Harry Styles Covers Tears for Fears on BBC 1 Live Lounge: Watch

Harry Styles has a new album out, which means Harry Styles is everywhere. In the midst of an all-out media blitz behind Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, the pop star appeared on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. In addition to playing four tracks off the new LP, Styles performed a cover of the classic Tears for Fears track “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” Watch it below. Get Harry Styles Tickets Here Of course, covers are a staple of Live Lounge appearances. Styles himself has done it at least thrice, covering Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain,” Wet Leg’s “Wet Dream,” and Lizzo’s “The Juice” and Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time” during previous stops on the show. For his 2026 go-around, he brought his band to BBC’s Maida Vale studio theater, singing out to the rows of empty chairs. Save for one mistimed note that makes Styles smile bemusedly during the first verse, the musicians are incredibly tight on the dreamy “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” take as the singer comfortably rolls through the iconic cadence. In addition to the dreamy cover of “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” Styles performed Kiss All the Time cuts “Aperture,” “American Girls,” “Dance No More,” and “Carla’s Song.” Watch all the performance videos below. Advertisement Related Video Styles’ publicity tour has included interrupting Ryan Gosling’s Saturday Night Live monologue, opening the BRIT Awards, and releasing the Harry Styles. One Night in Manchester concert film on Netflix. Next up he’ll return to SNL to pull double duty as host and musical guest, before heading out on his already-record-shattering “Together Together” global residency tour (after being inspired to return to the stage by Radiohead, no less). The live itinerary features lengthy runs in Amsterdam, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, Melbourne, and Sydney, with a whopping 30 dates at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Shows are largely sold out, but you can still get tickets here. Load More