Dylan - 'You’re Not Harry Styles'
There’s only one direction likely for DYLAN in the wake of her latest banger, ‘You’re Not Harry Styles’.
Off the back of prior singles ‘Someone Else’ and ‘Nineteen’ comes this bold break-up anthem that will resonate with the modern generation.
Written by DYLAN – real name Natasha Woods – after being messed around by a boy, the end result is an energetic slice of modern pop.
The track already has a support base from 1D stans on TikTok and Instagram, and those who have seen her perform it supporting Griff and Thomas Headon in the past two months.
The studio version is just as punchy, with the singer telling this anonymous Louis: “You ain’t good enough to treat me bad.”
DYLAN has made the pre-chorus, - “To you I’m an overly emotional, easily replaceable, overthinking, dumb blonde, who never got her shit together” – into a social media game. It calls out this behaviour in a clever way, and sends a clear message: if you think you can do better, go right ahead.
And that cheeky chorus - “’cause you’re not quite Harry Styles” – sees the 22-year-old aiming squarely at the man with a superfluous ego, while rhyming his ‘God complex’ with ‘sex’.
It utilises the playbook of Anne-Marie, and is primed for imminent status on pop radio, sprinkling DYLAN’s addictive personality throughout the song – and the wider world.
The frustration bursts alive throughout the whole three minutes, and counteracts the hurt caused. Some things just aren’t worth the effort – unless, of course, you are Harry Styles.
To mark the birthday month of the modern male icon, DYLAN has headline shows lined up for February. It’s set to start an all-encompassing supermassive 2022. So what if one man couldn’t love DYLAN properly? Pop fans surely will.
Words by Samuel Draper
