It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Harry Styles in a sequinned bright yellow leotard!

Earlier this week, the “Watermelon Sugar” singer was quite literally launched out of a circus cannon while ostensibly performing for his latest music video, per the Daily Mail. Photos taken at the Santus Circus, a French family-run circus that has toured the United Kingdom for more than 30 years, show the Grammy winner gliding through the air, suspended by cords.