YMMV / Calvin Harris

• Awesome Music: Two amazing songs featuring his then girlfriend Ellie Goulding: Outside and I Need Your Love.
• Broken Base:
  • Many parts of Calvin's fanbase prefer him more when he was a pop singer/disco producer than what he is now. People who don't know his previous work are split between thinking that he's a reliable producer who makes great dance hits, or is a generic and bland rich DJ who makes the same music over and over again.
  • The base became even worse when he started dating Taylor Swift. Many Swifties seem to think that Calvin is a very attractive and likeable guy, while others think that Taylor shouldn't waste her time on him.
• Friendly Fandoms:
  • Typically is associated with David Guetta, Zedd, Dillon Francis, and Taylor Swift (which Calvin used to date and even co-wrote "This Is What You Came For" under the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg) on the radio, and the same can be said with their fandoms.
  • If you're into any type of EDM, chances are that Calvin Harris is a well-liked name for playing hits.
• Growing the Beard: Although already a hitmaker and big within the EDM circuit, critics didn't care for him until the release of Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1, a foray into post-disco and funk that was met with praise and got him taken more seriously in a lot of music communities.
• Memetic Mutation: Wenomechainsama ^Explanation A mishearing of "When I met you in the summer" from Summer, which became an ironic meme in 2022.
• Nightmare Fuel:
  • Calvin has been known to make some really weird Instagram posts...
  • His music video for Slow Acid is creepy as well, with a blue girl stretching and turning into some kind of ghost (which happens to be the album's artwork). It really gets you wondering about what's in Calvin's head.
  • The music video for "I'm Not Alone" portrayed Calvin Harris as a Mad Scientist performing horrific experiments on captive females.
• Signature Song:
  • "We Found Love" featuring Rihanna is his most famous song. It's the track that got Calvin famous in America.
  • "Summer" has Harris himself singing the vocals, and is the song that prevents people from getting him confused with another artist. It also got associated with a famous meme, further boosting its popularity.
• Suspiciously Similar Song: "Thinking About You" is similar to Avicii/Tim Berg's "Silhouette" and "Seek Bromance".
  • The guitar riffs in "Pray To God" are reminiscent to that of Stevie Nicks's "One Winged Dove".
  • Swedish producer and fellow collaborator Alesso criticized "Iron" for being extremely similar to his unreleased single Clash.
  • "Feels" is often remarked to have the same chord progression as "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire.
• Tear Jerker: "We'll Be Coming Back" has some melancholy lyrics. Fortunately, there's enough optimism in it to bring happy tears, too.