Summary

The article discusses the hidden meaning behind Harry Styles' hit song "Watermelon Sugar," revealing it as a metaphor for female oral pleasure, and compares it to Olivia Newton-John's song "Physical," which was controversial for its suggestive lyrics in the 80s.

Abstract

The web content delves into the cultural and sexual implications of Harry Styles' "Watermelon Sugar," confirming through various sources, including Urban Dictionary and Harry Styles himself in a TikTok video, that the song's lyrics are a euphemism for the female orgasm and oral sex. The article contrasts this with the reception of Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," which was once banned for its risqué content but is now considered tame. It reflects on how songs can become the soundtrack of our lives and how their meanings can evolve or be interpreted differently over time. The piece also touches on the impact of these songs on their respective generations and the artists' intentions behind the lyrics.

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The author suggests that the true meaning of "Watermelon Sugar" was not immediately apparent to everyone, including Katherine Heigl, but was more obvious to Harry Styles' fans.
The article implies that songs like "Watermelon Sugar" and "Physical" have the power to influence societal norms and perceptions of sexuality.
There is an acknowledgment that the interpretation of song lyrics can vary significantly between generations, with older generations being less aware of the sexual connotations in "Watermelon Sugar."
The author expresses a personal connection to the songs discussed, emphasizing their significance as part of the soundtrack of their life.
The piece humorously notes the evolution of what is considered sexually suggestive in music, with "Physical" being shocking in its time compared to contemporary standards.
The author endorses joining Medium, suggesting that readers who enjoyed the article support the platform and, by extension, the writer's work.

Watermelon sugar secret meaning revealed

What Watermelon Sugar Means, Ask the Next King of Pop Harry Styles

Now Olivia Newton-John’s Physical does sound more like a lullaby

YouTube screenshot of Harry Styles eating watermelon

Watermelon Sugar, it’s about the ‘sweetness’ of … that is how far Harry Styles would say what the song is all about, oh yes… just like Katherine Heigl was late in the whole, ‘What does Harry Styles Watermelon Sugar mean?’ controversy, so was I.

Katherine Heigl replied to a comment on her Instagram post, “The kids??!! What about me??!! I thought it was a random slightly chaotic song about watermelons and sugar and…well hell I have no idea what I thought the song was about but oral sex never once crossed my mind…I guess Harry and I have different adjectives to describe the experience.”

So, if you are like Katherine Heigl and me, let’s get down to business, I mean let’s go deeper as to, ‘What does watermelon sugar mean?’

But before we get to the juicy part, let us examine the song's lyrics deep down. Here are the full lyrics courtesy of Musixmatch in case you want to, you know, study the hidden meaning of the words.

Tastes like strawberries On a summer evenin’ And it sounds just like a song

I want more berries And that summer feelin’ It’s so wonderful and warm

Breathe me in Breathe me out I don’t know if I could ever go without I’m just thinking out loud I don’t know if I could ever go without

Watermelon sugar High Watermelon sugar High Watermelon sugar High Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar

Strawberries On a summer evenin’ Baby, you’re the end of June

I want your belly And that summer feelin’ Getting washed away in you

Breathe me in Breathe me out I don’t know if I could ever go without

Watermelon sugar High Watermelon sugar High Watermelon sugar High Watermelon sugar high

I just wanna taste it I just wanna taste it Watermelon sugar high

Tastes like strawberries On a summer evenin’ And it sounds just like a song

I want your belly And that summer feelin’ I don’t know if I could ever go without

Watermelon sugar High Watermelon sugar High Watermelon sugar (sugar) High Watermelon sugar high (sugar)

Watermelon sugar High Watermelon sugar High Watermelon sugar High Watermelon sugar high

I just wanna taste it I just wanna taste it Watermelon sugar high

I just wanna taste it I just wanna taste it Watermelon sugar high Watermelon sugar

Trust Urban Dictionary to give you the answers as to what ‘watermelon sugar’ means, and yes, it is about oral pleasure, more specifically female oral pleasure, the C word — ‘Cunnilingus.’

There I said it. And if you need more education, head over to Healthline.

And for Watermelon Sugar not to become an urban legend, Harry Styles the next king of pop as Rolling Stone UK crowned him in a deep-down interview, had this to say about ‘What Watermelon Sugar means’, and it is all captured where else but in a trending TikTok video.

Harry Styles calls it —

“sweetness of life” but also the “female orgasm.”

He was a little coy about it during this Apple Music’s Zane Lowe interview,

Do songs have meaning?

Songs do have meaning, and I can’t stop telling people that songs form part of the soundtrack of our lives. I definitely have a playlist of songs about love and heartaches.

In the 80s, the biggest song wasn't from the King of Pop Michael Jackson or Madonna.

It belonged to our Sandy, yes to Olivia Newton-John who passed away a few weeks ago, to which I owe her some of the songs on my own life’s playlist and that song is Physical, it tops Billboard‘s Greatest of All Time Songs of the ’80s chart — and scored the most weeks atop the weekly Hot 100 of any song that decade.

And that song when first released got Olivia Newton-John ‘banned’ for being too sexy!!! ᕦ(◉෴◉)ᕥ

It was a different time, and what was in the song’s lyrics that got people talking?

The risqué lyrics talk about watching a “suggestive movie” and talking less, ‘less its horizontally.

I’m saying all the things that I know you’ll like Making good conversation I gotta handle you just right You know what I mean I took you to an intimate restaurant Then to a suggestive movie There’s nothing left to talk about ‘Less it’s horizontally

And these lines as well,

You gotta know that you’re bringin’ out The animal in me

And after 40 years, Olivia had this to say about Physical,

“it is like a lullaby!”

To wrap this up, yes, we finally solved the puzzle, or was it even a puzzle to all the Harry Styles fans out there? They knew Watermelon Sugar was about female orgasms and oral sex.

My generation just didn’t know about it, as they kept their lips wet …I mean sealed.

Sources:

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