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"Sign of the Times" was initially written by Jeff Bhasker, Mitch Rowland, Ryan Nasci, Alex Salibian, Tyler Johnson, with Styles earning songwriter credit by contributing. It was produced by Bhasker and co-produced by Salibian and Johnson. Musically, it was described by critics as a pop rock and soft rock ballad. Its accompanying music video was released on 8 May 2017. "Sign of the Times" reached #1 on the UK charts and #4 in the United States. In 2018, the single won a BMI Pop Award, the video won a Brit Award for British Artist Video of the Year, and an iHeart Radio Award for Best Music Video.
The idea of the song was conceived by Styles while playing chords on the piano in Jamaica. Styles explained to Rolling Stone that "The song is written from a point of view as if a mother was giving birth to a child and there's a complication. The mother is told, 'The child is fine, but you're not going to make it.' The mother has five minutes to tell the child, 'Go forth and conquer.' "
Most recently, a version of the song was used in the 2026 feature film Project Hail Mary, in a scene in which Sandra Hüller's character Eva Stratt performs it during a karaoke gathering, and was also used in a trailer for the film.