Golden (song)

"Watermelon Sugar"
"****Golden****"
"Treat People With Kindness"

"**Golden**" is a song performed by Harry Styles. It serves as the first track from Harry's album, Fine Line. It's the fifth single from the album released on October 26, 2020.

## Background

On November 13th, Harry announced Love On Tour 2020, which was accompanied by a promotional video made up of clips from Styles' first solo tour.

During mid-September 2020, a few photographs of Harry on set were leaked from what appeared to be a music video in Italy. On October 23, exactly one month later, Harry's team shared their cover artwork on Instagram.

## Music and composition

Harry Styles, during his November 2019 interview with Zane Lowe:

> “Golden”, we wrote on day two of being in Shangri-La […] as soon as we’d done it, it was like, ‘Oh, this is track one’. I used to drive from here to the studio and listen to it. “Golden” was like the perfect PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) song. It’s like driving down the coast, that is what the song is for. It feels so Malibu to me.
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## Critical Reception

The A.V. Club opined:

> “...*Fine Line* oozes laid-back, Golden State chill—both the stuff of idle daydreams (the hazy sparkle-funk of “Sunflower, Vol. 6”) and idle daydreams come true (the aptly titled “Golden”).”
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The Consequence of Sound opined:

> “Styles also sells some of these tracks short by restraining himself vocally. He never rises above speaking volume on album opener “Golden”, stripping the propulsive groove and indelible, Fleetwood Mac-inspired backing vocals of their thunder.”
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## Lyrics

Hey!

Golden, golden, golden as I open my eyes

Hold it, focus, hoping, take me back to the light

I know you were way too bright for me

I'm hopeless, broken, so you wait for me in the sky

Brown my skin just right

You're so golden

You're so golden

I'm out of my head, and I know that you're scared

Because hearts get broken

I don't want to be alone

I don't want to be alone when it ends

Don't wanna let you know

I don't want to be alone

But I can feel it take a hold (I can feel it take a hold)

I can feel you take control (I can feel you take control)

Of who I am, and all I've ever known

Lovin' you's the antidote

Golden

You're so golden

I don't want to be alone

You're so golden

You're so golden

I'm out of my head, and I know that you're scared

Because hearts get broken

(Golden, golden, golden, golden)

(Golden, golden, golden, golden)

(Golden, golden, golden, golden)

(Golden, golden, golden, golden)

(Golden, golden, golden, golden)

(Golden, golden, golden, golden)

(Golden, golden, golden, golden)

I know that you're scared because I'm so open

You're so golden

I don't want to be alone

You're so golden

You're so golden

You're so golden

I'm out of my head, and I know that you're scared

Because hearts get broken

## Videos

* Official MV
* Performances

Harry Styles - Golden (Official Video Teaser)Harry Styles - Golden - Behind the Scenes

## References

1. ↑ twitter.com - Audio teaser
2. ↑ https://i.pinimg.com/originals/dd/2f/ec/dd2fec98689ff6b035078971af72fc31.jpg
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CGsgCiYjF-1/
4. ↑ youtube.com - Song composition
5. ↑ https://www.avclub.com/with-fine-line-harry-styles-transforms-into-a-californ-1840463199
6. ↑ https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/12/album-review-harry-styles-fine-line/