Treat People with Kindness

"Treat People with Kindness"
Single by Harry Styles
from the album Fine Line
Released9 January 2021 (2021-01-09)
Recorded2019
Genre
Length3:17
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jeff Bhasker
Harry Styles singles chronology
"Golden"
(2020) 		"Treat People with Kindness"
(2021) 		"Fine Line"
(2021)
Music video
"Treat People with Kindness" on YouTube

"Treat People with Kindness" is a song by Harry Styles, recorded for his second album Fine Line (2019). The song was originally released on the album on 13 December 2019 by Columbia and Erskine Records[5] and features background vocals from the New York indie-pop band Lucius.[6] The song was serviced to adult contemporary radio formats in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2021 as the album's sixth single.[7] In an interview with Music Week, Styles credits a David Bowie interview for the inspiration behind the song, referring to it as a "tribute".[8]

  1. ^ Snapes, Laura (13 December 2019). "Harry Styles: Fine Line review – idiosyncratic pop with heart and soul". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ Mylrea, Hannah (9 December 2019). "Harry Styles – 'Fine Line' album review". NME. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. ^ Robinson, Gregory (15 December 2019). "Harry Styles: Fine Line review – confident, convincing and catchy". The Observer. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. ^ Sendra, Tim. "Fine Line – Harry Styles". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  5. ^ Legaspi, Althea (1 January 2021). "Harry Styles, Phoebe Waller-Bridge Team for 'Treat People With Kindness' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ^ "With Fine Line, Harry Styles transforms into a California-pop iconoclast". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC Radio 2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "'Small changes make a big difference': Harry Styles tells the story of Treat People With Kindness". Music Week. Retrieved 22 May 2021.