Harry Styles will be taking the stage as a presenter at the 68th Grammys Awards, the Recording Academy announced on Monday. The news arrives as the rollout for his upcoming album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, continues amid fan fervor.
Rapper Doechii will also be presenting at the ceremony. Last year, the artist delivered one of the most visually stunning performances during a medley with Shaboozey, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims, Raye, and Khruangbin. That night, Doechii also took home the trophy for Best Rap Album for her mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal.
In 2021, Styles won his first Grammy for “Watermelon Sugar” for Best Pop Solo Performance, and has since garnered Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 2022’s Harry’s House — his third and last studio LP prior to the announcement of Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, out March 6.
The pop star recently released new single, “Aperture,” a shimmering first look at his long-awaited fourth album. Produced by Kid Harpoon, the LP will span 12 new tracks, and be supported by a global residency tour of 50 shows across seven cities in support of his upcoming record. The international run will launch May 16 in Amsterdam, where Styles is booked to perform six shows, followed by shows in London, São Paulo, Brazil, Mexico City, and a massive run of 30 shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Styles will wrap the tour in Australia in Melbourne and Sydney.
During an interview with John Mayer last week, Styles discussed the making of Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, and how he sought out more feedback than in the past from “a lot of people” for the LP. “I think every other record that I’ve made, I’ve always felt really guarded about who’s hearing it, and it’s always felt, you know, no one hears it until it’s finished and stuff like that,” Styles said. “And I think realizing that that made the music feel like a product, is something that I wanted to reverse.”
Styles played demos for friends and asked them what they thought, in the process finding that he liked hearing the songs both loud and on headphones. Styles added, “I hope that people will kind of road test it in a couple different ways and see how their album experience kind of shifts.”