Harry Styles received a standing ovation after his electric performance of Bridge Over Troubled Water during his pared-back show at Meltdown Festival on Tuesday night.
The musician took a break from his Wembley residency to perform the show with the Jules Buckley Orchestra at London’s Southbank Centre, and concluded the night with a cover of the 1970 Simon And Garfunkel hit.
Harry is known to be a fan of the track, and his audience’s reaction to the cover has since gone viral on social media.
Footage shared on Instagram showed the huge round of applause from the crowd, with Rolling Stone UK praising his ‘stunning’ version of the song.
Harry’s performance came after his bandmate Liam Payne famously covered the song to raise money for the Grenfell Appeal in 2017.
The 32-year-old is currently in the middle of his 12-night residency in London and in between hits he took a moment to reflect over ‘how beautiful, difficult and fragile life can be’.
Talking to the crowd, he began: ‘I’ve been letting a lot of life happen and having some stuff land on me and as these things were happening just sort of feeling how beautiful, and difficult and inspiring and fragile life can be.
‘I have never felt more hopeful being in these rooms with you about the future than I am today.
‘It feels like the start of something rather than the end of something and what you guys create together is incredibly special and I hope you know that.’
