Late Night Talking

Album

Harry's House

Label

Erskine Records

Genre

Rhythm & Blues

Composer(s)

Harry Styles;Kid Harpoon

Entered Chart

Jun 4, 2022

Peak Date

Sep 17, 2022

Released

21 June 2022

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Erskine

Harry Styles wrote this song about being away from his girlfriend. After a couple of days of separation, they are already missing each other and do a lot of late-night talking through video calling. The shiny R&B tune had Harry's fans late night talking as they wondered whether this song is about his relationship with the actress and director Olivia Wilde. The pair began dating after meeting during the filming of Wilde's Don't Worry Darling movie. One of the lyrics hints that Styles' love interest is in the movies: But I'd follow you to any place If it's Hollywood or Bishopsgate, I'm coming too "Late Night Talking" was the first song Styles wrote for Harry's House in the studio. One of his songwriting partners, Tom "Kid Harpoon" Hull, was there, but his collaborator, Tyler Johnson, hadn't yet arrived. "First day, we were setting up and it was just me and Tom," Styles told Apple Music. "We got there early and we wrote 'Late Night Talking.'" Kid Harpoon played all the instruments on the track: synthesizer, bass guitar, drum machine, drums, electric guitar and tambourine. Styles debuted the song during his Coachella 2022 set on April 15, 2022. He released it on May 20, 2022, as the second single from Harry's House. The Bradley and Pablo-directed video finds Styles performing the song in various beds with various guests across several locations. After waking up in his own bed, the polka-dot-PJ-clad singer follows a portal that leads him to other beds in an art gallery, a restaurant, a theater box, and a giant one that cruises through London midday traffic. Bradley and Pablo also shot the clip for Styles' "Watermelon Sugar" single.

Things haven't been quite the same
There's a haze on the horizon, babe
It's only been a couple of days
And I miss you, mm, yeah
When nothin' really goes to plan
You stub your toe or break your camera
I'll do everythin' I can
To help you through

If you're feelin' down
I just wanna make you happier, baby
Wish I was around
I just wanna make you happier, baby

We've been doin' all this late night talkin'
'Bout anythin' you want until the mornin'
Now you're in my life
I can't get you off my mind

I've never been a fan of change
But I'd follow you to any place
If it's Hollywood or Bishopsgate
I'm coming too

If you're feelin' down
I just wanna make you happier, baby
Wish I was around
I just wanna make you happier, baby

We've been doin' all this late night talkin'
'Bout anythin' you want until the mornin'
Now you're in my life
I can't get you off my mind

Can't get you off my mind
Can't get you off my mind (can't get you off my mind)
I won't even try (I won't even try)
To get you off my mind (get you off my mind)

We've been doin' all this late night talkin'
'Bout anythin' you want until the mornin'
Now you're in my life
I can't get you off my mind

Can't get you off my mind (all this late night talkin')
Can't get you off my mind (all this late night talkin')
I won't even try (all this late night talkin')
Can't get you off my
All this late night talkin'