Two Ghosts

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" Two Ghosts " is a song recorded by British singer and songwriter Harry Styles for his self-titled debut album. The song was written by Styles, John Ryan, Mitch Rowland and Tyler Johnson and produced by Jeff Bhasker, Alex Salibian and Johnson. The album was released as the second single from the album to US adult contemporary radio through Columbia Records on August 7, 2017, and onto contemporary hit radio the next day.

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Composition

"Two Ghosts" is a country-influenced ballad country. Done on the guitar slide, the track is leaning towards the people of the country. Lyrically, it is about a relationship that is not going on and the singer is trying to reclaim his humanity after the end, according to reviewers. An editor of Entertainment Weekly interprets the song as "a lost acoustic acoustic love lost."

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Critical reception

Leonie Cooper of NME is of the opinion that the "subtle" song offers "state-preserved Laurel Canyon sound." At Pitchfork , Jamieson Cox considers Styles "making a convincing country singer" on the song. Anjali Raguraman of The Straits Times thinks this "grim, nuanced country" song is borrowed from Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here". In Los Angeles Times, Mikael Wood commented that the song had a "slow wave of The Rolling Stones'" Tumbling Dice. "In the Consequences of Sound, David Sackllah noted the guitar slide" could fit on Ryan Adams' Gold . " Chicago Tribune ' s Greg Kot wrote" forlon reference down to Allman Brothers' "Melissa" on the song. "Annie Zaleski from The AV Club wrote it" acutely captures the discomfort, the empty feeling of realizing that the spark is gone. "

The Kitty Empire of The Guardian says it "gives some good writing." Allan Raible on ABC News found a song influenced by George Harrison, "All Things Must Pass." Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone thinks the song "love drunk" "can pass for the classic Bread." Eve Barlow from Variety believes it's very easy to imagine hyper emotional scenes extended from > The Notebook in the background "while listening to" tragic, confusing story. "In the same way, David Dunn of the National thinks" fastener "and" easy "" Strum helps match songs in Gray's Anatomy "watery" scene. BBC Music Reporter Mark Savage recorded a reference to Taylor Swift's "Style" in the storied lyrics; Pitchfork ' s Cox says the song "only works because it rests" on this reference. In an interview on BBC Radio 1, Styles responded whether the song was about a female singer: "I think it's a pretty self. -explanation."

The list of Billboard ' critics puts it seventh on the "Single Solo Single Direction, Ranking" in May 2017, stating "the sad strummer in Beck's print in his most contemplative or the most dizzy Ryan Adams , "Two Ghosts" are largely unavailable and can not be denied effective [...] Not as powerful or luxurious as some of the more vivid blurbs of Harry Styles, but sweet wins are all the same. "

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Live show

On May 17, 2017, Styles featured "Two Ghosts" on The Late Late Show with James Corden, accompanying himself with an acoustic guitar. In Rolling Stone, Elias Leight argues that the singer shows an "impressive" vocal range, turning his voice into a "bruised" hoarse and falsetto moment "light, cruel" then. On June 9, Styles performed the song from London's roof of Central Hall Westminster's venue on The Late Late Show .