’s Song,” and “Dance No More,” alongside the Tears for Fears cover.
- Reviewers called the rendition faithful to the 1985 original while noting brass flourishes, trumpet accents, a jazz-fusion guitar solo, and a brief mid-song pitch wobble.
- Tears for Fears shared an Instagram clip of the performance with the caption “Loving this cover,” offering public approval of Styles’ take.
- The session is available via BBC Sounds and official video clips, arriving as Styles promotes the new album through a Netflix concert special, a recent BRITs appearance, and a scheduled Saturday Night Live turn on March 14.