Lucius frontwomen Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig were invited to the studio to work with Styles on a different song; during their sessions, Styles asked them to sing on the instrumental recording. Styles would later record his vocals. As noted by Lucius, the women's vocals are a central feature of the song; in an unrelated interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2022, the duo stated they had asked Styles to be credited as a featured artist after learning how prominently they featured in the song. [9] Promotion [ edit ] Larson, Jeremy D. (13 December 2019). "Harry Styles: Fine Line Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 16 May 2021. a b c d " 'Small changes make a big difference': Harry Styles tells the story of Treat People With Kindness". Music Week . Retrieved 22 May 2021. On a dark day, Harry Styles has delivered cause for joy". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 17 May 2021.

Top 20 Ecuador Anglo – Del 06 al 12 de Febrero, 2021". Monitor Latino . Retrieved 10 February 2021. The music video is directed by Gabe and Ben Turner, who have previously worked with Harry Styles for past music videos, and was released on 1 January 2021, and features actress and writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge. [19] Turner reveals that this idea led Harry Styles to personally asking Waller-Bridge to feature in the video. Turner states that the influence for the dance was inspired by a 1940s Nicholas Brothers dance scene from Stormy Weather, which led to the idea of having Harry Styles perform with a dance partner. [19] The music video choreographer, Paul Roberts, explained that he also had gained inspiration for the dance from Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. [20] Critical reception [ edit ] a b Conrad, Anna (12 January 2021). "How the joyous 'Treat People With Kindness' video came together". British GQ . Retrieved 17 May 2021. Styles was inspired to write the song after adopting the titular phrase as the slogan for his 2018 tour. It was written during the end of the Fine Line recordings sessions with frequent collaborator producer Jeff Bhasker and songwriter Ilsey Juber. [8]

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Wood, Mikael (11 April 2022). "How producer Brandi Carlile helped Lucius turn domestic heartbreak into dancefloor joy". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 13 April 2022. How Harry Styles Found His Inner Dancer For 'Treat People With Kindness' ". Billboard . Retrieved 27 May 2021.A big part of the freedom that I felt making this record came from touring last time and the interaction with the fans,” he said. “When I was touring with One Direction, fans came to the show but it was for something bigger. The band felt bigger than us, so it felt like they came to see that thing. It never quite felt like, ‘Oh all these people are here for me.’” Brletich, Hannah (1 May 2020). "The Bidirectional Relationship between Art and Business". Information Systems Undergraduate Honors Theses. British single certifications – Harry Styles – Treat People with Kindness". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 6 October 2022. Top 20 Uruguay Anglo – Del 27 de Marzo al 2 de Abril, 2021". Monitor Latino . Retrieved 1 April 2021. It was a pin I had on my guitar strap and we made T-shirts for it, then I saw a lot of t-shirts around,” said the singer. “I’d be driving or something and see someone in one and I started feeling like, ‘Oh this is a bit of a thing.’”

The singer enjoys the fact that the idea for the song was generated organically on tour, and paid tribute to his fans for allowing him to feel the freedom to make it.With Fine Line, Harry Styles transforms into a California-pop iconoclast". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 17 May 2021.

I’d seen this clip of David Bowie talking saying that you usually end up doing your best work when you feel like you can’t quite touch the bottom, and realising that the fact that it made me feel a little uncomfortable didn’t mean it was a bad song was big thing,” he explained. os SAVAITĖS (sausio 1-lapkričio 7 d.) SINGLŲ TOP100" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 8 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019 . Retrieved 10 January 2021. a b Mylrea, Hannah (9 December 2019). "Harry Styles – 'Fine Line' album review". NME . Retrieved 29 January 2021. Brazilian single certifications – Harry Styles – Treat People with Kindness" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil . Retrieved 5 January 2023.Critical response to "Treat People with Kindness" was generally mixed. Claire Biddles from The Line of Best Fit found the song's beginning "enigmatic" but felt that it ultimately proves "meaningless". [21] Graham Reid regarded it as "feel-good" but obligatory and guilty of virtue signalling. [22] In Consequence, Bryan Rolli accused Styles of "sleepwalking" throughout the song and leaving the "heavy-lifting to the gospel singers", [23] while Ellen Johnson of Paste said that the " Queen-indebted anthem" features "off-pitch singers". [24]