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harpoon

[hahr-poon] / hɑrˈpun /
NOUN
javelin
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Working with his trusty producers Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson, Styles builds gorgeously detailed grooves like the blissed-out gospel-house “Aperture”; “Are You Listening Yet?”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Co-produced by Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson, the album was made for the earbud era.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

During a test of a Harpoon anti-ship missile, its booster — the rocket engine that launches the missile — was “activated” but not ignited, and then it could not be deactivated, the Danish military said.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Pitchfork noted that the record is divided into "AM" and "PM" sections, with the former, written alongside Harry Styles' collaborator Kid Harpoon, outshining the "maddening" and "grating" second half.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023

Harpoon is lying along the seats with the tip out over the bow.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick




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