Harry Styles Brings Disco to the BRITs With First Live Performance of ‘Aperture’
harry styles returned to the stage for the first time in nearly three years at the BRIT Awards in Manchester’s Co-op Live, launching the show with the live debut of his single "Aperture" and signaling the start of his "Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally" era.
Opening sketch set the stage in a barbershop
The BRIT Awards opener staged a barbershop scene with host Jack Whitehall reading on his phone that Styles would be taking a break from music in 2023, then cut to a montage of Whitehall pining after Styles — thinking he spotted him while jogging and embracing Styles’ wax figure at Madame Tussauds — before Whitehall finally arrived at the BRIT Awards in time for the performance.
On-stage debut of "Aperture" on bleachers
Styles began the live debut of "Aperture" on a set of bleachers, flanked by dozens of dancers in black shades and T-shirts printed with snails. Dressed in high-waisted dress pants and a shirt with a tie, he led the choreography, then strutted down the stage to join a backing band and gospel singers; the dancers met him in the middle of the venue for a finale, surrounding him and waving their hands in synchronicity.
Harry Styles’s Chanel look and the shoe moment
Rumors about harry styles’s red-carpet outfit were right: Chanel clinched the look, which was a black-and-white bouclé pinstripe jacket with matching trousers and a pale mint pinstripe cotton shirt — identified as look 39 from Chanel’s Métiers d’art 2026 collection. His stylist, Harry Lambert, leaned into womenswear references and a distinct shoe moment; the reporting around the event noted a shift toward French-girl flats and a broader taste for accessories deemed "feminine, " from mint-green, bow-bedecked Dior mules to the kind of ballet-pump moments Styles has explored before.
Fashion rollout, influences and industry context
The outfit matched the color-saturated fashion rollout tied to the album aesthetic — think a mustard Miu Miu jumper and a Prada bowling pin shirt and tie — and the disco-ball bathed album artwork shot by Johnny Dufort. Stylists sourced sunglasses from General Eyewear Vintage. Observers placed the look beside recent runway dispatches from Milan Fashion Week, evoking the Bella Hadid-ification of the Prada runway and Maria Grazia Chiuri bringing back Karl Lagerfeld collars at Fendi, with some speculation that a Jonathan Anderson moment for Dior could have been in play during the planning stages.
Album details, charts and a packed 2026 schedule
Styles’ fourth studio album, "Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, " will debut on March 6. Its lead single, "Aperture, " was released Jan. 22 and debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the U. K. singles chart. Styles has promised the record will be synthesizer-heavy, citing inspirations that include LCD Soundsystem and his time living in Berlin.
Tour dates, SNL and festival curatorship
After a one-night-only album release show at Manchester’s Co-op Live on March 6, Styles will launch a world tour titled "Together, Together, " which kicks off on May 16 with 10 shows in Amsterdam. The tour includes 12 nights in London — where he will break two Wembley Stadium records — four shows in São Paulo, six nights in Mexico City, 30 shows at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, three nights in Melbourne and two in Sydney. Styles is next slated to serve as host and musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" on March 14, marking his second time pulling double duty on the NBC sketch series, and he was recently tapped to curate Meltdown at London’s Southbank Centre, where he will headline a festival running June 11-21.
The BRIT Awards this year took place at Manchester’s Co-op Live; Olivia Dean and Lola Young led the nominations with five nods each. Styles last performed at the 2023 BRIT Awards, where he took home four trophies for "Harry's House. "
Next on the calendar are the album release and Manchester one-night show on March 6, followed by his "Saturday Night Live" appearance on March 14 and the start of the "Together, Together" tour on May 16.
