George Styles has crafted a song that starts soft and ends strong. How Will I Ever Know is not hasty to its great moment. It’s theirs, and it deserves it one step at a time.
After 25 years apart, George found his old bandmate Tommy Street, and they made this song, which definitely wasn’t lost on either of them. Jeff Gilman joins them on bass, and the history is such that the song is naturally close to music, like three people knowing how to complete each other’s thoughts. The song starts softly, with a few instruments playing with each other quietly and patiently. It’s so quiet that it draws you to it; you feel compelled to be close to it, but you don’t realize you’re leaning forward.
The singer’s voice remains low and intimate, as though George were speaking directly to you and not performing. The intimacy of that proximity makes what happens next even more difficult, as you’ve been sitting right there with him all along. Then the song opens up completely. The instruments hit with power, the rhythm section gets tight and the vocals get rougher and more urgent. It’s like the aftermath of a long-time pressure.
It’s not a sudden or forced change from quiet to loud. It’s like the logical conclusion of the preceding song, like, it just had to come out here, right? The track takes you to a different place by the end of the run. This is a thing that takes time to build, and it’s a thing that requires real chemistry, rather than just a shortcut; and it’s a thing that pays off big time. It’s a song that’s built on history, and you can hear it all.
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