Harryween Is Back From Dead: Harry Styles Dons ‘X Factor’ Outfit for Stevie Wonder Cover
Harry Styles revived Harryween at Madison Square Garden, performing the penultimate show of his 30-night residency in costume. The event paired a career-spanning dress-up theme with a personal musical callback: Styles wore the outfit from his teenage X Factor audition and sang Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely”, the song he auditioned with.
The concert took place on 30 October, five years after Styles last held Harryween in New York. Earlier in the evening he appeared as Elvis, while his band and dancers dressed as versions of Styles from different points in his career. The residency’s Halloween finale was scheduled for the following night; Styles had also recently performed “Ever Since New York” for the first time in four years.
In short
- Harry Styles brought Harryween back to Madison Square Garden.
- He wore his X Factor audition outfit.
- He covered the Stevie Wonder song he auditioned with.
Explained simply
Harry Styles is an English singer who first became widely known as a teenager on the television talent show The X Factor. He auditioned with Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely” and later became a member of One Direction, the group formed from contestants on the show.
After One Direction went on hiatus, Styles built a solo career in music and acting. Madison Square Garden is a large New York venue where he has held a series of concerts, and “Harryween” is the name given to his Halloween-themed shows there.