Fans Were Not Impressed With Harry Styles' Grammy Performance
By Kelly Coffey-Behrens on February 6, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST
Just moments after winning Best Pop Vocal Album for "Harry's House," 29-year-old Harry Styles went on stage to perform his hit single, "As It Was."
Styles brought his iconic music video to life as he recreated the giant red turntable and drifted around the stage while performing the song.
However, some felt the performance fell short, while others are saying that the 29-year-old looked exhausted and desperately needs some sleep.
Fans Were Left Disappointed With "As It Was" Performance
After Styles performed his hit "As It Was," which had many resemblances to the award-winning music video, fans felt disappointed.
One fan, for example, felt his performance did not live up to the standards of Harry Styles as they Tweeted, "I’m a big Harry Styles guy, but am I the only one who thought his performance was kinda mid?"
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To which, one fan replied, "I thought it was terrible! 🤦🏻♀️ It was So boring and he looked exhausted."
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Another fan took a jab at Styles' outfit for his performance, Tweeting, "harry styles 2023 grammys performance with no context."
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One Grammys viewer used a video of judges from "The X Factor" hitting their "X" buttons, writing, "harry styles performance."
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While one user wrote, "Something is up....anyone else think #HarryStyles is upset. That performance no energy no buzz like his shows looked like he easily gonna cry I feel for him he don't seem happy at all 😭😭😭."
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Another brought up the acoustics during his performance, writing, "Worst harry styles performance I’ve ever seen omg what did they do to this poor man’s mic!??"
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And one Twitter user expressed, Harry Styles winning Album of the year after giving such a crappy live performance smh."
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Others Stand Up For Styles
Not everyone felt the performance fell short as many fans of Styles Tweeted out saying that the "As It Was" singer killed it at the Grammys.
"Sorry to disappoint y’all Harry styles was great in his performance, way more nervous than usual yes but not bad, the sound in the arena was this and it was great, stop reaching," one fan Tweeted along with a video.
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Another wrote, "And he ate this performance tf up. F**K THE GOSSIP 😩🥰."
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Taylor Swift Jams Out
Although the fans were not impressed with the Grammy winner's "As It Was" performance, there was one member in the audience who couldn't get enough -- the one and only Taylor Swift.
One fan Tweeted a video of the "Anti-Hero" singer standing up in the audience dancing to Styles' performance. "taylor swift being the only one standing up and dancing to harry styles’ performance im gonna throw up i love them," they wrote.
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While another fan of the "Don't Worry Darling" actor wrote something similar. "🚨| Taylor Swift stands out in a crowd as she dances along to Harry Styles’ performance at the #GRAMMYs!," they said.
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Another shared a video of Swift applauding Styles after his performance of "As It Was" ended, writing, "Taylor Swift clapping for Harry Styles after his #GRAMMYs performance! 😭."
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Despite the mixed reactions to his "As It Was" performance, Harry Styles had a big night as he took home the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album and for the biggest category of the night -- Album of the Year -- both for "Harry's House."