Playlist: Harry Styles
Get in the mood for the 31st edition of Meltdown with this playlist of tracks by, and featuring, its curator
As if 2026 wasn’t shaping up to be a big enough year for Harry Styles already, the influential cultural icon has joined forces with the Southbank Centre to curate the world’s longest-running artist-curated music festival.
Expect this summer’s Meltdown (11 – 21 June) to embody Styles’ self-expression and creative curiosity, with artists who reflect his broad influences of pop, soul, electronic and rock.
The artists appearing at Harry Styles’ Meltdown were announced in April and May, so until the festival begins what else is there to do but sit back, crank up the volume, and enjoy the man himself in full flow, with tracks from each of his chart-topping albums.
‘My goal as Meltdown curator is to share the music and art that I love, and to celebrate the rich history of the Southbank Centre’
Harry Styles
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