Songfacts®:

• Harry Styles wrote this funky and jazzy love song after he heard one of his Fine Line tracks playing in an LA sushi restaurant. Styles, who was dining with one of his producers, commented that it was strange music for such an eatery. He then thought to himself, "Music For a Sushi Restaurant" could be a fun album title. Eventually, he decided Harry's House had a better ring to it, but he retained "Music For a Sushi Restaurant" as this song's name.
• Lyrically, this is a collection of racy food metaphors describing Styles' attraction for his love interest.
  
  You're sweet ice cream, but you could use a Flake or two
  Blue bubblegum twisted 'round your tongue
• Styles wrote "Music For a Sushi Restaurant" with guitarist Mitch Rowland and Harry's House producers Tyler Johnson and Kid Harpoon.
• The three songwriters played all the instruments (synthesizer, bass guitar, electric guitar, drum machine, drums) apart from Ivan Jackson on the trumpet. Jackson is one half of the New Jersey production duo BrassTracks, who won two Grammy Awards for their work on Chance the Rapper's single "No Problem." Jackson previously played horns on Fine Line's title track, "Lights Up," and "Watermelon Sugar."
• This is the opening track of Harry's House. Styles originally had something different in mind to start of the album, but after writing "Sushi" he decided it fit the bill perfectly. "It becomes really obvious what the first song should be based on what you play for people when they're like, 'Oh, can I hear a bit of the music?'" he told Apple Music. "It's like, how do you want to set the tone?"
• The song features in an Apple advertising campaign that promotes the immersive audio experience on the third generation AirPods. The playful spot is a throwback to the classic Apple "Silhouettes" ads launched in 2003 as a visually minimalist way of promoting the original iPod. Gal Muggia and Vania Heymann, the Israeli duo behind music videos like Coldplay's "Up & Up" and Dua Lipa's "We're Good," directed the commercial.
  
  Styles asked Apple to donate his payment to the International Rescue Committee.
• The surreal Aube Perrie-directed video stars Styles as a half-squid man. When he's washed ashore, some chefs find the merman and plan to cook him into sushi. However, when the merman shows he can sing, he becomes a star attraction and takes control of the restaurant.