"Music for a Sushi Restaurant" is a song by English singer

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, from his third studio album ''

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'' (2022). It was released to

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on 3 October 2022, as the album's third single. The song was written by Styles,

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, Tyler Johnson and

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, while production was handled by

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and Johnson. A music video for the song was later released on 27 October 2022, starring Styles as a singing

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Background

Harry Styles announced the title of his third studio album as ''

'' on 23 March 2022, unveiling its artwork, a 40-second trailer and the album's release date as 20 May 2022. Styles spoke in an interview with Leila Fadel of NPR after the release of the album and revealed the story behind the track:

Promotion

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'', it is the definite soundtrack for a new advertisement for AirPods of

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with Spatial Audio that dropped on Thursday (June 2). The playful spot cued to the jazzy opening track from ''Harry's House'', the new album of Harry Styles, is a bit of a throwback to some of the classic 2003 Apple “Silhouettes” ads of yore, featuring pink, red and blue dancers grooving to the bass-slapping tune along with Styles scatting along as his color-blocked body cycles through a variety of eye-popping hues. Styles then had requested that Apple to donate his artist fee for his appearance in the commercial to the

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(IRC). “From all of us at the IRC: Thank you to @HarryStyles and @Apple for your generous donation to the IRC,” said the organization that helps people around the world suffering through humanitarian crises in a tweet. “Working in more than 40 countries, your support will help us reach even more refugees and people in need in the world’s toughest places. Honored to have your support!”

Music video

A music video for "Music for a Sushi Restaurant" was teased on 20 October 2022 through a commercial and website promoting the fictional Gill's Lounge, which is depicted in the video itself. On 27 October 2022, the Aube Perrie-directed music video was released. Styles stars as a

that is washed ashore and found by several owners of a restaurant, who bring him to the kitchen and plan to cook him into sushi. However, Styles reveals his singing ability and takes control of the restaurant, making the owners his servants. The restaurant is turned into a lounge where Styles performs. During a performance, Styles loses his voice, and the owners later end up dragging him away and turning him into sushi. The music video ends with the lounge being turned into a sushi restaurant.

Commercial performance

Following the release of its parent album ''Harry's House'', "Music for a Sushi Restaurant" entered at number 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 dated June 4, 2022, becoming one of the four top-ten entries; the others being "

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" which peaked at numbers one, three and nine, respectively. Prior to being released as a single, "Music for a Sushi Restaurant" began to chart on the

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at number 40 on the issue dated July 23, 2022, and later peaked at number 9.

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