[Report] Harry Styles lights up the AccorHotels Arena

In October, a full Olympia in a few minutes could not satisfy all fans of the former One Direction, Harry Styles. March 13, second solo test in Paris with the AccorHotels Arena, also completes.

After a first part performed by the new princess of pop Mabel, we discover the scenography that is being set up little by little. Two screens form a circle around the rounded stage. While waiting for Harry's arrival, they show Rubik's Cube in all their forms.

At 9pm, the lights go out and thousands of shrill cries resound in the AccorHotels Arena. The few exceptions not to shout, on the contrary, plug their ears. The screens rise and we discover Harry Styles in a gray suit shining with a thousand lights, starting the concert on the very good Only Angel, from his only eponymous solo album released last May. His mixed group of two women and two men, so rare that it is important to raise it, is high.

Woman, Ever Since New York, Carolina : with only 10 titles, everything follows quite quickly while the screens broadcast beautiful elaborate images. On Two Ghosts, the entire arena pulls out its flash to illuminate the 24-year-old. If the era of One Direction is over and Harry Styles can now create his own musical identity, this does not prevent him from playing three titles of the former boy band: Stockholm Syndrome, If I Could Fly and the classic What Makes You Beautiful which makes the whole audience jump.

First surprise: Harry decides to play Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart, a song he wrote for Ariana Grande. Second surprise, much bigger: during the concert, the former One Direction plays two unreleased tracks, played for the first time two days before during the first date of the tour in Geneva. Anna is quite classic but the electric Medicine is talking a lot on social networks in recent days. Indeed, listening to the lyrics more closely, fans noticed "The boys and the girls are here, I mess around with them and I'm okay with it" which can be translated as "The boys and girls are here, I fricote with them and it suits me". Would Harry Styles have come out bisexual with this title? That is what everyone tends to believe.

85 grapefruits

Suddenly, Harry delirious all by himself by asking the room to repeat " 85 grapefruits" many times. After many attempts to speak French, this is the climax! Then, Harry runs to the B-Stage, a second stage set up towards the back of the room. On the way, he grabs a French flag and an LGBT flag. Many flags of the community are also present in the stands and the pit. You might think that Harry Styles is an LGBT icon, but not at all… On this second smaller stage, he hangs the two flags on his microphone and sings Sweet Creature acoustically. Small project of the fans: thousands of sheets on which it is written "You bring us home" with a heart are raised, in accordance with the "You bring me home" of the title. Then, the English singer performs If I Could Fly, mentioned earlier, before returning to the main stage.

Finally, the concert ends with the divine and symbolic Sign of the Times. Once again, flashes light up throughout the arena and Harry proudly waves his two flags. For the encore, he returns for three songs: From The Dining Table, a cover of The Chain by Fleetwood Mac, one of his favorite bands and electrifying Kiwi, on which he gives all his energy.

With this full AccorHotels Arena, Harry Styles proves one thing: even though he grew up solo, his fans are still there to grow with him.

Setlist:

Only Angel
Woman
Ever Since New York
Two Ghosts
Carolina
Stockholm Syndrome
Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart
Medicine
Meet Me in the Hallway
Sweet Creature
If I Could Fly
Anna
What Makes You Beautiful
Sign of the Times

From the Dining Table
The Chain
Kiwi