Keep Driving

Album: Harry's House (2022)
Charted: 25
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Songfacts®:

  • "Keep Driving" is a metaphorical song where Styles ignores the negative stuff and carries on with his life.
  • The song starts positively as Styles croons stream-of-consciousness lyrics about spending carefree time with his lover.

    Black-and-white film camera
    Yellow sunglasses
    Ash tray, swimming pool
    Hot wax, jump off the roof


    However, the world is changing, and there is plenty of crazy stuff happening. Should Styles keep moving forward and ignore the worrying sound of the engine?

    A small concern with how the engine sounds
    We held darkness in withheld clouds
    I would ask, "Should we just keep driving?"


    Rather than getting overwhelmed about the state of the world ("Riot America") and those personal niggly things ("toothache, bad move"), Styles presses on ("It's all good").
  • Styles wrote "Keep Driving" with his touring guitarist Mitch Rowland and Harry's House producers Tyler Johnson and Kid Harpoon.
  • Rowland, Johnson and Kid Harpoon played most of the instruments between them (synthesizer, keyboard, drum machine, drums, bass and electric guitar). The only exceptions were Styles (glockenspiel) and the singer's touring drummer, Sarah Jones (percussion). Jones has also served as a touring drummer for Bat for Lashes, Bloc Party, and Hot Chip. In 2021, she welcomed her first child with Rowland.

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