Styles performed "As It Was" for the first time at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on 15 April and 22 April 2022. At the 'One Night Only' performance for Harry's House, Styles surprised the crowd at Madison Square Garden with an encore of the track.

While he usually sticks the band's debut single, "What Makes You Beautiful," in his tour setlists (which he's still performing on Love On Tour, BTW), the callback to his boy band roots with "Stockholm Syndrome" and "Best Song Ever" comes as a pleasant surprise to fans.

The benefits of a cover song: Offers clear impression of YOUR unique sound — since the track will differ from the original. May have some search benefit — if people are looking for good versions of that song. An algorithmic boost — if you're one of the first artists to release a cover of a current hit.

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. Originally, it referred to a version of a song released around the same time as the original in order to compete with it.