How Cherry by Harry Sounds
One of my favorite songs right now is Cherry by Harry Styles. It is off his Fine Line album and really encompasses many wonderful themes and ideals. However uncle I will be covering how the music sounds to a person who doesn’t quite know how to describe music.
In the song that starts off with just like a small little “who hoo” and then a harmonica and some strings of some sort. To me, it sounds hypnotic and mesmerizing. The whole song sounds very hypnotic to me actually, almost like you’re supposed to feel like you’re in a dream.
He then also adds things that sound like wind coming through a window. I am not quite sure how to explain that other than purposely forcing a feeling of longing throughout the song. Adding to this, I think he adds the drums and strings in specific moments to create his voice to sound more magically.
Furthermore, Harry stops the background music at some point to allow the listeners to really listen to the sound of his voice and really get the lyrics he is saying. To me, when the background/underlying music stops, It’s sort of like him taking a breath to gather his thoughts. I could definitely see this piece going in specifically to add an element of flashbacks from an argument with a partner, though in the song, he is not with them but longs to be.
I think the vibe of this song is really simple, but that almost makes it sound better, in my opinion. Having the Really simple underlying music helps the audience to listen to the song and vibe with it more. If they were more complex beats or drums or strings or anything really listeners will be possibly caught off guard and not quite listen to the lyrics as well as he would with something simpler. Going off of that, Harry makes the song very soft and I think again, that allows listeners to not worry about contrast in the music and just sing along and sing with the song.
By the end of the song, you hear a long, at least like 5 second pause where I usually think the song is over. However, that is indeed wrong and there comes a woman singing/speaking french! It is really cool, I might’ve skipped it if I had not had the song on repeat, given the pause though. Again, it sounds hypnotic as the voice goes louder and then softer and giggles. I don’t know how else to describe it besides galactic, outer space vibes you’d get if you were hypnotized (or under some influences). I am not quite sure why Harry decided to put the woman and lounge pause into the song, but I genuinely think it suits the song well.
Overall, the song is very simple but provokes a lot of emotion. I think that some songs that have too much going on, can hurt the grasp of the lyrics rather than help, which is why I am guessing Harry chose to create the song as he did. (As it Was…. Wow haha so funny) Truly though, I love the song and I love how easy it is to vibe to, I hope y’all feel the same way!
