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Harry Styles took the stage at the Royal Festival Hall in London\u2019s Southbank Centre on Tuesday for a unique, orchestral performance. In between performing songs across his discography, Styles covered Patrick Watson\u2019s Here Comes the River.<\/p>\n
The song originally appeared on the Montreal singer-songwriter\u2019s 2019 album, Wave, and Styles revealed that it was an inspiration for his recent album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. The conductor of the 50-piece orchestra that accompanied Styles at the Southbank Centre, Jules Buckley, also helped arrange songs on the album.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Variety reported<\/a> that Styles introduced his Watson cover by explaining to the crowd how his song Coming Up Roses came together. He wanted the strings to sound like the ones in Here Comes the River and played it for Buckley as a reference. Coincidentally, Buckley had also done the strings on Watson\u2019s song: \u201cI said, \u2018What do you think?\u2019 And he said, \u2018I did those strings!’ So I said, \u2018Oh, just do that again.’\u201d<\/p>\n Styles began his rendition at the piano and was later joined by the string section on the song\u2019s sweeping chorus.<\/p>\n