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Emma now works, alongside her acting career, as a UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador and in speech she made earlier this week, urged men to get behind the #HeForShe campaign, which promotes gender equality.

Her aim was to encourage men to support women and help fight for their rights and it's worked - as Harry has now joined a whole host of male celebs, including Douglas Booth, in getting behind her work.

In her speech, Emma explained how she was called "bossy" at school after saying she wanted to produce a school play before adding:

"At 15 my girlfriends started dropping out of their sports teams because they didn't want to appear 'muscly'...at 18 my male friends were unable to express their feelings."

Good work, Emma.

Harry's first ever girlfriend was Felicity Skinner, who she dated for about a year, long-distance, when they were both 15. She later told a newspaper that she mysteriously stopped hearing from him when he went to X Factor bootcamp, which is quite RUDE, HARRY.

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E! NEWS ARTICLE - '26 Essential Things to Know About Harry Styles' (2020)

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Anne was the one who ended up sending Harry's X Factor application in when he got cold feet.

"People tell me I'm a good singer. It's normally my mum," the 16-year-old said, already the charmer, when he auditioned for The X Factor in the spring of 2010, performing Stevie Wonders' "Isn't She Lovely" a cappella. "Singing is what I want to do and if people who can make that happen for me think I shouldn't be doing that, then it's a major setback in my plans."

Well, they did and they didn't. Harry didn't make it through to the final Boys group, or even to the penultimate Boys group, but the show didn't want to let him go.

Fatefully, Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger, who was a guest judge filling in for Cheryl Cole, thought to group Harry together with fellow aspiring solo artists Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson.

"Come on, I'm not going to take credit, but I'm going to take credit," Scherzinger says in the 2013 documentary One Direction: Going Our Way about her usually uncredited role in capturing lightning in a bottle. ( Louis Walsh, meanwhile, was the other judge, the one who infamously didn't get Harry at all.)

It was Harry, however, who came up with the group's name.

"I thought it sounded good," he recalled on CBS Sunday Morning in 2017. "We threw around names for a little bit, and I honestly don't know. I suggested it and everyone was like, 'Yeah, we like that,' and then it kind of stuck, and that was what it was."

"Basically we just came up with the idea to make loads of names up," Zayn said on Phoenix's Hot 97.5 FM in 2012, "and it was one of the first names Harry came up with. He just texted it to us and we were like, 'Yeah, I like that, it's cool.' There were some really embarrassing ones that Liam came up with...What was the other one? USP-Unique Selling Point."

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ITV Anne was the one who ended up sending Harry's X Factor application in when he got cold feet. "People tell me I'm a good singer. It's normally my mum," the 16-year-old said, already the charmer, when he auditioned for The X Factor in the spring of 2010, performing Stevie Wonders' "Isn't She Lovely" a cappella.

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Harry Styles, a member of UK boy band One Direction has been slammed by the husband of married radio DJ Lucy Horobin over Harry's alleged tryst with the 33-year-old woman, who is twice his age.
Husband Oliver Pope, who has since reconciled with his wife, charges that Styles actively pursued the older woman and is no "innocent party" to the affair.

"Harry is a rat. Since his fling with Lucy has been revealed, he's been hailed a hero - and innocent lad who just happens to like older women," a friend of Pope's told London tabloid The Mirror.

Harry reported had an affair with the married DJ that lasted several weeks, before he tossed her over and moved on to TV hostess Caroline Flack, who also is twice his age, but unmarried.

The friend said Styles, 17, is a "spoilt little rich kid who does whatever he wants' and responded when Lucy first told him of the fling: "The little scumbag with Caroline Flack?"

Since the affair was made public last week, Horobin has been chased from Twitter by seething One Direction fans.

The affair has even caused some tension for teen rival Justin Bieber. He hung up during a radio interview, after the DJ made a joke about Styles making a play for Justin's mother, who is also in her mid-thirties.

Earlier, in a separate interview, Bieber girlfriend Selena Gomez joked about Harry hitting on her mother as well, who is also in her 30s.

Seems no one is laughing now.

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Harry Styles, a member of UK boy band One Direction has been slammed by the husband of married radio DJ Lucy Horobin over Harry's alleged tryst with the 33-year-old woman, who is twice his age.Husband Oliver Pope, who has since reconciled with his wife, charges that Styles actively pursued the older woman and is no "innocent party" to the affair.

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EVENING STANDARD ARTICLE  'Harry Styles reveals how he escaped knifepoint mugging in Valentine’s Day ordeal' (2020)

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Harry Styles has revealed how he leapt in front of a car to escape violent muggers who allegedly threatened him with a knife on Valentine's Day.

The former One Direction star was on a night out in Hampstead, north London, when he claims he was approached by a group of men.

Speaking on a US radio show on Monday, the 26-year-old said the group followed him as he crossed the road.

"I thought, 'I'm about to get robbed'," he told Howard Stern's Sirius XM radio show.

"The guys are like 'Hey, can we talk to you for a minute?' and there is nobody around," he added. "My heart's pounding, so I'm like 'Sure'."

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The pop star then described how he rejected the group's offer for "some weed" before one of them asked: "What have you got on you?"

"They all kind of gathered around me, and I said 'I haven't got anything'," Styles said, to which the lead thug replied: "Stop f****** around."

The singer added: "I would like to clarify there was more than one guy. There was a bunch of guys." He joked: "There were 87!"

He then explained that he had some cash in his pocket which he handed over to the men, but one spotted his headphone jack and asked: "What's that plugged into?"

"I was like 'For god's sake, it's my phone'," Styles said. "So I pull out my phone and I'm thinking, OK this is really annoying, but I'll wipe it and get a new phone, and kind of, whatever - not worth fighting over."

"And then the guy's like 'Unlock your phone'. The other guy pulls his shirt up and he's got a knife sticking in his pants and I was like - s***.

When Styles responded that he wouldn't unlock his phone, his alleged assailant said: "You've got 10 seconds to unlock your phone" and then began counting down.

Styles said he then tried to hand over the handset, but the mugger said he wanted it to be unlocked.

"I was like, 'I can't' and there's like a little pond behind them near where I live, and I thought I'd throw it in the pond and be like, neither of us can have it," he said.

"Then I thought, I don't want to p*** them off.

Harry Styles 'robbed at knifepoint on Valentine's Day' in north London

The 26-year-old then noticed two cars approaching, at which point he "felt an opportunity to sprint and run.

"I just run into the road and try to stop a car," he said. But, acknowledging that he must have looked like a "mad man" no drivers would let him in.

"Then I just turned and ran back towards the little village area near where I live," he continued.

"So I just sprinted, but usually when I'm out walking I'm wearing running stuff, and this was the one time I was wearing like corduroy flairs and shoes, I was like, 'I'm going to have to sprint all the way down this hill.

"I just sprinted and I guess because they had cash they ended up turning around."

Asked if it made him feel unsafe walking around, Styles said: "I went walking around the next day for that reason.

"I just didn't want it to stop me walking. I walk a lot of nights when I'm home and I really like it.

"I feel it's something I really enjoy, so I went and had some friends with me the next time, but I've been going since and I have a night guard who comes to my house."

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Following the incident, Met Police confirmed they were investigating reports of a knifepoint robbery in Spaniards Road, Hampstead.

They said in a statement on February 18: "Officers were contacted on Saturday regarding the incident which happened at 11.50pm on Friday.

"It was reported that a man in his 20s was approached by another man and threatened him with a knife.

"The victim was not injured however, cash was taken from him.

"No arrests and enquiries are ongoing."

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Harry Styles has revealed how he leapt in front of a car to escape violent muggers who allegedly threatened him with a knife on Valentine's Day. The former One Direction star was on a night out in Hampstead, north London, when he claims he was approached by a group of men.

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Harry Styles Taylor Swift-ed his debut album and straight-up named a girl he had only met once in the song "Carolina." This time around, he's not going that far, but Fine Line is full of references to his most recent ex-girlfriend, Victoria's Secret model Camille Rowe. For most of his career, Styles has been as private as possible about his relationships. Of course, when you date Taylor Swift and Kendall Jenner, the paparazzi are going to be in a frenzy. But post-One Direction, Camille Rowe seems to be his longest and quietest relationship. Quiet until Fine Line. Harry processes their breakup on three songs specifically: "Cherry," "Falling," and "To Be So Lonely," although the whole album has hints of Camille. Here's what Harry has to say about the end of his relationship with Camille Rowe.

"Cherry" and Camille Rowe's Voicemail, Translated

Cherry, cherry, cherry. "Cherry" has nothing to do with cherries. The title of the song is actually Harry and Camille's ship name, a prettier version of "Charry." Fine Line is full of fruit references, making the name fit perfectly with "Watermelon Sugar." But (and this is a long shot) it may be a subtle reference to Larry shippers, fans who wanted him and 1D member Louis Tomlinson to date. They spent years forcing Larry onto him. Now, he's gonna tell them a little bit about Cherry, an actual relationship he was actually in.

The song begins and ends with Camille's voice. She says "Coucou," a French
"Hello," right before the guitar starts strumming.

Harry sings, "Don't you call him 'baby' / We're not talking lately / Don't you call him what you used to call me," a jealous and, admittedly selfish, request. But he's still hurting from the breakup. "I think the moment that I wrote it, I wanted it to be true to the moment that I wrote it, and how I was feeling then [which was] not great," Harry told Zane Lowe on Apple Music Beats 1 Radio. Mission accomplished!

"I noticed that there's a piece of you in how I dress / Take it as a compliment," he sings. Based on her Instagram, Camille tends to opt for a loose button down, a Styles classic, but sometimes wears fun suits and flared pants, apparently inspiring Harry. Fashion inspo aside, he's still down in the dumps. Harry is actually a little petty on this song. "I just miss your accent and your friends / Did you know I still talk to them?" he asks.

The bridge of the song is short. It's literally one question that Harry just needs to ask Camille, point-blank: "Does he take you walking 'round his parents' gallery?" After ending things with Harry, Camille started dating Theodorakis "Theo" Niarchos, a gallerist whose father inherited what's rumored to be one of the largest private art collections in the world.

"Coucou! Tu dors? Oh, j'suis désolée ... Bah non ... Nan, c'est pas important ... Bon allez ... On a été à la plage, et maintenant on - Parfait! Harry."

At the end of the song, the melody changes to a haunting (or, as many stans on Twitter called it: " creepy") guitar strum with Camille's voice piercing through. In French, Camille says, "Hello! Are you asleep? Oh, I'm sorry ... Well, no ... No, it's not important. Well ... We went to the beach and now we ... Perfect! Harry." The words don't really mean anything strung together - the original voice note was probably chopped up to remove anything too personal. "I was playing guitar and she took a phone call-and she was actually speaking in the key of the song," Harry explained the origin of the note to Rolling Stone. But, honestly, it's not the content of the voice note that matters. It's the fact that Harry is opening up about their relationship. And about the fact that he can apparently understand a little French? I know this isn't the time to be like, "That's hot," but ... hot.

Harry briefly explained the decision to include her voice to Zane Lowe. "I think it was because it got added in later on, and it felt so part of the song," he said. "It just felt like it needed it. We're friends and stuff, so I asked her if it was okay. And she was okay with it. I think she liked it."

"Falling"

Sometimes a breakup song is about how much pain the other person caused you. And sometimes it's about dealing with the pain you caused others. In "Falling," Harry isn't falling in love. He's falling apart.

"I'm in my bed / And you're not here / And there's no one to blame but the drink in my wandering hands / Forget what I said / It's not what I meant / And I can't take it back, I can't unpack the baggage you left"

In the first verse, Harry admits that he ruined the relationship, potentially by cheating on Camille. But he's bargaining, trying to make it right again. The problem is ... Camille is gone. She left him and left him to deal with the pain on his own.

"What am I now? What am I now? / What if I'm someone I don't want around? / I'm falling again, I'm falling again, I'm fallin'"

Without her and knowing the deep pain he caused, Harry questions everything about himself. "I kind of started to feel threads of where I could see myself becoming someone that I didn't want to be, and that was really hard," Harry said of "Falling" to Zane Lowe. "But I think the thing that's nice with that, is you get to write a song about it and be like, okay, next."

(A fun note: "What am I now?" calls back to "Lights Up," where Harry sings "Do you know who you are?" The duality perfectly exemplifies how Harry describes Fine Line: " It's all about having sex and feeling sad. ")

Even though they decided to stay friends, Harry can't help but notice that things are different. He sings, "And I'm well aware I write too many songs about you / And the coffee's out at the Beachwood Cafe," a reference to one of their favorite spots and a cafe he frequented while recording at Shangri-La Studios.

"To Be So Lonely"

"To Be So Lonely" is one of the harshest and most desperate songs on Fine Line, but it comes with a beat that makes all the chaos seem in rhythm. Almost like a drunk phone call or stream of consciousness, Harry lets out all the gunk inside his heart. Instead of feeling sad, Harry is raging. He sings, "I'm just an arrogant son of a bitch / Who can't admit when he's sorry" with a tinge of sarcasm and a tinge of truth. He echoes "Cherry" with "Don't call me 'baby' again," but this time it's because he can't take the pain of not being her actual baby. "It's hard for me to go home / Be so lonely," he admits.

From this point in the album, though, Harry takes an upward swing. Where else is there to go after you've hit rock bottom? Camille is still present in the album - he echoes her "Coucou" on "Sunflower Vol. 6" and "Fine Line" - but from then on, he's opting to treat people (and himself) with kindness.

This post has been updated throughout.

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Everything We Know About Harry Styles's Ex-Girlfriend, Based on Fine Line

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Harry Styles Taylor Swift-ed his debut album and straight-up named a girl he had only met once in the song "Carolina." This time around, he's not going that far, but Fine Line is full of references to his most recent ex-girlfriend, Victoria's Secret model Camille Rowe.

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Kendall Jenner and former flame Harry Styles were spotted catching up at The Brits last night - and their fans cannot get enough.

The American model, who was in town for fashion week, was seen chatting away with the singer at the Chiltern Firehouse and their fans took to social media to comment on the seemingly flirty exchange.

It comes after they took part in Spill Your Guts Or Fill Your Guts on The Late Late Show on CBS where the 24-year-old supermodel and 25-year-old singer were flirting up a storm on the show and subsequently sent social media into meltdown over their exchange.

Harry and Kendall were first romantically linked in 2013 and it seems the chemistry is still very much alive.

Kendall even flirtily asked Harry 'what songs on your last album were about me?'. As avid Directioners will know, Harry admitted that he penned a few hits about his ex-girlfriend.

In a 2017 interview with Rolling Stones - not only did he finally address his 2012 relationship with Taylor Swift, but the singer admitted that his solo album at the time featured some songs inspired by his most recent ex girlfriend aka Kendall Jenner.

Speaking to the magazine, the heartthrob explained that the album is a tribute to his ex-girlfriend and described it as "tipping a hat to [their] time together."

And while he refused to give a name, he is believed to be referring to the Keeping Up With The Kardashian star who he was first linked with in 2013.

"Sometimes you want to tip the hat, and sometimes you just want to give them the whole cap ... and hope they know it's just for them," Harry said.

Rumours of Kendall and Harry's romance first circulated in 2013 when they were spotted on several dates. The rumours reached fever-pitch in 2016, with a source telling People: "They're rekindling their old romance and Kendall's so excited and happy about it. She's always cared about Harry."

The pair reportedly enjoyed a date at Ysabel in LA in September 2016. Speaking about the date, the source said: "Kendall was beaming all night. They're trying to spend time together again."

They went on: "[Harry] has thought all along that Kendall is hot and was sort of just waiting for a chance to spend more time with her again."

According to Us Weekly's source: "Her appearance in the [Victoria's Secret] fashion show is what drew him back to her. All of his friends were saying how hot and amazing she looked."

Whilst neither ever confirmed or denied the romance, it looks like there's still a lot of chemistry in the air. Watch this space....

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Kendall Jenner and former flame Harry Styles were spotted catching up at The Brits last night - and their fans cannot get enough. The American model, who was in town for fashion week, was seen chatting away with the singer at the Chiltern Firehouse and their fans took to social media to comment on the seemingly flirty exchange.

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When news of Caroline Flack's tragic suicide broke last month, ex-boyfriend Harry Styles paid a poignant tribute to the woman described as his 'first big relationship'.

Rather than give a statement, Harry wore a single black ribbon to the BRIT Awards as a sign of mourning for the woman he dated when One Direction were just starting out in 2011.

Back then, the singer had been harbouring a huge crush on the Xtra Factor presenter for months and reportedly came clean about his feelings at an X Factor party at the W Hotel in London that October.

Describing Caroline as 'gorgeous', Harry apparently showed his devotion with flirty texts and messages on Twitter .

In August 2011 he told the official X Factor website: "If Caroline Flack is reading this, say 'Hi' from me. She is gorgeous!"

He even got his mate Tim Dean - a producer on Xtra Factor - to send Tweets to Caroline in September to persuade her to date him.

And after finally getting together, Harry sweetly took to social media to gush: "Sometimes things happen and you suddenly get a whole new outlook on life."

Things quickly turned serious, with Caroline becoming close to Harry's mum Anne Twist, while he reportedly met all of Caroline's family who 'fully approved' of their relationship.

Caroline's twin sister Jody was even seen dropping Harry off at King's Cross station as he went to do a gig in Sheffield.

And when Caroline apparently cooled things just before Christmas, Harry is said to have been devastated.

"He loves spending time with her - he's fallen for her really hard. He'd fancied her for months before they got together and now he's turned into a real romantic," one of his mates told Now magazine.

"She's his first big relationship."

The couple reunited in January 2012, but Caroline, then 32, was mercilessly trolled by One Direction fans for dating Harry, then 17.

Defending his girlfriend against the haters, a furious Harry lashed out on Twitter: "People should think more before they tweet stuff. Never explain, never complain."

And when Caroline received death threats, she revealed how Harry told her: "Don't listen to Twitter."

She added: "He became the mature one at that point."

Harry gushed that they were 'really happy together', and a frustrated Caroline told Now magazine she refused to let the trolls get to her.

"I keep thinking, 'What have I done wrong? But I haven't done anything wrong," she told Now magazine.

"What's hard for me to get my head around is people saying it's disgusting. I don't think it is. If two people like each other and get on, why does anyone else find a negative in it?"

Their three-month fling came to an end by mutual agreement weeks later ahead of his One Direction's first tour of the States.

At the time, a source told The Mirror: "Harry is being realistic about the whole thing.

"He's going off to America in a couple of days and he wants to be able to commit fully to making the band a success in the States.

"They'll be back for the Brits, but all in all they'll be away for two months."

The source added: "Caroline confided in pals about the split, confirming it's over. She is upset, but they are still on good terms."

And as the Directioners once again jumped on the bandwagon, claiming Harry had been the one to pull the plug, he defended the TV star in a chivalrous post.

"Please know I didn't 'dump' Caroline. This was a mutual decision," he raged, tenderly adding: "She is one of the kindest, sweetest people I know. Please respect that."

Caroline passed away one day after learning she would be forced to stand trial for allegedly assaulting boyfriend Lewis Burton in a late night incident.

However, Caroline's devastated family released one of her unpublished Instagram messages in which she insisted the incident had been an 'accident'.

"I have always taken responsibility for what happened that night. Even on the night. But the truth is .... It was an accident," Caroline wrote.

"I've been having some sort of emotional breakdown for a very long time.

"But I am NOT a domestic abuser. We had an argument and an accident happened. An accident."

And Harry's mum Anne posted an emotional tribute to Caroline, sharing a poem about loneliness with the poignant caption: "May you have found your peace @carolineflack."
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When news of Caroline Flack's tragic suicide broke last month, ex-boyfriend Harry Styles paid a poignant tribute to the woman described as his 'first big relationship'. Rather than give a statement, Harry wore a single black ribbon to the BRIT Awards as a sign of mourning for the woman he dated when One Direction were just starting out in 2011.

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Harry Styles broke up with Camille Rowe in 2018 but who else has been his girlfriend? And is he currently single? Everything you need to know about the 1D singer's love life.

Harry Styles' latest album 'Fine Line' includes a number of songs about his past relationship with Camille Rowe, but who else has the One Direction star dated?
Harry Styles Reveals His Guilty Pleasure Is To Work Out To One Direction Music
Here's his relationship history, according to reports:

Camille Rowe and Harry Styles dated until summer 2018. Picture: Getty

Harry Styles and Camille Rowe

Harry and Victoria's Secret model Camille dated for a year, breaking up when he wrapped his world tour in 2018.

They managed to keep their romance under wraps the entire time, but the pair proved to be serious after the model met Harry's family ahead of his concert in Paris in March 2018.

His song 'Falling' from his second album, 'Fine Line', is thought to be about his relationship with Camille.

Harry Styles and Kendall Jenner

The singer and younger sibling of Kim Kardashian were pictured going on numerous dates together and were thought to be 'dating' in 2015 and rekindled a year later.

Despite their split the pair remained good friends, something which they proved when Harry took over hosting The Late Late Show with James Corden.

Harry Styles and Taylor Swift's relationship

It was the relationship no one saw coming until Harry and Taylor were spotted in Central Park together.

However, their romance was short, but of course, we ended up with some great music from them both.

Harry and Caroline Flack

Harry and Caroline Flack tried to keep their romance under-wraps after meeting on The X Factor. However, photographs emerged of Harry leaving her house early one morning and the story blew up.

Caroline received lots of criticism for dating the One Direction singer, because of their 14-year age gap, but maintained she hadn't done anything wrong.

She said in an interview with Daily Mirror: "I'm not going to ever apologise for it because there was nothing at the time that was serious or bad and nobody was getting hurt."

Erin Foster and Harry Styles

With age not being an issue for Harry, he was also linked to Erin in 2014, Gigi and Bella Hadid's ex step sister.

Georgia Fowler and Harry Styles

Harry has been linked to a few Victoria's Secret models in his time and Georgia from New Zealand was another hot model.

It's even thought Harry's song 'Kiwi' is about her.
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Harry Styles hints that he was unfaithful with ex-girlfriend Camille Rowe on his new album Fine Line.

The 25-year-old is set to release his second solo album next Friday, but Metro.co.uk have had a sneak listen to the record - and it features Harry's most honest lyrics yet.

The former One Direction star suggests that he cheated on his ex in the opening lines of Falling - which immediately follows Cherry, a song which features Camille speaking French.

Harry sings: 'I'm in my bed and you're not here, and there's no one to blame but the drink and my wandering hands.'

The heartbroken star continues: 'Forget what I said, it's not what I meant, now I can't take it back.'

Harry and Camille, 29, began dating in 2017, and split up after a year shortly before Harry began work on Fine Line.

The star admitted that the song Cherry was about an ex, telling Zane Lowe: 'When we listened back to the album, I asked her to add it in. I think she liked [the song.]

'Cherry is about... I wanted it to reflect how I felt then. I was feeling not great. It's all about being not great.

'Because, you get petty when things don't go the way you want it. There's parts that's so pathetic.'

And the heartache jumps out on Cherry, as Harry sings: 'I can tell that you are at your best, I'm selfish so I'm hating it, I noticed that there's a piece of you in how I dress, take it as a compliment.'

The former One Direction star references missing his ex's accent, before a voice message from Playboy and Victoria's Secret model Camille plays, hearing her say 'I love you' and 'I'm sorry' in French.

Camille is Harry's most recent girlfriend that we know of - the Adore You singer has previously been linked to Taylor Swift, Caroline Flack and Kendall Jenner.

S peaking about his new album, Harry told Kiss Breakfast: 'It's a little bittersweet because you live with it for so long and it feels like it's yours. Then you start giving it away.

'That's the most exciting part, having people hear it for the first time. It's fun. I assume the pain's not the same, but it feels a little like giving birth.'
Fine Line is out on 13 December.
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Kendall Jenner

Harry Styles and Kendall Jenner, one of the famed Kardashian clan, have been involved in an on and off relationship.

The couple were spotted having dinner together in November 2013 but apparently split up three months later in February 2014.

Their romance reignited again from 2015 to 2016, when they were seen spending New Year's on a yacht together, and Khloe Kardashian confirmed they were dating.

News of the couple was scarce in 2016, and ultimately fizzled out when rumours suggested Kendall was dating LA Laker Jordan Clarkson.

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Harry Styles girlfriend: The stunning women linked to One Direction heartthrob

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HARRY STYLES will release "fine line" next week, his second since he left the ranks of One Direction in 2015. The singer's public life is explicitly intertwined with his rise to stardom, and he has had several famous girlfriends since his debut.

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Who is he dating right now?

Harry Styles is currently single.

Relationships

Harry Styles has been in relationships with Camille Rowe (2017 - 2018), Alison Mosshart (2014), Kendall Jenner (2013 - 2016), Taylor Swift (2012 - 2013), Caroline Flack (2011 - 2012) and Felicity Skinner (2009 - 2010).

Harry Styles has had encounters with Louise Chen (2019), Townes Jones (2016), Nadine Leopold (2014 - 2015), Paige Reifler (2013 - 2014) and Emma Ostilly (2012).

About

Harry Styles is a 26 year old British Singer. Born Harry Edward Styles on 1st February, 1994 in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, he is famous for One Direction in a career that spans 2010-present. His zodiac sign is Aquarius.

Harry Styles is a member of the following lists: Columbia Records artists, Brit Award winners and ARIA Award winners.

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Relationship Statistics

Type

Total

Longest

Average

Shortest

Dating

6

2 years, 3 months

9 months, 29 days

28 days

Encounter

5

1 year, 2 months

3 months, 25 days

1 month, 29 days

Total

11

2 years, 3 months

7 months, 5 days

28 days

Details

First Name

Harry

Middle Name

Edward

Last Name

Styles

Full Name at Birth

Harry Edward Styles

Alternative Name

H, Hazza, Harry Edward Styles, Harry Styles

Age

26 years

Birthday

1st February, 1994

Birthplace

Redditch, Worcestershire, England

Height

6' 0" (183 cm)

Weight

163lbs (74 kg)

Build

Slim

Eye Color

Green

Hair Color

Brown - Dark

Zodiac Sign

Aquarius

Sexuality

Straight

Religion

Christian

Ethnicity

White

Nationality

British

High School

Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School

Occupation Text

Singer, songwriter and actor

Occupation

Singer

Claim to Fame

One Direction

Music Genre (Text)

Soft rock, Rock, Pop, Britpop, folk

Year(s) Active

2010 - present, 2010-present

Instrument (text)

Drums, Kazoo, Guitar, Vocals, piano

Record Label

Columbia Records, Erskine Records, Syco, Columbia

Associated Acts

White Eskimo, One Direction, Kacey Musgraves, Mabel, Jeff Bhasker

Official Websites

twitter.com/Harry_Styles, instagram.com/harrystyles, hstyles.co.uk/, http://hstyles.co.uk

Father

Des Styles, Robin Twist (step-father)

Mother

Anne Cox

Brother

Mike Twist (step-brother)

Sister

Gemma Styles

Friend

Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Will Sweeny, Nick Grimshaw, Ed Sheeran, Cara Delevingne, Kendall Jenner, Ashton Irwin, Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood

Associated People

Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Simon Cowell, Ed Sheeran

Favorite People

Adele

Favorite Movies

The Notebook [2004], Love Actually [2003], Goodfellas [1990]

Favorite Songs

Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love, Madame George (Van Morrison)

Favorite Books

Norwegian Wood (Murakami Haruki), Love Is a Mix Tape (Rob Sheffield)

Favorite Places

London, Los Angeles

Favorite Colors

Pink

Favorite Accessories

Skinny Jeans, Beanies, Biker Boots

Harry Edward Styles (born 1 February 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and actor. His musical career began in 2010, when he auditioned as a solo contestant on the British music competition series The X Factor. He was eliminated early on, but he was brought back to form the boy band One Direction. After the band's indefinite hiatus in 2016, Styles signed with Columbia Records as a solo artist.

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Who is he dating right now? Harry Styles is currently single. Relationships Harry Styles has been in relationships with Camille Rowe (2017 - 2018), Alison Mosshart (2014), Kendall Jenner (2013 - 2016), Taylor Swift (2012 - 2013), Caroline Flack (2011 - 2012) and Felicity Skinner (2009 - 2010).

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Harry Styles has been in the public eye for years, and he has been a heartthrob the whole time. So, it's no surprise that his list of exes is about as long as a CVS receipt and includes models, actresses, and more models. Recently, he reunited with his reported ex, Kendall Jenner, causing many to assume they may be getting back together. So, until we figure out if the spark is still there between the ex-love birds, let's take a look back at all of Harry Styles exes (some confirmed, some not) from 2011 to now.

2019: Kiko Mizuhara

Most recently, Harry was connected to model Kiko Mizuhara. Rumors about the two dating began in early 2019, though Kiko quickly shut them down when she tweeted that she never met the singer.

"[It's been] reported that Harry Styles and I have been in a relationship, but I have no relationship with him, and I have never met him," the tweet roughly translates to. "The world is full of fake news. People believe what they want to believe rather than questioning reality."

Kiko's cover was blown, however, the next month when she was spotted at Harry's 25th birthday party in Tokyo. In a video from Instagram you can see her celebrating with Harry, and while the two don't look necessarily cuddly, they clearly know each other.

Since then, though, there wasn't too much info regarding Kiko and Harry's relationship, so the rumors pretty much tapered off. It's probably safe to say that, at this point, Harry is single, but you really never know...

2017-2018: Camille Rowe

Harry's most recent relationship was with Victoria's Secret model Camille Row. Rumors of their relationship went wild after fans pointed out Harry's voice in Camille's Instagram story. While dating, Harry introduced Camille to his family. He was also once spotted holding her purse, which is adorable. Unfortunately, according to The Sun, the two broke up after a year together.

The two exes still seem pretty close after they were spotted out and about in Los Angeles together, according to a Harry Styles fan account. Harry and Camille grabbed some lunch together, which caused fans to freak out that they are back together.

But according to , Camille is currently seeing someone, so it looks like these two exes just really good friends. At least this means that he's still single!

2017: Tess Ward

In the spring of 2017 Harry had a brief relationship with chef and food-blogger, Tess Ward. She ended things in June to get back together with her ex.

January 2016: Pandora Lennard

During his possible on-again-off-again relationship with Kendall, Harry was spotted leaving fashion stylist Pandora Lennard's house after spending the night. This came just a few weeks after Khloé Kardashian confirmed Harry's relationship with Kendall. While Kendall and Harry are long broken up now, we hope this rumor of Harry cheating isn't true!

2015-2016: Kendall Jenner...again!

After a brief romance the previous year, Kendall and Harry were seen spending New Years together, canoodling on a yacht.

A week later, our suspicions were confirmed when Khloé Kardashian told Entertainment Weekly that the two were dating! "Do I think they're dating? Yes," she said. "I don't know if they're like boyfriend-girlfriend. Nowadays I don't know. People are weird with stuff. So, I don't know their title."

Things then went quiet for a little until April 2016 when Harry and Kendall were seen shopping together in Los Angeles. This came after Kendall was rumored to be dating LA Laker, Jordan Clarkson.

Again in September 2016 the two were seen at dinner together and many thought they might be rekindling their relationship, though nothing was ever confirmed.

2015: Georgia Fowler

Harry dated the model from New Zealand very briefly back in October 2015. She posted this video on her Snapchat of the two playing Scrabble together.

While their romance was short-lived, many believe that Harry's song, "Kiwi" is about the model as Kiwi is a common nickname for people from New Zealand. When asked about it, Georgia said she didn't "really know anything about it," adding, she "definitely don't have a baby... that's what the song is all about."

2015: Sara Sampaio

Apparently Harry couldn't get enough of the VS models. He was spotted kissing the Portuguese model in New York back in 2015. The next day, Sara was spotted leaving Harry's hotel in the same clothes from the night before. Talk about scandalous!

2014-2015: Nadine Leopold

Nadine was Harry's first foray into dating Victoria's Secret models. The two were first spotted together in November of 2014. While they were seen on many froyo dates and things seemed to be getting serious, the two split in March 2015.

2014: Erin Foster

After the two were seen together at a pumpkin patch in October 2014, rumors started flying that Harry was dating Gigi and Bella Hadid's (now ex) step sister. The relationship never seemed to go anywhere, however, but that's probably because of the 12-year age difference.

2013-2014: Kendall Jenner

Kendall and Harry have a complicated past, but it all started when the pair were first spotted having dinner in L.A. in November 2013. The relationship didn't last long and they reportedly split in February 2014. They couldn't stay apart for too long, however...More on that later.

2013: Kimberly Stewart

Singer Rod Stewart revealed the relationship between Harry and his daughter back in 2013 when he said, "His [Harry's] car was here in the morning. Let's put it that way. But he may just have come round to pick something up...." DAD!

2013: Nicole Scherzinger

In 2015, The Sun reported that Harry and the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls hooked up in 2013. Nicole, who was a judge on X-Factor back when Harry was on it in 2010 was 35 when the two first got together, while Harry was 19.

2012-2013 Taylor Swift

It's hard to forget the short-lived relationship between these to pop stars considering the fact that we have photographic evidence of their second date in Central Park. There's also the fact that, depending on who you ask, there are maybe four to six songs about the relationship between the two singers. Many think "Style" and "Out of the Woods" are about Haylor, as well as "I Knew You Were Trouble" and "I Wish You Would." All of these tracks caused Harry to respond with his song, "Perfect" in 2015. Last year, Harry released " Two Ghosts," which many also believed was about his relationship with Taylor thanks to the description of a woman with, "Same lips red, same eyes blue." And then to end this song battle (for now), Taylor came out with "...Ready for It," another song possibly about Harry because of lyrics like, "Younger than my exes but he acts like such a man, so," and "But if he's a ghost then I can be a phantom," referencing "Two Ghosts." If nothing else, at least we got a lot of great music out of this relationship.

2012: Caggie Dunlop

Harry had a busy 2012. During that year he also briefly dated Caggie Dunlop, star of the reality show, "Made in Chelsea."

2012: Emily Atack

While it was rumored that Harry was dating the British actress back in 2012, she didn't confirm the romance until 2014. She told Reveal Magazine, "We were never boyfriend and girlfriend...We had a short-lived thing that was just a bit of fun. Then we went off in our opposite directions."

2012: Emma Ostilly

After his breakup with Caroline, Harry moved on with American model Emma Ostilly. The two were spotted kissing in New Zealand. She later appeared in One Direction's music video for, "Gotta Be You."

2011: Caroline Flack

Caroline and Harry met when she was a presenter on the X-Factor. "I already knew that he had a crush on me, he'd made it pretty obvious," she said in her autobiography, Storm in a C Cup. " He'd said it in magazines and he'd said it to friends." The two started dating when Harry was just 17, while Caroline was 31 at the time.

"It began to go wrong when Harry was pictured coming out of my house one morning. And once that was out, it was open season," she wrote. "After that anyone could say anything. In the street people started shouting at me 'pedophile' and 'pervert.'" She began getting death threats from One Directioners, causing the two to split.

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Here's Everyone Harry Styles Has Reportedly Dated

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Harry Styles has been in the public eye for years, and he has been a heartthrob the whole time. So, it's no surprise that his list of exes is about as long as a CVS receipt and includes models, actresses, and more models.

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Emma Ostilly Was the Rift Between Styles and Taylor Swift

This American model sparked Styles' interest so much so that she was the main character in the One Direction video "Gotta Be You." She is said to be the main reason for the breakup between Styles and Taylor Swift, another severe serial dater.

Ostilly and Styles were caught kissing in 2012 outside her house, and the steamy picture basically broke Twitter. It wasn't a forever thing, but at least the two had fun. Ostilly will go down in history as someone who inspired yet another Taylor Swift hit, and she should be at least a little bit proud and honored.

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This American model sparked Styles' interest so much so that she was the main character in the One Direction video "Gotta Be You." She is said to be the main reason for the breakup between Styles and Taylor Swift, another severe serial dater.

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MEDIA OUTLETS CAPITALISED ON SPECULATION ABOUT RELATIONSHIP DRAMAS BETWEEN THE PAIR - SENSATIONALISED NEWS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP TO MAKE PROFIT.

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Not a week seems to go by without Harry Styles being linked to a new lady, and now it is the turn of Taylor Swift.

After being linked with a number of women, Harry is apparently looking to settle down with the 22-year-old American country singer and has already met her mum.

The couple were seen flirting together backstage at rehearsals for the US X Factor, where Taylor is set to perform. The One Direction singer sat with Taylor's mum Andrea as they watched Taylor fine-tune her performance during the week.

Simon Cowell has apparently given his blessing to the young couple, telling the Sun: "I wasn't at rehearsal but heard about it when I came down. I think they are really good together."

It is not the first time the pair have been linked, as they dated briefly at the start of the year after being introduced by Justin Bieber at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. But they went their separate ways when Harry was spotted out with Emma Ostilly.

Taylor is no stranger to high profile relationships, having previous dated stars like Jake Gyllenhaal and Joe Jonas. But if things turn sour at least she might get another hit single out of it, as her latest track We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, allegedly written about Jake, was the most downloaded track by a female artist in the US on its release.

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Not a week seems to go by without Harry Styles being linked to a new lady, and now it is the turn of Taylor Swift. After being linked with a number of women, Harry is apparently looking to settle down with the 22-year-old American country singer and has already met her mum.

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INDEPENDENT ARTICLE - ''I think the ideals of feminism are pretty straightforward' (2019) 

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INDEPENDENT ARTICLE - ''I think the ideals of feminism are pretty straightforward' (2019) 

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Speaking to Rolling Stone, the "Sign of the Times" singer explained that he credits his feminist values to growing up alongside his mother and sister.

"When you grow up around women, your female influence is just bigger," Styles said.

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The former One Direction frontman went on to address some of the misconceptions surrounding feminism and gender equality.

"I think ultimately feminism is thinking that men and women should be equal, right? People think that if you say 'I'm a feminist,' it means you think men should burn in hell and women should trample on their necks.

"No, you think women should be equal. That doesn't feel like a crazy thing to me."

Styles went on to say that "of course men and women should be equal", describing gender equality as "pretty simple".

"I think the ideals of feminism are pretty straightforward," the 25-year-old concluded.

It's not the first time Styles has expressed his feminist views.

In 2017, the singer was praised by fans for wearing a T-shirt that bore the slogan "Women are smarter" and in 2014 he posed with a #HeForShe poster in support of the UN Women campaign for gender equality led by actor Emma Watson.

Elsewhere in the Rolling Stones interview, Styles opened up about masculinity and revealed he feels "pretty lucky to have a group of friends who are guys who would talk about their emotions and be really open".

The singer continued: "My friend's dad said to me, 'You guys are so much better at it than we are. I never had friends I could really talk to. It's good that you guys have each other because you talk about real shit. We just didn't.'"

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Harry Styles doesn't 'want a lot of credit for being a feminist'

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Harry Styles has said that he doesn't "want a lot of credit for being a feminist". Speaking to Rolling Stone, the "Sign of the Times" singer explained that he credits his feminist values to growing up alongside his mother and sister. "When you grow up around women, your female influence is just bigger," Styles said.

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VOGUE ARTICLE ON EVOLUTION OF STYLE - 'Harry Styles Hasn’t Always Worn Candy Floss Pink Suits & A String Of Pearls' (2020)

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VOGUE ARTICLE ON EVOLUTION OF STYLE - 'Harry Styles Hasn’t Always Worn Candy Floss Pink Suits & A String Of Pearls' (2020)

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2017 marked the arrival of a Gucci-heavy aesthetic for the now 27-year-old. Having cut his famous curls off for his Dunkirk role, Harry set off on the promo trail for his debut solo album with a confident approach to style that saw him introduce what is now his signature aesthetic. Think: candy floss-pink suits, printed satin flares, stacked heels and fistfuls of rings.

Harry's fashion icon status was cemented in 2018, when Gucci announced that he would become the face of its tailoring campaign. A role co-hosting the Met Gala soon followed.

A world tour to promote his well-received sophomore album signalled another style shift. "It's time to try something new and hopefully shock and inspire in a different way," Harry's long-time stylist, Harry Lambert, . "I know the fans love his outfits, so hopefully they will love what's to come." Alas, Harry was forced to postpone the tour owing to the pandemic. Instead, he delivered his most colourful music video to date, the joyful " Watermelon Sugar", and followed it up with the transportive " Golden" - introducing the world to Liverpool designer Steven Stokey-Daley and a particularly fabulous pair of printed trousers.

2021 started on a sartorial high for Harry. He wore bedazzling Gucci to dance alongside Phoebe Waller-Bridge in his music video for the toe-tapping anthem " Treat People With Kindness ", released on 1 January. In March he delivered a memorable live performance of "Watermelon Sugar" at the Grammys - and picked up his first trophy.

In 2022, the release of his album, Harry's House, and the film Don't Worry, Darling ushered in yet another new era in fashion for Styles (say hello to even bigger '70s collars). This year, considering the artist's style track record, we can only anticipate more daring ensembles - and great music - to come.

As he turns 29, revisit Harry Styles's most unforgettable looks below.

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Charting Harry Styles's Evolution From Boy Bander To Boundary-Pushing Fashion Force

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From Harry Styles' tattoos to his hair, track the style evolution of one of the world's most renowned pop artists. See the dashing suits Harry Styles sports to his pearl necklaces, patchwork cardigans and triptych of faux-fur boas worn at the 2021 Grammy Awards.

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ROLLING STONE ARTICLE - 'One Direction Fan Fiction Writer Gets Six-Figure Book Deal' (2014)

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ROLLING STONE ARTICLE - 'One Direction Fan Fiction Writer Gets Six-Figure Book Deal' (2014)

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INDIVIDUALS HAVE CAPITALISED OFF STYLES' FAME AND STAR IMAGE BY HARNESSING THE OBSESSIVE NATURE OF STYLES' FANS TO THEIR OWN BENEFIT AND FINANCIAL PROFIT. FAN FICTION ALLOWS FANS TO FEEL PERSONALLY INVOLVED WITH THEIR IDOL THROUGH EMERSION IN AN ALTERNATIVE REALITY IN WHICH THE CONSTRUCTED STAR IMAGE OF STYLES' IS USED AS A CONSUMER PRODUCT IN NARRATIVES WHICH FULFIL THE FANTASIES OF HIS FANS. IN THIS CASE THE CONSTRUCTED STAR IMAGE OF HARRY STYLES IS FEATURED IN AN 'EROTIC FICTION' NOVEL AFTER (2014).

THIS COULD BE SEEN AS MISTREATING STYLES' STAR IMAGE AS THIS  SECONDARY MEDIA PRODUCT IS NOT APPROVED BY STYLES' NOR INLINE WITH BRAND VALUES OR WHOLESOME PERSONA IN 2014, AND THUS HAS POTENTIAL TO TARNISH THE CONSTRUCTED STAR IMAGE STYLES WANTS TO PORTRAY TO FANS.

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British boy-band singer Harry Styles can check "inspiring a work of literature" off his bucket list: the One Directioner star has allowed a 25-year-old writer to go from fan fiction scribe to six-figure published author.

Styles stars as a barely-disguised version of himself in 25-year-old novelist Anna Todd's debut erotic novel, After, which hit stores this week. Todd began writing the sexy fan fiction - which involves a college freshman who falls for and has kinky times with a guy named Harry Styles - on free writing site Wattpad last year. But what started as a few chapters has grown into a 2,500-page epic novel that earned the Ohio native a six-figure publishing deal from Simon and Shuster imprint Gallery Books.

The first of four installments will be around 500 pages and will feature more cleaned-up prose and longer sex scenes than After's online incarnation, plus a name-change from Harry Styles to Hardin Scott. Each subsequent book in the series will come out quickly thereafter, with novels expected in November, December and February, according to the New York Times. It's safe to discern that Gallery is making a run at the rabid masses that made E.L. James' thinly-veiled Twilight fan fiction 50 Shades of Grey a worldwide literary smash.

But not everyone in One Direction's fanbase is keen on Todd's idea. According to the Times, many fans are lashing out at Todd on social media, accusing the first-time novelist of using 1D's fame to cash in. Still, it's hard to argue with numbers: the original Wattpad story has received over a billion hits since its initial publication.

Todd decided to ignore her detractors, having quit her job with the full (albeit somewhat surprising) support of her husband in order to write a new chapter daily to keep up with her site's demands. Her hard work has obviously paid off: Paramount Pictures acquired the stories' screen rights, though still no word on whether Harry Styles will agree to play himself.

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Harry Styles Fan Fiction Writer Gets Six-Figure Book Deal

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British boy-band singer Harry Styles can check "inspiring a work of literature" off his bucket list: the One Directioner star has allowed a 25-year-old writer to go from fan fiction scribe to six-figure published author. Styles stars as a barely-disguised version of himself in 25-year-old novelist Anna Todd's debut erotic novel, After, which hit stores this week.

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PAPARAZZI PICTURES - EXPOSED PRIVATE RELATIONSHIP.

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PAPARAZZI PICTURES - EXPOSED PRIVATE RELATIONSHIP.

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STYLE'S DEFENDS FLACK IN THE BACK LASH FROM THEIR BREAK UP AND AS A RESULT APPEARS MATURE AND RESPECTFUL. THIS DEMONSTRATES AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN STYLES HAS TO TRY AND CONTAIN HIS FANDOM OF IMMATURE, JEALOUS TEENAGERS.

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FLACK RECEIVED DEATH THREATS OVER HER RELATIONSHIP WITH STYLES FROM HIS FANDOM OF TEENAGE FANS. EVEN WITH THE HATE SHE RECEIVED SHE WAS NOT BITTER AGAINST STYLES AND INSTEAD DEFENDS HIS GOOD CHARACTER AND STATES THEY ARE STILL FRIENDS. SHE PROMOTES HIS STAR IMAGE AS A GENTLEMAN.

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STYLES HAS ALWAYS SHOWN SUPPORT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY - SUPPORTING HIS FANDOM AND WINNING THE HEARTS AND REPSECT OF WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD AT THE SAME TIME.

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STYLES HAS ALWAYS SHOWN SUPPORT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY - SUPPORTING HIS FANDOM AND WINNING THE HEARTS AND REPSECT OF WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD AT THE SAME TIME.

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THE #HEFORSHE CAMPAIGN (2014), CREATED BY THE UN, WAS A MOVEMENT DEDICATED TO IMPROVING GENDER EQUALITY AND STOPPING FALSE GENDER STEREOTYPING. STYLES SUPPORTED THE MOVEMENT AND AMASSED OVER HALF A MILLION LIKES ON TWITTER AS HE TWEETED THIS PICTURE O FHIM SELF WITH THE HASHTAG. THIS PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR EQUALITY COMMUNICATES HIS STRA IMAGE AS A FEMINIST.

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ROLLING STONE ARTICLE  'HARRY STYLES: BOY OF THE YEAR OF THE GIRL' (2014)

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ROLLING STONE ARTICLE  'HARRY STYLES: BOY OF THE YEAR OF THE GIRL' (2014)

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IN THE ARTICLE STYLES IS COINED A "FEMINIST ICON". THIS ARTICLE DEMONSTRATES STYLES' STAR IMAGE HAS ALWAY CONSISTED OF SUPPORT FOR WOMEN AND ESPECIALLY HIS TEENAGE FEMALE FAN BASE. SECONDARY MEDIA SOURCES LIKE THESE CONSTRUCT A COMPASSIONATE STAR IMAGE AND COMMUNICATE SOCIAL VALUES STYLES'S REPRESENTS.

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In 2014, Harry Styles is more than a pop star. He's the place where pop dreams intersect. The One Direction heartthrob has turned into the beatific embodiment of all that glitters right now. A new paradigm of manhood. A pin-up boy. A feminist icon. A 20-year-old pop prince born the day Green Day released Dookie. A mop-top with George Michael lyrics tattooed on his body - "never gonna" on his right foot, "dance again" on the left. A stud with four nipples, perpetually tousled hair and that James Dean daydream look in his eyes. This guy actually wore a Rush T-shirt while on a date with Taylor Swift - now that's some next-level confidence.

Pop is a girl's world these days - more than ever, the artists who matter are female, while the male singers are as disposable as the male fans. Harry understands this, which is why he has become the Boy Who Matters. He knows he serves at the pleasure of a girl audience that absolutely cannot be bought, scammed, condescended to or taken for granted. (It's been tried.) If you're a girl pop fan, you are the only power player in the music business. Everybody else is scared stiff of you. As far as pop is concerned, 2014 is the Year of the Girl, and Harry is the Boy of the Year of the Girl. Nobody else comes close.

Harry fits every type of pop obsession, from filthy fan-fiction to squeaky-clean teen dreams - the shiny and the sleazy, the romance and the raunch. When the world beheld paparazzi photos of Harry puking his guts out by the side of the road in broad daylight in L.A., did that kill anyone's buzz? Ah, no. It just inspired people to turn the site into a fan shrine - and try to sell his vomit on eBay. Harry's reponse? "It's worrying, this world we live in." Sorry, dude - but when women are worshipping your yack puddle as magic angel chunks, you have entered a rarefied level of reality.

Harry's enthusiasm is the key to 1D's astonishing longevity. He spends half the live show telling his fans how beautiful they are, despite the fact that he's got all those blinding lights in his face. Try to find a photo where he looks weary or bored. You can't. He has perfected the art of being a boy in a girl world, and he doesn't neglect the fans' moms, either. The best song on the new 1D album, "Stockholm Syndrome," sounds exactly like Billy Ocean - now that's some brilliant mom-service.

His tattoos add up to an ongoing diary. The tattoo on his wrist that said, "I can't change"? He got it covered up with an anchor. (Analyze away!) Every time he gets new ink - a mermaid, "You Booze You Lose," that weird foliage on his hipbones - it's a fresh chapter, full of mystic runes for us all to decipher. (Why a mermaid? "I am a mermaid," he explained. Oh.)

After a year or two on the job, your average teen idol tends to turn into a jaded little crank. You remember Justin Bieber, don't you? It's hard to appreciate how much boy singers hate being in boy bands. By the third or fourth album, they're making no effort to hide their misery. (A year after "I Want It That Way," the Backstreet Boys called their next album Black and Blue.) They agonize about getting taken seriously. They make award-show speeches about their haters.

But not Harry. The strain of the pop hustle never leaves a mark on him. He has all the flash, without the neurotic wear and tear. This fall he posted a picture of himself holding a "#HeForShe" sign, supporting Emma Watson's feminist activism - "as should you." None of the squeamishness celebs usually bring to politics - just the world's most ardently desired male going HAM for feminism just because he's Harry and he can say whatever the hell he wants. Unprecedented, to say the least.

There was a clip of Harry on a U.K. chat show a couple months ago - did you watch it? Oh, stop lying, of course you did - the one where he and Liam get asked what they look for in a date. Liam jokes, "Female - that's an important trait." Harry casually says, "Not that important." We can make a long, long list of male singers who would never in a million years be secure enough to say anything like that. But Harry the Quadri-Nippled Love God lives by the credo tattooed on his stomach: "Might as well."

No pop star has summed up the cultural moment like this since vintage python-era Britney. Except Brit was an unfiltered-and-proud mess of a Southern girl, while Harry is pure enigma. If he has any inner turmoil, he keeps it to himself. He remains a blank space (so to speak) on which we can project any style (so again to speak) of fantasy. He's the last of the great English fabs, upholding a 50-year tradition. Yet the more famous he gets, the more mysterious he seems. He just glides through it all, with a hint of Brian Jones lunacy in his cracked grin.

He's inspired a new novel - Anna Todd's heavily hyped After is based on her soft-porn Harry fan-fic, with his name changed. It might be the first work of Harry Lit - but that depends on how you interpret Shakespeare's Henry V, which now also reads like soft-porn Harry fan-fic. ("Every wretch, pining and pale before / Beholding him, plucks comfort from his looks / A largess universal, like the sun.") Make no mistake: There's only one Harry in this or any other solar system. And in 2014, anything worthy of the name "hotness" was mixed up with him somehow. That's why Harry's reinventing the pop-star game. And that's why the whole world craves a little touch of Harry in the night.

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Harry Styles: Boy of the Year of the Girl

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In 2014, Harry Styles is more than a pop star. He's the place where pop dreams intersect. The One Direction heartthrob has turned into the beatific embodiment of all that glitters right now. A new paradigm of manhood. A pin-up boy. A feminist icon. A 20-year-old pop prince born the day Green Day released Dookie.

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INTERVIEW TOPIC - TEENAGE FEMALE FANDOM VS EVOLUTION OF MUSICAL CAREER

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INTERVIEW TOPIC - TEENAGE FEMALE FANDOM VS EVOLUTION OF MUSICAL CAREER

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WITHIN THE ROLLING STONE ARTICLE STYLES IS ASKED ABOUT THE TOPIC OF HIS FANDOM CONSISTING MAINLY OF TEENAGE GIRLS AND THE PRESSURE THIS MAY HAVE ON HIS CAREERS MUSICAL EVOLUTION. STYLES REPLIES IN SUPPORT OF YOUNG WOMEN AND EXPRESSES HIS GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR HIS LOYAL FANDOM. THIS RESPONSE MAINTAINS STYLES' STAR IMAGE AS A SUPPORTER OF WOMENS RIGHTS (FEMINIST) AND MAKES HIM EVEN MORE ICONIC TO FANS.

THIS IS THE PASSAGE FROM THE ARTICLE: "Styles is aware that his largest audience so far has been young – often teenage – women. Asked if he spends pressure-filled evenings worried about proving credibility to an older crowd, Styles grows animated. “Who’s to say that young girls who like pop music – short for popular, right? – have worse musical taste than a 30-year-old hipster guy? That’s not up to you to say. Music is something that’s always changing. There’s no goal posts. Young girls like the Beatles. You gonna tell me they’re not serious? How can you say young girls don’t get it? They’re our future. Our future doctors, lawyers, mothers, presidents, they kind of keep the world going. Teenage-girl fans – they don’t lie. If they like you, they’re there. They don’t act ‘too cool.’ They like you, and they tell you. Which is sick.” " (ROLLING STONE ARTICLE 'HARRY STYLES' NEW DIRECTION' 2017)

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-       SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ARE INTERACTIVE. PLATFORMS MINERALISE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN FANS AND CELEBRITIES. STARS/CELEBS CAN EASILY INTERACT DIRECTLY WITH FANS THROUGH ONLINE COMMUNICATION.

-       TWITTER ALLOWS FOR DIRECT COMMUNICATION IN THE FORM OF TWEETS POSTED ON A STARS PROFILE OR THE USE OF THEIR @ BEING INCLUDED IN A TWEET BY A FAN SO THAT IT APPEARS IN THE STARS NOTIFICATIONS. MULTIPLE TWEETS ON THE SAME PERSON OR TOPIC CAN CREATE TRENDS – THIS IS AN IDEAL FORM OF FREE MARKETING AND A SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY FOR AN ALBUM CAMPAIGN.

-       HARRY STYLES AS A PRODUCT – SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVES DIRECT RECOGNITION AND ENGAGEMENT FROM FANS AND TARGET MARKETS.

-       IN THIS CASE STYLES CAN CONSTANTLY POST CONTENT TO TWITTER ADVERTISING HIS APPEARANCES AND TOUR INFORMATION WHERE IS WILL DIRECTLY BE DELIVERED TO HIS KEY TARGET AUDIENCE OF FANS AND FOLLOWERS.

-       SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ALSO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN STAR IMAGES.

-       STYLES’ INITIAL STAR IMAGE, WHEN IN ONE DIRECTION, WAS SUPPORTED BY HIS HUMOROUS, TRIVIAL TWEETS ABOUT HIS DAY OR INAPPROPRIATE RANDOM SILLY THOUGHTS.

-       HIS CURRENT STAR IMAGE IS SUPPORTED BY HIS COMPASSIONATE TWEETS ABOUT TREATING PEOPLE WITH KINDEST, THUS ALIGNING HIS STAR IMAGE TO A SET OF VALUES.

-       STYLES HAS A PERSONAL SIGN OFF HE USES IN HIS TWEETS - ‘ love, H. ’ THIS CONVEYS INTIMACY AND A PERCEPTION THAT STYLES PERSONALLY CARES ABOUT HIS FANS AND THEIR WELL BEING.

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-       STYLES CENTRES HIS INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT AROUND CAREER FOCUSED CONTENT OVER IMAGES OF HIS PERSONAL LIKE (E.G. FRIENDS, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS ETC.)

-       HE COMMUNICATES VALUES CONSISTENT WITH HIS CURRENT STAR IMAGE THROUGH SPECIFIC IMAGES WHAT CONNOTE MEANING E.G. HE POSTED AN IMAGE OF THE LGBT FLAG WHICH DISPLAYED HIS SUPPORT FOR THE LGBT COMMUNITY’S RIGHTS. THIS CONSEQUENTLY ALIGNS HIS STAR IMAGE WITH THIS COMMUNITY IN SOCIETY.

-       THE CONTENT POSTED COMMUNICATES THE VALUES OF “TREAT PEOPLE WITH KINDNESS” AND “BE WHO YOU WANNA BE” – E.G. IMAGES OF STYLES’S FLAMBOYANT FEMININE STAGE OUTFITS AND PHOTOSHOOT LOOKS.

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COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE ARTICLE 'HE'S PREVIOUSLY SAID HIS NEW ALBUM IS ABOUT "HAVING SEX AND FEELING SAD"" (2019)

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COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE ARTICLE 'HE'S PREVIOUSLY SAID HIS NEW ALBUM IS ABOUT "HAVING SEX AND FEELING SAD"" (2019)

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After being notoriously private about his personal life for years (the man doesn't even do Instagram stories!), Harry Styles has opened up about everything to do with his sex life in an intimate chat with Apple Music.

Harry's upcoming album Fine Line has already been shrouded in rumours about his dating life, naturally. Fans are speculating that the album cover has a subtle bisexual message, while the release date coincides with Harry's ex Taylor Swift's birthday, and a new revelation confirmed that one of Harry's new songs even features his ex-girlfriend's (potentially Camille Rowe's) voice. We can't keep up.

Now, speaking to Zane Lowe for Apple Music, Harry has revealed that while he used to feel uncomfortable about his sex symbol status, he's learnt to be more open.

Asked about the speculation around his sex life, Harry said,"The thing with sex is it used to feel so much more taboo. Even like when we were in the band [One Direction], the thought of people thinking that I had sex was like, 'Oh no, that's crazy, what if they know?'"

He continued, "Even just coming into this record I wanted to feel a little less guarded with stuff. I wanted to feel a lot freer and more joyful and honest."

From what we've seen so far, it seems like Harry has done just that, with fans calling his new single 'Lights Up' a coming-out anthem, and Harry himself revealing to Rolling Stone that Fine Line is all about "having sex and feeling sad."

Referring to the hidden sexual messages in his songs, when asked whether his latest single 'Watermelon Sugar' is about "the joys of mutually appreciated oral pleasure," Harry laughed, "Is that what it's about? I don't know."

Zane also asked about whether Fine Line is a "breakup record", particularly referencing the song 'Cherry' which fans are suspecting is about model Camille Rowe. Harry said, "I don't like to explain songs, but with this record it's so much more open. It's like 'but you've told us!' It tells you what it is."

Harry added that he's tried to be "as honest as possible" with the new album, and TBH we can't wait to hear what else he's got to share.
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Harry Styles just got super real about his sex life

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After being notoriously private about his personal life for years (the man doesn't even do Instagram stories!), Harry Styles has opened up about everything to do with his sex life in an intimate chat with Apple Music. Harry's upcoming album Fine Line has already been shrouded in rumours about his dating life, naturally.

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GOSSIP MAGAZINES CAUGHT ON TO THE CONSPIRACY THEORY MADE BY FANS

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This summer, Courtney and Jorie are planning to get matching tattoos. A pair of 22-year-olds from Texas, the two met a few years ago at a concert, bonded over their love of the same bands, and have been best friends ever since. These days they go to shows together about three times a week.

The tattoos will commemorate their friendship - but they also carry a much deeper meaning, even though at first glance they're just a pair of cute little birds. In fact, here they are as seen on one incredibly famous chest: that of One Direction band member Harry Styles.

Sometimes called Haz, Styles isthe perpetually tousled hunky one, often inaccurately portrayed as the band's lead singer mainly by virtue of being deemed the hottest. (One Direction's other contender for "hottest," Zayn Malik, famously left the band in 2015 and recently released a record-breaking solo album.) Styles has covered his body with tattoos, but this one - at least to a large subsection of One Direction fans - has special significance.

"Jorie is getting what has been deemed the 'Harry' one and I am getting the one deemed 'Louis,'" Courtney tells Vox, "due to me calling her Tommo and her calling me Haz."

Courtney is referring to the slight differences in the two birds as they appear below Styles's collarbone. Look closely at the photo above: The bird on the right is slightly larger than the bird on the left, and if you squint, you'll notice it also has a straighter, slantier hood marking where its eyebrow might be.

For millions of Directioners, these two little birds are deeply symbolic. According to their theory, the bird on the right, the larger one, represents Styles. The smaller bird on the left represents his fellow band member Louis Tomlinson (sometimes called Tommo). The birds' size difference is said to represent the size difference between Styles and Tomlinson - and also, doesn't the bird on the right clearly have Styles's slanted eyebrows?

To fans like Courtney and Jorie, Styles's bird tattoo is crucial evidence in favor of one of the internet's most fascinating and convoluted conspiracy theories: the widespread belief among One Direction fans that Styles and Tomlinson are in love with each other.

What is Larry Stylinson?

To understand what's happening in the One Direction fandom, you have to understand what shipping is. In fandom terms, shipping generallymeans rooting for two fictional characters, or in some cases real people, to get together. "Ship" in this context can be both a verb and a noun. For instance, if I really wanted Mulder and Scully to kiss when I was watching The X-Files, I might say that I really ship Mulder and Scully, or I might say I love the Mulder/Scully ship.

In the post-'90s world of fandom, shippers usually label their favorite hypothetical relationships with a unique name, usually a portmanteau of some sort. If I ship Glee's Kurt and Blaine, I say I ship Klaine. The ship name is a huge part of how people self-identify in fandom. These days, you can be part of a fandom for a TV show, film, franchise, book, or band and never interact with people outside your ship. Which brings us to One Direction and Styles and Tomlinson.

If you combine the names "Harry" and "Louis," you get "Larry." If you combine the names "Styles" and "Tomlinson," you get "Stylinson."

Thus, the internet's biggest boy band ship name is "Larry Stylinson," or just Larry for short.

"Larry" has existed almost as long as the band itself

Styles and Tomlinson have, or at the least used to have, a very obvious friendship. One Direction's members have always enjoyed an easy physical intimacy, but fans decided soon after the band hit it big in 2010 that these two were special.

Indeed, the internet is teeming with Larries - as Directioners who ship Larry often refer to themselves - who've spent years chronicling every microgesture and millisecond of the way Styles and Tomlinson interact with each other:

In the band's early years, Styles spoke openly about the "Larry Stylinson" label and said that he and Tomlinson had talked about moving in together later in life due to their friendship. This 2011 tweet of endearment from Tomlinson to Styles is the second most retweeted post in Twitter history:

Some One Direction fans view this affection as an obvious sign of more than friendship. The anonymous blogger behind Sex at Oxbridge, a well-known tell-all blog run by a 20-something student in London, found herself drawn to the Larry ship in 2013, totally by chance and purely on the strength of Styles and Tomlinson's interactions with one another. Speaking to Vox via email, the blog's author - known on the web only as SAO - said she was shocked when she realized they weren't actually a couple:

I saw their video for "Best Song Ever" and really liked the song, so it was only by chance that after the video ended on YouTube one of the suggested videos was about Larry Stylinson and when I watched it I was like, "Oh, cute - two of them are together. I didn't know that!" I just thought it was common knowledge and that, from their behavior, they were clearly out as a couple.

THEN I realized that wasn't the case and basically that is when I began to look deeper into what was going on. I basically absorbed all the information about Larry and One Direction humanly possible in a weekend, including blogs and videos with arguments that Larry wasn't real and at the end of it all I just looked at things that were unexplainable for both outcomes and there was a lot more that couldn't be explained if you accept that Larry is not real.

Because the Larry ship is so huge within the One Direction fandom, the list of exhaustive, detailed manifestos full of signs that Styles and Tomlinson are in love is virtually endless. The following video in particular has long been known as the Larry "bible" - a compilation of evidence of their love for each other that's so compelling that many fans believe you can't come away from it unconvinced:

Styles and Tomlinson's tattoos, in particular, have been analyzed and decoded and interpreted as a breathtakingly detailed map of a years-long secret romance. Fans believe they often get matching tattoos or tattoos that symbolize the milestones of their relationship.

For Jorie and Courtney, the tattoos were the smoking gun. "I couldn't give you one defining moment, because for me there wasn't," Jorie saysregarding when she began shipping Larry. "But [for] Courtney ... it was all the matching tattoos the boys had. Because it is one thing to have a best friend tattoo, but they have multiple matching romantic tattoos ... the tattoos are definitely what got us both to not even question it."

The ship puts a new spin on an old fandom conspiracy practice called "tinhatting"

Most, but not all, ships concern fictional characters, and in many parts of fandom there's an understanding that if you're shipping real people, you're only shipping the idea of them being in a relationship. Often, however, a ship that's built on the idea of real people getting together quickly spawns a subgroup of truthers who firmly believe the couple has already gotten together - that the idealized relationship is being conducted in secret in their real private lives.

There have been many iterations of these subgroups in various fandoms over the years. For example, fans of The Lord of the Rings have theorized and speculated about clandestine relationships between cast members; the same is true for the TV series Supernatural. And it's a fairly common occurrence with ships involving touring bandmates and members of pop groups. (To give credit where it's due, sometimes the conspirators turn out to be entirely correct, such as when Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson revealed they were dating in secret after working together on the set of Twilight.)

The conspiracy theories put forth by these fandom subgroups employ nearly identical explanations for why we never hear about the theoretical relationship in public. They unfailingly involve the band's management, or the TV show's producers, or the agents in charge of managing the two people involved in the relationship. It's usually suggested that whoever controls the pairing's purse strings has embarked on a massive micromanagement conspiracy to prevent the couple from revealing their love to the world.

Their motivations usually involve a number of reasons based in reality - like a film studio or record label being reluctant to alienate fans by revealing that one of their idols is off the market. (This is actually a common practice among Asian idol groups, many of which have strict no-dating clauses in performers' contracts.) Another commonly cited motivation for secrecy is the potential for homophobic backlash; if the ship isn't heteronormative, studios and labels may fret about alienating less open-minded fans.

Because these shipping conspiracy theories tend to follow such similar patterns, the ways in which fans who subscribe to them respond to real-life events also wind up being very similar. If one or more members of a gay pairing has a girlfriend, fans will insist she's a beard - usually one who's been hired by the pairing's managers.

If the so-called relationship continues for a long time without anyone confessing to it, fans develop the belief that the silenced lovebirds are contractually obligated not to reveal their sexuality and/or relationship until their term of work ends. This belief is usually accompanied by the assumption that as soon as a major significant milestone (like a movie release or a successful world tour) has passed, the pairing will be free to come forth and declare their love - like an end-of-days prediction, but usually gayer.

Fandom has dubbed the practice of forming elaborate theories and then fitting news events and occurrences into them "tinhatting," a name meant to evoke tinfoil conspiracist hats. Like every other conspiracy group, fans who tinhat read and decode secret messages from the members of their ships to both each other and the public. Said fans are convinced that the couple is sending the messages as a way of affirming the love they can't express publicly.

Usually tinhatters comprise just a small portion of an otherwise diverse fandom. But the belief that Larry Stylinson is real has become such a popular and dominating theory among One Direction fans that it often dwarfs other branches of the One Direction community. For more than four years - that's at least as long as people have been quantifying Tumblr's tag usage and noting Twitter's frequently Larry-centric worldwide hashtag trends - the ship has been one of the largest elements of the One Direction fandom, which itself is one of the largest fandoms on the internet.

The result is that Larry fans have constructed an enormous echo chamber of belief around the Larry Stylinson "conspiracy." In fact, plenty of Larries use the term "tinhatting" for what they consider a really delusional idea, in order to bolster their assertions that they, by contrast, are just collecting evidence of the obvious, rationally observable fact that Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson are queer and closeted together.

Larry Stylinson is bigger than any previous conspiracy theory of its kind

The scope of the Larry conspiracy theory is immense and features a number of regularly espoused beliefs, including the idea that One Direction's management company, Modest (which Larries usually refer to insidiously as just "Management"), is heavily controlling Styles and Tomlinson's social media images and public appearances at all times. Management's alleged perniciousness extends to securing beards for both Styles and Tomlinson, contractually forbidding the two to be gay, and regularly distributing fake pictures of their involvement in straight, heteronormative relationships.

In addition to all of these "typical" conspiracy tropes, Larry boasts its own set of uniquely weird particulars - starting with two rainbow-colored stuffed teddy bears that accompany the band on tours. The bears, dubbed Rainbow Bondage Bear and Sugar Baby Bear by the fandom, evidently belong to either a band member or a crew member.

Until recently the bears had their own (now-deleted) official Twitter accounts, which often featured humorous updates posted from the stage and on tour. Because rainbows are associated with gay pride, many Larries see the bears as yet another code for the progression of Styles and Tomlinson's relationship.

Indeed, after news broke in 2015 that Tomlinson's friend Briana Jungwirth was pregnant with his child, nine months of intense speculation followed that the pregnancy was fake. When the birth of Tomlinson and Jungwirth's baby was announced in January, fans switched to arguing that the baby itself was a surrogate, a doll, or a complete fabrication, going to staggeringly elaborate lengths to uphold the conspiracy.

Here's how aforementioned Sex at Oxbridge blogger SAO described the fake baby theory - what the One Direction fandom calls "Babygate" - on her Tumblr:

They would GENUINELY rather have you believe that Louis Tomlinson knocked up a girl he was cheating on his former girlfriend with whose name he has literally NEVER said out loud, ignored her for nine months, started dating someone else, took a couple faux artsy photos with the baby once it was born, but then generally went back to doing whatever the hell he wants whilst apparently in the midst of a custody battle, didn't get his mum any kind of cyber security after the last 3,847 times she was hacked thus allowing super private photos of this baby to emerge and be PRINTED IN NEWSPAPERS, lets the baby mama ride around with the baby in the backseat blasting music while her friend does "look mum no hands" Tokyo-drift style driving and simultaneously snapchatting, is so important that he gets papped every time he even looks at a supermarket or shopping centre, and now is rumoured to be pushing a doll around in a buggy?! ... They would have you believe all those things than just be like, "Look, that guy loves that guy. Sorry for the confusion. I'll leave you alone forever now."

For her part, SAO describes falling so deeply into the Larry ship that she created a BuzzFeed Community account and posted an infamous ship manifesto for the pairing, which BuzzFeed eventually took down, along with all of her previous contributions, after she wrote separate posts insinuating that Tomlinson's baby isn't real.SAO told Vox that the evidence of Styles and Tomlinson's relationship is so compelling that she's never seriously considered any other possibility:

I have never thought "Okay, well maybe this is all fake." There is too much evidence to the contrary and the fact that their bodies are literally littered with matching tattoos is enough to convince most. The stark contrast in public narrative vs actions is too disparaging to ignore. I'm a very literal and logical person and I have looked at this situation every which way and each time I do I come to the same conclusion, which is that Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson are in love with each other.

Larry shippers want to save their fave band from homophobia, but the conspiracy theory linked to the ship has created its own problems

Any Larry shipper will tell you that homophobia is the main reason Styles and Tomlinson are still in the closet. And one of the main reasons Larry shippers are so vocal is that they hate the idea that these two men can't openly express their love. SAO told Vox she stays invested because "I feel it's a harsh injustice not only to them, but to their young followers, to make it seem like being gay is wrong or somehow makes you lesser."

SOA added that the One Direction fandom is full of younger queer and questioning individuals who have been alternately helped and hurt by the Larry phenomenon. "There are a lot of young fans and I constantly get messages on Tumblr and Twitter from people saying that Larry helped them come out or asking if it's that wrong to be gay considering the lengths they've gone to cover it up. ... That's a huge reason for why I stay active in the fandom."

But these good intentions have led to some unfortunate complications. Most of the support for Larry being real is rooted in the way fans interpret the physical intimacy between Styles and Tomlinson. But those who keep the closest eye on such things also note that there's been a sharp drop in their level of physical intimacy. Since 2011, Styles and Tomlinson have gone from joking about posing for photos "with our arms around each other" to rarely standing next to each other in public.

In a 2012 interview with Tumblr's now-defunct Storyboard, Tomlinson was blunt about blaming the Larry Stylinson phenomenon for changing his public behavior:

"This is a subject that was funny at first but now is actually hard to deal with, as I am in a relationship," he said. "Me and Harry are best friends. People look into our every move - it is actually affecting the way me and Harry are in public."

In other words, fandom's insistence that Styles and Tomlinson's ability to comfortably share physical intimacy with each other means they must be gay resulted in the sad but predictable drop-off of said physical intimacy between them. Ironically, the movement attempting to liberate them from the closet has essentially forced them to behave unnaturally - to conform to rigid standards of masculinity in order to quash the rumors.

The Larry ship also trades in perpetual misogyny: While Louis was dating longtime former girlfriend Eleanor Calder, she and her family were subject to constant backlash and harassment from fans convinced she was serving as a beard.

Some Directioners were so committed to the Larry cause that theyeven began harassing a record producer and his son who happened to share Calder's last name. The reason? They believed he was the key to unlocking proof that Eleanor had a secret identical twin that Management was using to help fake photos of her relationship with Tomlinson.

In the waning years of the One Direction fandom - Malik left the band last March; the remaining members kicked off a long hiatus last fall; Styles is starring in an upcoming Christopher Nolan World War II epic with more rumored movie roles on the way; Tomlinson is, however unwittingly, starting a family; and the idea of the other band members moving on has begun to seem inevitable - the misogyny accompanying Larry Stylinson has faded, though belief in Larry is still weirdly as strong as ever.

Neither Styles's many girlfriends nor Tomlinson's new girlfriend, Danielle Campbell, has suffered from the deep level of harassment that Calder and her family withstood for many years. But the belief in the conspiracy still overrides everything else.

Larry Stylinson is ultimately about One Direction fans and their relationship to media

Courtney and Jorie told Vox unequivocally that the Larry ship had brought them closer together and given them a community of friends. "Just because the band ends doesn't mean our friendships will," Courtney says. The two recently began making YouTube videos to document their concert-going life and explain the basics of Larry Stylinson, and they are totally unfazed when I ask them about some of the more problematic aspects of the One Direction fandom.

"We don't know [Styles and Tomlinson's] sexual orientations - we just don't," Jorie explains. "Just because we say they are in love, no one is denying them the ability to be pansexual, bi, or any number of different sexualities there are."

And she's quick to note the kicker that brings the entire conspiracy into sharp relief: "If these actions [by which she means Styles and Tomlinson's friendship, their physical intimacy, their tattoos, and many other so-called hints of their love]were happening between a boy and a girl, no one would ever question the legitimacy of their being in a relationship."

And maybe that's what Larry Stylinson is really about, beyond all the debates over whether the One Direction fandom is delusional or misogynistic, beyond the worry over whether Larry Stylinson has made it harder for Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson to simply be themselves as individuals and friends.

Prior to Larry Stylinson and perhaps the age of internet culture itself, the media could craft and carefully produce narratives about celebrities and boy band members; the popularity of the Larry Stylinson theory is, perhaps, a testament to the unprecedented agency that fans now have with regard to shaping those narratives. It's a byproduct of their ability to question and challenge the media they consume.

"[Styles and Tomlinson]have only ever denied Larry rumors in forms of type or text - never in person," Jorie insists. "We also know that Management has access to their social media accounts." For Jorie and Courtney and countless fans like them who believe that Management is "controlling" the two bandmates, every piece of information that One Direction's production team distributes is another piece of information to dissect, critique, and ultimately talk back to.

Jorie points to the recent news that Malik was forbidden to grow his beard or dye his hair while he was a member of One Direction,and that the bandwas prevented from experimenting with different musical styles and genres.

"If they could be controlling over that, of course they would be controlling over sexuality," she says.

It's almost enough to make you second-guess reality.

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Fake babies, fake girlfriends, and real gay soul mates: Larry Stylinson is the only boy band conspiracy you'll ever need.

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'LARR STYLINSON' RELATIONSHIP CONSPIRACY THEORY BY FANS

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'LARR STYLINSON' RELATIONSHIP CONSPIRACY THEORY BY FANS

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ONE DIRECTION FANS WERE CONVINCED OF A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HARRY AND LOUIS TOMLINSON. CONSPIRACY THEORIES/RUMOURS ABOUT HARRY'S SEXUALITY HAVE BEEN CIRCULATING IN THE MEDIA AND FAN DOMAIN FOR YEARS SINCE THE START OF HIS CAREER.

THIS CONSTRUCTED STAR IMAGE DIRECTLY CONTRASTS WITH THE HETERO SEXUAL HYPER MASCULINE PERSONA HE HAD WHEN IN THE BAND. FAN MADE CONTENT ON YOUTUBE OF CLIPS OF THE TWO TOGETHER HAVE AMASSED HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND OF VIEWS, DEMONSTRATING THE OBSESSIVE INTEREST FANS HAVE WITH STYLES'S SEXUALITY.

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FANS SPECULATE OVER SWIFTS LYRICS INDIRECTLY BEING ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH STYLES.

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ROLLING STONE ARTICLE 'HARRY STYLES' NEW DIRECTION' (2017)

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ROLLING STONE ARTICLE 'HARRY STYLES' NEW DIRECTION' (2017)

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AN IN DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH STYLES AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS SOLO CAREER AND HIS MUSICAL PROGRESSION WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS DEBUTE ALBUM. THE ARTICLE CONSTRUCTED STYLES'S STAR IMAGE AS AUTHENTIC,  'HONEST' AND LIKEABLE, AS WELL AS BEING DEVOTED TO HIS MUSICAL CAREER AND PROGRESSING WITH HIS MUSICAL STYLE.THIS ARTICLE GAVE A VERY OPEN AND PERSONAL REVIEW INTO STYLES'S CAREER, PERSONAL LIFE AND BACKGROUND, ALLOWING FOR A PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THE READER AND AN INTIMATE FEEL TO THE INTERVIEW AS UP UNTIL THIS INTERVIEW STYLES'S HAS KEPT VERY PRIVATE WITH SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT HIMSELF AND HIS PERSONAL LIFE.

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January 2016. There's a bench at the top of Primrose Hill, in London, that looks out over the skyline of the city. If you'd passed by it one winter night, you might have seen him sitting there. A lanky guy in a wool hat, overcoat and jogging pants, hands thrust deep into his pockets. Harry Styles had a lot on his mind. He had spent five years as the buoyant fan favorite in One Direction; now, an uncertain future stretched out in front of him. The band had announced an indefinite hiatus. The white noise of adulation was gone, replaced by the hushed sound of the city below.

The fame visited upon Harry Styles in his years with One D was a special kind of mania. With a self-effacing smile, a hint of darkness and the hair invariably described as "tousled," he became a canvas onto which millions of fans pitched their hopes and dreams. Hell, when he pulled over to the side of the 101 freeway in L.A. and discreetlythrew up,the spot became a fan shrine. It's said the puke was even sold on eBay like pieces of the Berlin Wall. Paul McCartney has interviewed him. Then there was the unauthorized fan-fiction series featuring a punky, sexed-up version of "Harry Styles." A billion readers followed his virtual exploits. ("Didn't read it," comments the nonfiction Styles, "but I hope he gets more than me.")

But at the height of One D-mania, Styles took a step back. For many, 2016 was a year of lost musical heroes and a toxic new world order. For Styles, it was a search for a new identity that began on that bench overlooking London. What would a solo Harry Styles sound like? A plan came into focus. A song cycle about women and relationships. Ten songs. More of a rock sound. A bold single-color cover to match the working title: Pink. (He quotes the Clash's Paul Simonon: "Pink is the only true rock & roll colour.") Many of the details would change over the coming year - including the title, which would end up as Harry Styles - but one word stuck in his head.

"Honest," he says, a year later, driving through midcity Los Angeles in a dusty black Range Rover. He's lived here off and on for the past few years, always returning to London. Styles' car stereo pumps a mix of country and obscure classic rock. "I didn't want to write 'stories,' " he says. "I wanted to write my stories, things that happened to me. The number-one thing was I wanted to be honest. I hadn't done that before." There isn't a yellow light he doesn't run as he speaks excitedly about the band he's put together under the tutelage of producer Jeff Bhasker (The Rolling Stones, Kanye West, "Uptown Funk"). He's full of stories about the two-month recording session last fall at Geejam, a studio and compound built into a mountainside near Port Antonio, a remote section of Jamaica. Drake and Rihanna have recorded there, and it's where Styles produced the bulk of his new LP, which is due out May 12th. As we weave through traffic today, the album no one has heard is burning a hole in his iPhone.

We arrive at a crowded diner, and Styles cuts through the room holding a black notebook jammed with papers and artifacts from his album, looking like a college student searching for a quiet place to study. He's here to do something he hasn't done much of in his young career: an extended one-on-one interview. Often in the past there was another One D member to vector questions into a charmingly evasive display of band camaraderie. Today, Styles is a game but careful custodian of his words, sometimes silently consulting the tablecloth before answering. But as he recounts the events leading up to his year out of the spotlight, the layers begin to slip away.

It was in a London studio in late 2014 that Styles first brought up the idea of One Direction taking a break. "I didn't want to exhaust our fan base," he explains. "If you're shortsighted, you can think, 'Let's just keep touring,' but we all thought too much of the group than to let that happen. You realize you're exhausted and you don't want to drain people's belief in you."

After much discussion, the band mutually agreed to a hiatus, which was announced in August 2015 (Zayn Malik had abruptly left One D several months earlier). Fans were traumatized by the band's decision, but were let down easy with a series of final bows, including a tour that ran through October. Styles remains a One D advocate: "I love the band, and would never rule out anything in the future. The band changed my life, gave me everything."
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Still, a solo career was calling. "I wanted to step up. There were songs I wanted to write and record, and not just have it be 'Here's a demo I wrote.' Every decision I've made since I was 16 was made in a democracy. I felt like it was time to make a decision about the future  ...  and maybe I shouldn't rely on others."

As one of the most well-known 23-year-olds in the world, Styles himself is still largely unknown. Behind the effervescent stage persona, there is more lore than fact. He likes it that way. "With an artist like Prince," he says, "all you wanted to do was know more. And that mystery - it's why those people are so magical! Like, fuck, I don't know what Prince eats for breakfast. That mystery  ...  it's just what I like."

Styles pauses, savoring the idea of the unknown. He looks at my digital recorder like a barely invited guest. "More than 'do you keep a mystery alive?' - it's not that. I like to separate my personal life and work. It helps, I think, for me to compartmentalize. It's not about trying to make my career longer, like I'm trying to be this 'mysterious character,' because I'm not. When I go home, I feel like the same person I was at school. You can't expect to keep that if you show everything. There's the work and the personal stuff, and going between the two is my favorite shit. It's amazing to me."

Soon, we head to the Beachwood Canyon studio of Jeff Bhasker. As we arrive, Styles bounds up the steps to the studio, passing a bored pool cleaner. "How are ya," he announces, unpacking a seriously cheerful smile. The pool cleaner looks perplexed, not quite sharing Styles' existential joy.

Inside, the band awaits. Styles opens his notebook and heads for the piano. He wants to finish a song he'd started earlier that day. It's obvious that the band has a well-worn frat-house dynamic, sort of like the Beatles in Help!, as directed by Judd Apatow. Styles is, to all, "H." Pomegranate-scented candles flicker around the room. Bhasker enters, with guru-length hair, multicolored shirt, red socks and sandals. He was initially busy raising a new baby with his partner, the singer and songwriter Lykke Li, so he guided Styles to two of his producer-player protégés, Alex Salibian and Tyler Johnson, as well as engineer and bassist Ryan Nasci. The band began to form. The final piece of the puzzle was Mitch Rowland, Styles' guitarist, who had worked in a pizza joint until two weeks into the sessions. "Being around musicians like this had a big effect on me," Styles says. "Not being able to pass an instrument without sitting down and playing it?" He shakes his head. It was Styles' first full immersion into the land of musos, and he clearly can't get enough.

Styles starts singing some freshly written lyrics. It's a new song called "I Don't Want to Be the One You're Waiting On." His voice sounds warm, burnished and intimate, not unlike early Rod Stewart. The song is quickly finished, and the band assembles for a playback of the album.

"Mind if I play it loud?" asks Bhasker. It's a rhetorical question. Nasci cranks "Sign of the Times," the first single, to a seismic level. The song began as a seven-minute voice note on Styles' phone, and ended up as a sweeping piano ballad, as well as a kind of call to arms. "Most of the stuff that hurts me about what's going on at the moment is not politics, it's fundamentals," Styles says. "Equal rights. For everyone, all races, sexes, everything. ...  'Sign of the Times' came from 'This isn't the first time we've been in a hard time, and it's not going to be the last time.' 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.'" The track was a breakthrough for both the artist and the band. "Harry really led the charge with that one, and the rest of the album," says Bhasker.

"I wish the album could be called Sign of the Times," Styles declares.

"I don't know," says Bhasker. "I mean, it has been used. "

They debate for a bit. Nasci plays more tracks. The songs range from full-on rock ("Kiwi") to intricate psychedelic pop ("Meet Me in the Hallway") to the outright confessional ("Ever Since New York," a desperate meditation on loss and longing). The lyrics are full of details and references - secrets whispered between friends, doomed declarations of love, empty swimming pools - sure to set fans scrambling for the facts behind the mystery.

"Of course I'm nervous," Styles admits, jingling his keys. "I mean, I've never done this before. I don't know what the fuck I'm doing. I'm happy I found this band and these musicians, where you can be vulnerable enough to put yourself out there. I'm still learning ...  but it's my favorite lesson."

The album is a distinct departure from the dance pop that permeates the airwaves. "A lot of my influences, and the stuff that I love, is older," he says. "So the thing I didn't want to do was, I didn't want to put out my first album and be like, 'He's tried to re-create the Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, Nineties.' Loads of amazing music was written then, but I'm not saying I wish I lived back then. I wanted to do something that sounds like me. I just keep pushing forward."

"It's different from what you'd expect," Bhasker says. "It made me realize the Harry [in One D] was kind of the digitized Harry. Almost like a character. I don't think people know a lot of the sides of him that are on this album. You put it on and people are like, 'This is Harry Styles?' "

Styles is aware that his largest audience so far has been young - often teenage - women. Asked if he spends pressure-filled evenings worried about proving credibility to an older crowd, Styles grows animated. "Who's to say that young girls who like pop music - short for popular, right? - have worse musical taste than a 30-year-old hipster guy? That's not up to you to say. Music is something that's always changing. There's no goal posts. Young girls like the Beatles. You gonna tell me they're not serious? How can you say young girls don't get it? They're our future. Our future doctors, lawyers, mothers, presidents, they kind of keep the world going. Teenage-girl fans - they don't lie. If they like you, they're there. They don't act 'too cool.' They like you, and they tell you. Which is sick. "

Styles drives to a quiet dinner spot in Laurel Canyon, at the foot of Lookout Mountain Avenue, onetime home to many of his Seventies songwriting heroes. He used to have a place around the corner. As the later tours of One Direction grew larger, longer and more frenetic, he offers with irony, "It was very rock & roll." He's not a heavy drinker, he says, maybe some tequila on ice or wine with friends after a show, but by the band's last tour there wasn't much time even for that. John Lennon once told Rolling Stone that behind the curtain, the Beatles' tours were like Fellini's Satyricon. Styles counters that the One D tours were more like "a Wes Anderson movie. Cut. Cut. New location. Quick cut. New location. Cut. Cut. Show. Shower. Hard cut. Sleep."

Finding a table, Styles leans forward and discusses his social-media presence, or lack thereof. Styles and his phone have a bittersweet, mature relationship - they spend a lot of time apart. He doesn't Google himself, and checks Twitter infrequently. "I'll tell you about Twitter," he continues, discussing the volley of tweets, some good, some cynical, that met his endorsement of the Women's March on Washington earlier this year. "It's the most incredible way to communicate closely with people, but not as well as in person." When the location of his London home was published a few years ago, he was rattled. His friend James Corden offered him a motto coined by British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: "Never complain, never explain."

I mention a few of the verbal Molotov cocktails Zayn Malik has tossed at the band in recent interviews. Here's one: "[One D is] not music that I would listen to. If I was sat at a dinner date with a girl, I would play some cool shit, you know what I mean? I want to make music that I think is cool shit. I don't think that's too much to ask for."

Styles adjusts himself in his chair. "I think it's a shame he felt that way," he says, threading the needle of diplomacy, "but I never wish anything but luck to anyone doing what they love. If you're not enjoying something and need to do something else, you absolutely should do that. I'm glad he's doing what he likes, and good luck to him."

Perched on his head are the same-style white sunglasses made famous by Kurt Cobain, but the similarities end right there. Styles, born two months before Cobain exited Earth, doesn't feel tied to any particular genre or era. In the car, he'll just as easily crank up the country music of Keith Whitley as the esoteric blues-and-soul of Shuggie Otis. He even bought a carrot cake to present to Stevie Nicks at a Fleetwood Mac concert. ("Piped her name onto it. She loved it. Glad she liked carrot cake.")

This much is clear: The classic role of tortured artist is not one he'll be playing. "People romanticize places they can't get to themselves," he says. "That's why it's fascinating when people go dark - when Van Gogh cuts off his ear. You romanticize those people, sometimes out of proportion. It's the same with music. You want a piece of that darkness, to feel their pain but also to step back into your own [safer] life. I can't say I had that. I had a really nice upbringing. I feel very lucky. I had a great family and always felt loved. There's nothing worse than an inauthentic tortured person. 'They took my allowance away, so I did heroin.' It's like - that's not how it works. I don't even remember what the question was."

Styles wanders into the Country Store next door. It's a store he knows well. Inspecting the shelves, he asks if I've had British rice pudding. He finds a can that looks ancient. He collects a roll of Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles ("since 1881"), Lindor Swiss chocolates ("irresistibly smooth") and a jar of Branston Pickles. "There's only two shops in L.A. that stock all the British snacks. This area's kind of potluck," he says, spreading the collection on the counter.

The clerk rings up the snacks. In the most careful, deferential way, the young worker asks the question. "Would you  ... happen to be ...  Harry Styles?"

"Yep."

"Could I get a selfie?" Styles obliges, and leans over the counter. Click. We exit into the Laurel Canyon evening.

"Hey," shouts a grizzled-looking dude on the bench outside the store. "Do you know who you look like?"

Styles turns, expecting more of the same, but this particular night denizen is on a different track.

"River Phoenix," the man announces, a little sadly. "You ever heard of him? If he hadn't have passed, I would have said that was you. Talented guy."

"Yes, he was," agrees Styles, who is in many ways the generational opposite of Phoenix. "Yes, he was."

They share a silent moment, before Styles walks to his car. He hands me the bag filled with English snacks. "This is for you," he says. "This was my youth ..."

Harry Edward Styles was born in Worcestershire, England, in true classic-rock form, on a Tuesday Afternoon. The family moved to Cheshire, a quiet spot in Northern England, when he was a baby. His older sister, Gemma, was the studious one. ("She was always smarter than me, and I was always jealous of that.")

His father, Desmond, worked in finance. He was a fan of the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, a lot of Queen, and Pink Floyd. Young Harry toddled around to The Dark Side of the Moon. "I couldn't really get it," he says, "but I just remember being like - this is really fucking cool. Then my mom would always have Shania Twain, and Savage Garden, Norah Jones going on. I had a great childhood. I'll admit it."

But in fact, all was not perfection, scored to a cool, retro soundtrack. When Harry was seven, his parents explained to him that Des would be moving out. Asked about that moment today, Styles stares straight ahead. "I don't remember," he says. "Honestly, when you're that young, you can kind of block it out. ... I can't say that I remember the exact thing. I didn't realize that was the case until just now. Yeah, I mean, I was seven. It's one of those things. Feeling supported and loved by my parents never changed."

His eyes moisten a little, but unlike the young man who wept over an early bout with Internet criticism, a powerful moment in the early One Direction documentary A Year in the Making, Styles tonight knocks back the sentiment. Styles is still close with his father, and served as best man to his mom when she remarried a few years ago. "Since I've been 10," he reflects, "it's kind of felt like - protect Mom at all costs. ... My mom is very strong. She has the greatest heart. [Her house in Cheshire] is where I want to go when I want to spend some time."

In his early teens, Styles joined some school friends as the singer in a mostly-covers band, White Eskimo. "We wrote a couple of songs," he remembers. "One was called 'Gone in a Week.' It was about luggage. 'I'll be gone in a week or two/Trying to find myself someplace new/I don't need any jackets or shoes/The only luggage I need is you.'" He laughs. "I was like, 'Sick.'"

It was his mother who suggested he try out for the U.K. singing competition The X Factor to compete in the solo "Boy" category. Styles sang Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely." The unforgiving reaction from one of the judges, Louis Walsh, is now infamous. Watching the video today is to watch young Harry's cheery disposition take a hot bullet.

"In that instant," he says, "you're in the whirlwind. You don't really know what's happening; you're just a kid on the show. You don't even know you're good at anything. I'd gone because my mum told me I was good from singing in the car ...  but your mum tells you things to make you feel good, so you take it with a pinch of salt. I didn't really know what I was expecting when I went on there."

Styles didn't advance in the competition, but Simon Cowell, the show's creator, sensed a crowd favorite. He put Styles together with four others who'd failed to advance in the same category, and united the members of One D in a musical shotgun marriage. The marriage worked. And worked. And worked.

You wonder how a young musician might find his way here, to these lofty peaks, with his head still attached to his shoulders. No sex tapes, no TMZ meltdowns, no tell-all books written by the rehab nanny? In a world where one messy scandal can get you five seasons of a hit reality show ...  how did Harry Styles slip through the juggernaut?

"Family," answers Ben Winston. "It comes from his mom, Anne. She brought him and his sister up incredibly well. Harry would choose boring over exciting ... There is more chance of me going to Mars next week than there is of Harry having some sort of addiction."

We're in Television City, Hollywood. Winston, 35, the Emmy-winning executive producer of The Late Late Show With James Corden, abandons his desk and retreats to a nearby sofa to discuss his good friend. More than a friend, Styles became an unlikely family member - after he became perhaps the world's most surprising houseguest.

Their friendship was forged in the early stages of One D's success, when the band debuted on The X Factor. Winston, then a filmmaker and production partner with Corden, asked for a meeting, and instantly hit it off with the group. He became a friendly mentor to Styles, though the friendship was soon tested. Styles had just moved out of his family home in Cheshire, an inconvenient three hours north of London. He found a home he liked near the Winstons in Hampstead Heath. The new house needed two weeks of work. Styles asked if he could briefly move in with Winston and his wife, Meredith. "She agreed," Winston says, "but only for two weeks."

Styles parked his mattress in the Winstons' attic. "Two weeks later and he hadn't bought his house yet," continues Winston. "It wasn't going through. Then he said, 'I'm going to stay until Christmas, if you don't mind.' Then Christmas came, and ..."

For the next 20 months, one of the most desired stars on the planet slept on a small mattress in an attic. The only other bit of house-dressing was the acoustic guitar that would rattle into the Winstons' bedroom. While fans gathered at the empty house where he didn't live, Styles lived incognito with a couple 12 years his senior. The Winstons' Orthodox Jewish lifestyle, with a strong family emphasis, helped keep him sane.

"Those 20 months were when they went from being on a reality show, X Factor, to being the biggest-selling artists in the world," recalls Winston. "That period of time, he was living with us in the most mundane suburban situation. No one ever found out, really. Even when we went out for a meal, it's such a sweet family neighborhood, no one dreamed it was actually him. But he made our house a home. And when he moved out, we were gutted."

Styles jauntily appears at the Late Late office. He's clearly a regular visitor, and he and Winston have a brotherly shorthand.

"Leaving Saturday?" asks Winston.

"Yeah, gotta buy a cactus for my friend's birthday," says Styles.

"My dad might be on your flight," says Winston.

"The 8:50? That'd be sick."

Winston continues the tales from the attic. "So we had this joke. Meri and I would like to see the girls that you would come back with to the house. That was always what we enjoyed, because we'd be in bed like an old couple. We'd have our spot cream on our faces and we'd be in our pajamas and the door would go off. The stairwell was right outside our door, so we'd wait to see if Harry was coming home alone or with people."

"I was alone," notes Styles. "I was scared of Meri."

"He wasn't always alone," corrects Winston, "but it was exciting seeing the array of A-listers that would come up and sleep in the attic. Or he'd come and lounge with us. We'd never discuss business. He would act as if he hadn't come back from playing to 80,000 people three nights in a row in Rio de Janeiro."

"Let's go to the beach," says Styles, pulling the Range Rover onto a fog-soaked Pacific Coast Highway. Last night was his tequila-fueled birthday party, filled with friends and karaoke and a surprise drop-in from Adele. He's now officially 23. "And not too hung over," he notes.

Styles finds a spot at a sushi place up the coast. As he passes through the busy dining room, a businessman turns, recognizing him with a face that says: My kids love this guy! I ask Styles what he hears most from the parents of young fans. "They say, 'I see your cardboard face every fucking day.' " He laughs. "I think they want me to apologize."

The subject today is relationships. While Styles says he still feels like a newcomer to all that, a handful of love affairs have deeply affected him. The images and stolen moments tumble extravagantly through the new songs: And promises are broken like a stitch is ... I got splinters in my knuckles crawling 'cross the floor/Couldn't take you home to mother in a skirt that short/But I think that's what I like about it ... I see you gave him my old T-shirt, more of what was once mine ... That black notebook, you sense, is filled with this stuff.

"My first proper girlfriend," he remembers, "used to have one of those laughs. There was also a little bit of mystery with her because she didn't go to our school. I just worshipped the ground she walked on. And she knew, probably to a fault, a little. That was a tough one. I was 15.

"She used to live an hour and a half away on the train, and I worked in a bakery for three years. I'd finish on Saturdays at 4:30 and it was a 4:42 train, and if I missed it there wasn't one for another hour or two. So I'd finish and sprint to the train station. Spent 70 percent of my wages on train tickets. Later, I'd remember her perfume. Little things. I smell that perfume all the time. I'll be in a lift or a reception and say to someone, 'Alien, right?' And sometimes they're impressed and sometimes they're a little creeped out. 'Stop smelling me.'"

If Styles hadn't yet adapted to global social-media attention, he was tested in 2012, when he met Taylor Swift at an awards show. Their second date, a walk in Central Park, was caught by paparazzi. Suddenly the couple were global news. They broke up the next month, reportedly after a rocky Caribbean vacation; the romance was said to have ended with at least one broken heart.

The relationship is a subject he's famously avoided discussing. "I gotta pee first. This might be a long one," he says. He rises to head to the bathroom, then adds, "Actually, you can say, 'He went for a pee and never came back.' "

He returns a couple of minutes later. "Thought I'd let you stew for a while," he says, laughing, then takes a gulp of green juice. He was surprised, he says, when photos from Central Park rocketed around the world. "When I see photos from that day," he says, "I think: Relationships are hard, at any age. And adding in that you don't really understand exactly how it works when you're 18, trying to navigate all that stuff didn't make it easier. I mean, you're a little bit awkward to begin with. You're on a date with someone you really like. It should be that simple, right? It was a learning experience for sure. But at the heart of it - I just wanted it to be a normal date."

He's well aware that at least two of Swift's songs - "Out of the Woods" and "Style" - are considered to be about their romance. ("You've got that long hair slicked back, white T-shirt," she sang in "Style.") "I mean, I don't know if they're about me or not ..." he says, attempting gallant discretion, "but the issue is, she's so good, they're bloody everywhere." He smiles. "I write from my experiences; everyone does that. I'm lucky if everything [we went through] helped create those songs. That's what hits your heart. That's the stuff that's hardest to say, and it's the stuff I talk least about. That's the part that's about the two people. I'm never going to tell anybody everything." (Fans wondered whether "Perfect," a song Styles co-wrote for One Direction, might have been about Swift: "And if you like cameras flashing every time we go out/And if you're looking for someone to write your breakup songs about/Baby, I'm perfect.")

Was he able to tell her that he admired the songs? "Yes and no," he says after a long pause. "She doesn't need me to tell her they're great. They're great songs ... It's the most amazing unspoken dialogue ever."

Is there anything he'd want to say to Swift today? "Maybe this is where you write down that I left!" He laughs, and looks off. "I don't know," he finally says. "Certain things don't work out. There's a lot of things that can be right, and it's still wrong. In writing songs about stuff like that, I like tipping a hat to the time together. You're celebrating the fact it was powerful and made you feel something, rather than 'this didn't work out, and that's bad.' And if you run into that person, maybe it's awkward, maybe you have to get drunk ... but you shared something. Meeting someone new, sharing those experiences, it's the best shit ever. So thank you."

He notes a more recent relationship, possibly over now, but significant for the past few years. (Styles has often been spotted with Kendall Jenner, but he won't confirm that's who he's talking about.) "She's a huge part of the album," says Styles. "Sometimes you want to tip the hat, and sometimes you just want to give them the whole cap ...  and hope they know it's just for them."

In late February 2016, Styles landed a plum part in Christopher Nolan's upcoming World War II epic, Dunkirk. In Nolan, Styles found a director equally interested in mystery. "The movie is so ambitious," he says. "Some of the stuff they're doing in this movie is insane. And it was hard, man, physically really tough, but I love acting. I love playing someone else. I'd sleep really well at night, then get up and continue drowning."

When Styles returned to L.A., an idea landed. The idea was: Get out of Dodge. Styles called his manager, Jeffrey Azoff, and explained he wanted to finish the album outside London or L.A., a place where the band could focus and coalesce. Four days after returning from the movie, they were on their way to Port Antonio on Jamaica's remote north coast. At Geejam, Styles and his entire band were able to live together, turning the studio compound into something like a Caribbean version of Big Pink. They occupied a two-story villa filled with instruments, hung out at the tree-house-like Bush Bar, and had access to the gorgeous studio on-site. Many mornings began with a swim in the deserted cove just down the hill.

Life in Jamaica was 10 percent beach party and 90 percent musical expedition. It was the perfect rite of passage for a musician looking to explode the past and launch a future. The anxiety of what's next slipped away. Layers of feeling emerged that had never made it past One Direction's group songwriting sessions, often with pop craftsmen who polished the songs after Styles had left. He didn't feel stifled in One D, he says, as much as interrupted. "We were touring all the time," he recalls. "I wrote more as we went, especially on the last two albums." There are songs from that period he loves, he says, like "Olivia" and "Stockholm Syndrome," along with the earlier song "Happily." "But I think it was tough to really delve in and find out who you are as a writer when you're just kind of dipping your toe each time. We didn't get the six months to see what kind of shit you can work with. To have time to live with a song, see what you love as a fan, chip at it, hone it and go for that  ... it's heaven."

The more vulnerable the song, he learned, the better. "The one subject that hits the hardest is love," he says, "whether it's platonic, romantic, loving it, gaining it, losing it  ...  it always hits you hardest. I don't think people want to hear me talk about going to bars, and how great everything is. The champagne popping  ...  who wants to hear about it? I don't want to hear my favorite artists talk about all the amazing shit they get to do. I want to hear, 'How did you feel when you were alone in that hotel room, because you chose to be alone?'"

To wind down in Jamaica, Styles and Rowland, the guitarist, began a daily Netflix obsession with sugary romantic comedies. Houseworkers would sometimes leave at night and return the next morning to see Styles blearily removing himself from a long string of rom-coms. He declares himself an expert on Nicholas Sparks, whom he now calls "Nicky Spee." After almost two months, the band left the island with a bounty of songs and stories. Like the time Styles ended up drunk and wet from the ocean, toasting everybody, wearing a dress he'd traded with someone's girlfriend. "I don't remember the toast," he says, "but I remember the feeling."

Christmas 2016. Harry Styles was parked outside his childhood home, sitting next to his father. They were listening to his album. After lunch at a pub, they had driven down their old street and landed in front of the family home. Staring out at the house where Styles grew up listening to his father's copy of The Dark Side of the Moon, there was much to consider. It was a long way he'd traveled in those fast few years since "Isn't She Lovely." He'd previously played the new album for his mother, on a stool, in the living room, on cheap speakers. She'd cried hearing "Sign of the Times." Now he sat with his father - who liked the new song "Carolina" best - both having come full circle.

Styles is moved as he describes how he felt. We're sitting in Corden's empty office, talking over a few last subjects before he returns to England. "I think, as a parent, especially with the band stuff, it was such a roller coaster," he says. "I feel like they were always thinking, 'OK, this ride could stop at any point and we're going to have to be there when it does.' There was something about playing the album and how happy I was that told them, 'If all I get is to make this music, I'm content. If I'm never on that big ride again, I'm happy and proud of it.'

"I always said, at the very beginning, all I wanted was to be the granddad with the best stories ...  and the best shelf of artifacts and bits and trinkets."

Tomorrow night he'll hop a flight back to England. Rehearsals await. Album-cover choices need to be made. He grabs his black notebook and turns back for a moment before disappearing down the hallway, into the future.

"How am I going to be mysterious," he asks, only half-joking, "when I've been this honest with you?"
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Harry Styles: Singer Opens Up About Famous Flings, Honest New LP

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January 2016. There's a bench at the top of Primrose Hill, in London, that looks out over the skyline of the city. If you'd passed by it one winter night, you might have seen him sitting there. A lanky guy in a wool hat, overcoat and jogging pants, hands thrust deep into his pockets.

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Harry Styles is a master of the middle distance. Look at him turning his right cheek to the camera, strands of wet hair hanging lank, a rogue petal clinging to a clump above his ear: "Sweet Creature is available now. Album is available in ten days. I am available always." He remains an enigma after spending a half-decade in the world's most popular boy band and dating one of the world's biggest pop stars. And yet there's something about Styles' combination of roguish charm and eagerness to please that renders him exactly that: available. Leave the right Instagram comment at the right time, and he might show up on your doorstep the next morning with a bag of bagels and coffee with room. The ability to tap into this liminal space between intimacy and detachment is what makes Styles-and Harry Styles, the solo debut he's releasing about a year and a half after One Direction's dissolution-so captivating.

If you only know one thing about Harry Styles, it's probably that the album bucks the established trends governing bids for young male solo pop stardom. Styles is uninterested in walking the trail blazed 15 years ago by Justin Timberlake's Justified, the one along which young male stars signal their newfound maturity by embracing hip-hop, R&B, and overt libidinousness (c.f. Justin Bieber, Nick Jonas, Zayn Malik). He doesn't seem to care for the Sheeranesque stadium-folk being churned out by One Direction bandmate Niall Horan, either. Instead, Harry Styles wants to be a rock star-your father's rock star, or maybe even your grandparents' rock star. And so this sounds like the work of a musician whose desert island discs include Revolver, Tattoo You, and Vinyl: Music From the HBO Original Series - Vol. 1.

Styles' debut isn't subject to the same pressures that defined late-period One Direction, and its songs don't need to hold up over a year-long stadium tour. It's still exceedingly easy to hear Styles and his band-spearheaded by jack-of-all-trades executive producer Jeff Bhasker-tip their caps to a wide variety of rock legends and also-rans. "Sweet Creature" catches Styles taking a crack at his very own version of "Blackbird"; the laughable "Woman" opens with a piano flourish out of Prince's "Do Me, Baby" before settling down into an Elton John strut. Styles' stabs at hard rock (the one-two punch of "Only Angel" and "Kiwi") sound like the Rolling Stones and Wolfmother, respectively. And lead single "Sign of the Times" is a skyscraping Bowie ballad that manages to sound like both fun.'s "We Are Young"-one of Bhasker's biggest hits-and Coldplay's "The Scientist." Take issue with Styles' taste at your leisure, but there's no denying his comprehensiveness.

His vocal performances are invariably the best parts of these songs. Styles has described his stint in One Direction as " a democracy," and every song featured a fight for breathing room between four or five hungry young singers. Here, he has space he can use. "Sign of the Times" jumps out of your speakers when he shifts into his thin falsetto, and it climaxes with a series of desperate howls. He makes a convincing alt-country troubadour on "Two Ghosts" and "Ever Since New York" by throwing on a little twang and a healthy helping of world-weariness. The down-home boogie of "Carolina" tests the limits of his nascent swagger. And I've never heard someone record their own backing vocals with the enthusiasm and panache Styles brings to Harry Styles. Every hoot, yelp, and chant are delivered with an impish grin, one that makes it hard not to crack a smile of your own.

Going it alone gives Styles the space he needs to soar as a vocalist, but it also throws his shortcomings as a writer into sharp relief. Vague allusions, stock characters, and cliché turns of phrase aside, Styles struggles most with writing about women, a shame given that *Harry Styles *is supposed to be " a song cycle about women and relationships." The subject of "Only Angel" turns out to be a "devil in between the sheets." The irrepressible Southern flame at the heart of "Carolina" ends up a "good girl" out of the Drake playbook. "Kiwi" is devoted to a "pretty face on a pretty neck" with a "Holland Tunnel for a nose" (because it's "always backed up," he quips). "Two Ghosts" only succeeds because it leans on a handful of references to Styles' most famous ex, and it's not even the best Taylor Swift song in his catalogue.

This parade of sexy badasses is amusing but unmemorable, and Styles' reliance on trite depictions of wild women is disappointing in part because he seems otherwise unbothered by the demands of traditional masculinity. He shrugs off his imagined secret love affairs with other members of One Direction and wins plaudits for the respect he shows his largely female, largely teenage fanbase. Harry Styles might tell you plenty about its namesake's aesthetic interests and his grown-up turn-ons, but it's lacking the emotional depth that's so readily ascribed to him. You finish the album waiting for his pen to catch up with his persona.

There's one moment in which Harry Styles transcends its big-name influences. Closer "From the Dining Table" opens with a startling scene: a horny, lonely Styles, jerking off in an opulent hotel room before falling back asleep and getting wasted. "I've never felt less cool," he admits. The writing is frank and economic; it sounds like Styles is singing softly into your ear, a bashful mess. It's the only song on the album that invites you to consider what it must be like to be Harry Styles: unfathomably famous since before you could drive, subjected to unrelenting attention everywhere except bunker-like studios and secluded beaches, forced to zip around and around the world for half a decade when you're supposed to be figuring out who you are and what you want. And yet "From the Dining Table" sounds less like a complaint than a confession meant for you and you alone. It's intoxicating, and it ends Harry Styles on the most promising possible note.

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Harry Styles is a master of the middle distance. Look at him turning his right cheek to the camera, strands of wet hair hanging lank, a rogue petal clinging to a clump above his ear: "Sweet Creature is available now. Album is available in ten days. I am available always."

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Harry Styles doesn't just want to be a rock star - he wants to be the rock star. And on his superb solo debut, the One Direction heartthrob claims his turf as a true rock & roll prince, a sunshine superman, a cosmic dancer in touch with his introspective acoustic side as well as his glam flash. He avoids the celebrity-guest debutante ball he could have thrown himself - instead, he goes for a intimately emotional Seventies soft-rock vibe. No club-hopping or bottles popping - it's the after-hours balladry of a 23-year-old star wondering why he spends so much time in lonely hotel rooms staring at his phone. Harry digs so deep into classic California mellow gold, you might suspect his enigmatic new tattoos that say "Jackson" and "Arlo" refer to Browne and Guthrie.

"You can't bribe the door on your way to the sky," he warns early on in "Sign of the Times," but the sky is where he's aiming, and his sheer brazen confidence is dazzling - he never sounds like he's trying too hard or scrounging for cred, which is where boy-band alumni usually screw up their solo records. The whole album has the personal yet witty spirit of the cover photo, where a topless Harry has a moment of doubt and pain in a bathtub full of pink unicorn tears. (His original title was Pink, because it's "the only true rock & roll color.") He spends a lot of the album wet, actually - whether it's tears, other bodily fluids, or just "candy dripping on me till my feet are wet."

Harry's soft-rock fetish won't surprise fans of One Direction gems like "Olivia" or "Stockholm Syndrome," but this is the first time we've heard Sweet Baby Styles run with it for a whole album. The songs he tipped in advance didn't play coy about his old-school inspirations - the Badfinger hook of "Ever Since New York," the "Blackbird" guitar of "Sweet Creature," the way "Sign of the Times" tweaks Queen and Bowie in candelabra mode - yet they all sound like him, playful and tender in equal measure. In most of these songs, he mourns a dead-end relationship, the kind where "comfortable silence is so overrated," and you can hear that he's been binging on singer-songwriter confessionals from Harry Nilsson's Nilsson Schmillson to Taylor Swift's Red. "Meet Me In The Hallway" sets the tone - a touch of John Lennon echo in his voice, a touch of Jimmy Page in the acoustic guitar - as he pleads like a love junkie craving a fix. "Carolina" rides a tropical low-rider summer groove, while the lovelorn "Two Ghosts" could pass for vintage Bread. "Woman" could be a lost slow-jam duet between Prince and Joe Walsh, as Harry asks, "Should we just search romantic comedies on Netflix and see what we can find?"

He
dabbles in hard rock raunch with "Kiwi" ("She worked her way
through a cheap pack of cigarettes/Hard liquor mixed with a bit of intellect")
and "Only Angel." Yet he sounds brassiest, most confident, most himself when
he gets vulnerable. He ends with "From the Dining Table," an acoustic
lament where he wakes up alone in yet another hotel room. ("Played with
myself, where were you?/I fell back asleep and was drunk by noon/I've never felt less cool.") Through it all, he manages to steer clear of
all the traps that ordinarily sabotage a boy-band star's solo move. But as the
whole album proves, there's not a thing ordinary about this guy.

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Review: Harry Styles Is a True Rock Star on Superb Solo Debut

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Harry Styles doesn't just want to be a rock star - he wants to be the rock star. And on his superb solo debut, the One Direction heartthrob claims his turf as a true rock & roll prince, a sunshine superman, a cosmic dancer in touch with his introspective acoustic side as well as his glam flash.

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EASTER EGG MARKETING CAMPAIGN - ADVERTISEMENT OF A MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CALLED EROD (FEATURED LOCATION OF MUSIC VIDEO FOR SINGLE ADORE YOU). USED AS A STRATEGY TO PROMOTE RELEASE OF NEW ALBUM FINE LINE (2019)

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EASTER EGG MARKETING CAMPAIGN - ADVERTISEMENT OF A MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CALLED EROD (FEATURED LOCATION OF MUSIC VIDEO FOR SINGLE ADORE YOU). USED AS A STRATEGY TO PROMOTE RELEASE OF NEW ALBUM FINE LINE (2019)

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ENTERTAINING MARKETING STRATEGY FOR FANS - TINTS AND CLUES FOR FANS TO FIND LEADING THEM TO ANTICIPATE THE RELEASE OF STYLES'S NEW ALBUM.

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ENTERTAINING MARKETING STRATEGY FOR FANS - TINTS AND CLUES FOR FANS TO FIND LEADING THEM TO ANTICIPATE THE RELEASE OF STYLES'S NEW ALBUM.

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THE EFFORT AND DETAILS PUT INTO THIS CAMPAIGN REFLECT THE DEVOTION OF STYLES'S FANS. BY GOING TO SO MUCH EFFORT FOR FANS ENTERTAINMENT, STYLES PLACES MASS IMPORTANCE ON THEM AND DEMONSTRATES HIS APPRECIATION FOR HIS FANS.

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Harry Styles released the music video for his song "Adore You" on Friday, and it took place on the fictional isle of Eroda.

Starting in late November, hundreds of social media users spotted targeted ads and promotional content for a tourism agency for Eroda - but quickly realized the isle didn't exist.

Fans of singer Harry Styles began connecting the dots between Eroda's tourism website and the ads. They correctly guessed that it was an Easter egg marketing campaign for his upcoming album "Fine Line."

Here's all the evidence that was compiled in the lead-up to the release of "Adore You."

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Harry Styles fans were right: the mysterious travel ads for the fictional isle of Eroda were part of an Easter egg marketing campaign for the music video for "Adore You." The video dropped Friday, and took place in Eroda, a town where everybody frowns.

Starting in late November, hundreds of social media users began questioning ads that had appeared on their social media feeds that encouraged them to travel to the island of Eroda.

The ads seem standard, with picturesque channels populated by sailboats, dreamy Nordic landscapes, and a website offering snippets about a local gift shop and a brewery.

The only strange thing about them? Eroda doesn't actually exist.

Reverse-image searches from some of the promotional photos of landscapes and coastal towns from the "Visit Eroda" website and social media pages show that they were actually taken in Norway. A sponsored Facebook post from Eroda's page shows a photo of a restaurant in Chagford, a town in England.

So what does it all mean? Why would some unnamed source pay to market a fake location?

Well, Harry Styles fans have an answer. They were among the people who got the targeted ads - likely on purpose - and quickly matched up the locations pictured and references in the ads and on the website to the singer, his recent activities, and his upcoming album, "Fine Line." A Styles fan and Twitter user going by the handle @finelinelora put a theory together.

Here's a summary of the best clues connecting Eroda and Styles

The Eroda Twitter account launched in October, the same time Styles began promoting "Fine Line" and released the album's first single, "Lights Up."

One of the photos listed on the "Attractions" page of the website appears to be a cropped image of a location where Styles was spotted filming a mystery project, believed to be a music video, in Scotland.

"Eroda" spelled backward is "adore." One of the tracks on "Fine Line" is called "Adore You." There's also a spot on the website that says "We adore you."

Also on the "Attractions" page is a snippet that includes streets named "Cherry Street" and "Golden Way." Two other tracks on the album are "Cherry" and "Golden."

The website says the island's youth wear bold hairstyles, and a photo taken of Styles and an actress on set in Scotland shows the woman with a very bold hairstyle.

Comments and reviews of the island popped up on its Facebook page from private accounts that reveal very few details about the people who own them. One person wrote that they'd be returning to Eroda on December 13, which is the day Styles' album drops.

A promotional video for the album was uploaded to YouTube on November 23, and the voiceover sounds similar to the voice of a woman who recently joined Styles' band.

When Styles' fans used Facebook's targeted ad features to see why it was recommended to them, some saw that the Eroda page is specifically targeting people who have also visited Styles' website.

Those are just the most obvious clues. There are a lot more in the thread and beyond that seem to reference different aspects of the Styles fandom and Styles' life.

Everything that has to do with the Eroda campaign surfaced on the internet in late 2019. The Twitter account joined the platform in October and its first tweet was on November 20. Its first Instagram post was November 13. The website says it's copyright as of 2004, but two separate domain age tools say it was created within the past month.

Now that we know Eroda was a campaign for "Fine Line" all along, it's clear that it was a phenomenal ad technique that hinged on the collective curiosity of the internet and the obsessive speculation of fandoms.

On Reddit alone, an " r/Eroda" subreddit joined more than 1,700 sleuthers trying to put all the puzzle pieces together.

People love to solve puzzles, and the marketing campaign is very well-done, with a satisfying twist ending in the "Adore You" music video. The added appeal of the mystery likely drew more listeners to Styles' work, too, just in time for the album's December 13 release date.

Representatives for Harry Styles didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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Harry Styles fans correctly guessed that mysterious travel ads for a fictional island were about the 'Adore You' music video

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Harry Styles released the music video for his song "Adore You" on Friday, and it took place on the fictional isle of Eroda. Starting in late November, hundreds of social media users spotted targeted ads and promotional content for a tourism agency for Eroda - but quickly realized the isle didn't exist.

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Harry Styles - Adore You (Official Video – Extended Version)

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MUSIC VIDEOS AS A SECONDARY MEDIA CONSTRUCT OF STAR IMAGE

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MUSIC VIDEOS AS A SECONDARY MEDIA CONSTRUCT OF STAR IMAGE

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THE MUSIC VIDEOS RELEASED FOR THE SINGLES ADORE YOU AND FALLING FROM FINE LINE (2019) BOTH COMMUNICATE STYLES'S QUIRKY AND ALTERNATIVE STAR IMAGE. THE VIDEOS ARE BOTH DIRECTED IN A WAY THAT POSITIONS STYLES BRAND VALUES OF 'TREAT PEOPLE WITH KINDNESS' AT THE FOREFRONT AND EXPRESS HIS QUEER PERSONA THROUGH THE NARRATIVE, VISUAL IMAGRY AND COSTUME USED IN THE VIDEO.

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MIXED REVIEWS - THE TRANSITION FROM POP STAR TO FOLK/RETRO/SOFT-ROCK STAR IS REVIEWED CRITICALLY IN THE MANY ARTICLES REVIEWING STYLES'S SOLO ALBUMS. THESE SECONDARY MEDIA TEXTS CONSTRUCT AN OPINION ON THE AUTHENTICITY OF STYLES' NEW STAR IMAGE AS A SOLO ARTIST.

THESE REVIEWS DEMONSTRATE HOW HIGH THE BAR IS SET FOR  STYLE'S TO BE VIEWED AS A SUCCESSFUL SOLO ARTIST AS HIS PREVIOUS MUSICAL HISTORY AS A POP STAR/BOYBAND MEMBER FOLLOWS HIM EVEN NOW.

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If you're listening for evidence of the many psychedelic mushrooms Harry Styles says he ate during the recording of his outstanding second album, you will have to wait until Fine Line's second to last song for a dose. But when "Treat People With Kindness" arrives, it trips balls. Musing about "floating up and dreaming / Dropping into the deep end" over a feverish groove of congas, handclaps and Mellotron, Styles calls upon a gospel chorus to take him even higher: "Maaaaybe, we can find a place to feeeel good," they thunder in full Seventies musical-theatre mode. "To feel good!"

Though Harry Styles Superstar would have been a gloriously mad album, Fine Line is not the magical mystery tour one might have assumed the breakout One Direction heartthrob set his sights on following his classic-rock-inspired debut, Harry Styles. But it's not him suddenly declaring, "OK, boomer," either. Like his brilliant uniform of flowing, high-waisted trousers and shagadelic chest-baring shirts - loud retro looks hot off the Gucci runway - it's a streamlined, party-ready, primary-colors take on the enduring concept of the rock & roll starman. It's also as much as fun as anyone short of Bruno Mars is having with a band these days. (Especially when Styles, an irresistible flirt of a singer, gets playful like he does on heartbreaker ballad "Cherry," dragging out the word "haaaating" from "I'm hating it" like he's repeating a favorite line from Clueless.)

With short-story lyrics about a family man's life of quiet desperation and a six-minute build to wailing guitar drama, "She" might be the closest thing here to a " Sign of the Times "-style homage to Bowie and the Beatles. But the Sixties and Seventies signifiers sprinkled throughout the album - a little organ, some clavinet and even George Harrison specials like electric sitar and sarangi - are expertly Vitamixed into pop-rock smoothies you can dance to, like the strutting "Adore You" and soulful "Lights Up."

Aided by genre-fluid songwriters like Kid Harpoon, Jeff Bhasker, Greg Kurstin, and Amy Allen, Styles is also now mining some rich millennial veins as well. Busy and beachy, "Sunflower Vol. 6" could sit next to Vampire Weekend on any playlist. The title track emerges from a darkly beautiful Bon Iver-like haze into a big, semi-hopeful, brass-and-martial-drums finish; with a measure of uncertainty fitting the close of this chaotic decade, Styles promises: "We'll be all right."

That "we," as the Harries will surely speculate, may be Styles and his ex, the French model Camille Rowe. Indeed, the grand rock-album tradition in which Fine Line indulges is not the long strange trip but the totally predictable breakup. Even the dreamily propulsive opening track, "Golden," in which Styles compares thee to a summer's day that "browns my skin just right," finds him foreshadowing the inevitable sunset: "I don't wanna be alone / When it ends."

No Talmudic study of the lyrics will be required of the stans. If the "I just miss your accent and your friends" breadcrumbs in "Cherry" don't suffice, the recording of Rowe giggling and speaking in French should take them home. But as perfectly suited to binging on Spotify and dissecting on Twitter as the album may be (Styles streams even better than he does on radio), it's how consciously he uncouples here that truly sets him apart from the old testament rock gods. "I'm just an arrogant son of a bitch who can't admit when he's sorry," he confesses in the syncopated slow-burner "To Be So Lonely." In the otherwise forgettable ballad "Falling," he channels every woman hounded by a needy guy (or worse), asking, "What if I'm someone I don't want around?" If there's a nontoxic masculinity, Harry Styles just might've found it. And that's the kind of magic mushrooms can't buy.

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If you're listening for evidence of the many psychedelic mushrooms Harry Styles says he ate during the recording of his outstanding second album, you will have to wait until Fine Line's second to last song for a dose. But when "Treat People With Kindness" arrives, it trips balls.

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IMAGES TAKEN NORMALISED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO STARS MAKING THEM APPEAR RELATABLE TO FANS.

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IMAGES TAKEN NORMALISED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO STARS MAKING THEM APPEAR RELATABLE TO FANS.

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STYLES DOES NOT HAVE A HYPER MASCULINE MALE PERSONA, HIS CURRENT STAR IMAGE IS VERY FEMINE, THUS A LOT OF HIS RELATIONSHIPS/FRIENDSHIPS IN THE MEDIA ARE WITH WOMEN. HIS SUPPORT/LOVE OF WOMEN AND FEMININITY HAS A STRONG INFLUENCE ON  HIS STAR IMAGE AND THE FEMINIST VALUES IDENTIFIED WITH HIS BRAND. THESE FEMINIST VALUES ARE IDENTIFIABLE AND RELATABLE TO HIS LARGE FEMALE AND QUEER FOLLOWING AS THEY CAN RELATE TO THESE SHARED VALUES.

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Harry Styles (Full Interview) | Chelsea | Netflix

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Funny interview moments with Harry Styles

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SNL Host Harry Styles and Kenan Enjoy the Magic of Fall

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STYLES PAID HOMAGE TO NICK'S WHEN SHE RECEIVED HER ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME AWARD (2019), THROUGH A PERSONAL SPEECH DEVOTED TO HS IDOL.

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STYLES PAID HOMAGE TO NICK'S WHEN SHE RECEIVED HER ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME AWARD (2019), THROUGH A PERSONAL SPEECH DEVOTED TO HS IDOL.

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THIS RELATIONSHIP SYMBOLISES STYLES TRANSFORMATION FROM BOYBAND HEART THROB TO SUCCESSFUL SOLO MUSICIAN AND INCREASE HIS CHNACE OF BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY AS A RESPECTED MUSICIAN. THSI RELATIONSHIP COULD ALSO MAK ESTYLE'S APPEAR MORE LIKEABLE TO FANS AS HE APPEALS SINCERE AND HUMBLE IN HIS ADMIRATION OF NICK'S AS A FAN HIMELF. THIS CREATES A MORE LIKEABLE STAR IMAGE AS HE IS BEING REPRESENTED AS A FAN HIMELF AND APPEARS GROUNDED TO AUDIENCES.

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NEW YORK, New York -- Harry Styles had the honor of inducting his idol, Stevie Nicks, into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Friday night.

Styles took the microphone as the first presenter of the night. He explored Nick's accomplishments as a musician and her influence on him as an artist in a concise induction speech.

"She is forever current. She is forever Stevie. But what exactly does that mean?," he asked. "In my family we listened at home, in the car, wherever we could. 'Dreams' was the first song I knew all the words to, before I knew what the words really meant. I thought it was about the weather."

Nicks is the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock Hall for a second time (her first induction was in 1998 as a member of Fleetwood Mac). During his induction speech, Styles spoke about Nicks' musical history -- her time in Fleetwood Mac and her expansive solo career.

"Stevie could do it all, and that is true Stevie," Styles said. "You can't take your eyes off her. She is the magical gypsy godmother who occupies the in-between. It's a space that can and will only ever be hers. "

Styles' appearance at the Rock Hall ceremony was a major one for the musician. The singer, known for his time in the boy band One Direction and his successful solo career, has performed with Nicks and expressed his massive appreciation for the musician in the past.

While Nicks' induction were hotly anticipated at the ceremony, so was Styles' appearance. Styles' fans posted on social media ahead of the ceremony, celebrating his accomplishment.

Styles and Nicks have become friends and collaborators over the years. Styles touched on their relationship in his speech.

"If you're lucky enough to know her, she's always there for you," he said. "She is mother lion to her friends."

He also spoke about the inspiration in Nicks' music.

"She is so much more than a role model. She is a beacon to all of us. Whenever you hear her voice, life gets just a little bit better," Styles said. "When she sings, the world is hers and it is yours."

Ahead of the induction, the two opened up the night with a duet performance of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around."
Follow along for more Rock Hall 2019 updates at our live blog, here.

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Harry Styles honors his idol Stevie Nicks: Rock Hall 2019

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NEW YORK, New York -- Harry Styles had the honor of inducting his idol, Stevie Nicks, into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Friday night. Styles took the microphone as the first presenter of the night. He explored Nick's accomplishments as a musician and her influence on him as an artist in a concise induction speech.

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STYLES AND NICKS PERFORM FLEETWOOD MAC'S LANDSLIDE (1975) AT THE RELEASE OF HIS NEW ALBUM FINE LINES (2019) WHILST ON TOUR IN LA (2019)

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STYLES AND NICKS PERFORM FLEETWOOD MAC'S LANDSLIDE (1975) AT THE RELEASE OF HIS NEW ALBUM FINE LINES (2019) WHILST ON TOUR IN LA (2019)

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Landslide - Harry Styles and Stevie Nicks - 12/13/19

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FLEETWOOD MAC'S STEVIE NICKS HAS COMPARED STYLES'S FINE LINE' ALBUM TO FLEETWOOD MAC'S HIT RECORD RUMOURS (1977)

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FLEETWOOD MAC'S STEVIE NICKS HAS COMPARED STYLES'S FINE LINE' ALBUM TO FLEETWOOD MAC'S HIT RECORD RUMOURS (1977)

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Stevie Nicks has compared Harry Styles' latest album to one of the great Fleetwood Mac records and said it has inspired her to write new music.

The singer, 71, shared a typed-out message with fans as she self-isolates with her goddaughters, assistant and dogs amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Nicks wrote that she has been trying to think of "creative things to do" in isolation and said Styles' Fine Line has inspired her to write new songs and poetry.

"Dear Everyone. I know you are doing everything you can to help the situation we are all in. I am staying in with my Goddaughters and my assistant Karen~ and all our dogs~ Lily, Luna and Mana~trying to think of creative things to do," she said in the message to fans that she shared on Twitter on Monday evening.

"I am getting all my paintings and drawings out~ listening to music (mostly Harry Styles' 'Fine Line') and being inspired by him to write some new songs and poetry."

Nicks is known for being a songwriter and vocalist with rock band Fleetwood Mac - as well as for her chart-topping solo career.

She paid Styles - a vocal fan and close friend who last year inducted her into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - the ultimate compliment.

And she compared Styles' latest album Fine Line to Fleetwood Mac's 1977 classic Rumours, frequently listed as among the greatest of all-time and best-selling.

Nicks said: "Way to go H.~ it is your Rumours..." She concluded the message with advice for fans amid the pandemic.

"Just Dance. This Will Pass. Love will find a way. It always does," Nicks said. She also added: "I'll be in touch."

The writing on the message was surrounded by handwritten squiggles, including love hearts and Nicks's name.

Fine Line was released in December to critical acclaim and contained the hit singles Lights Up, Watermelon Sugar and Adore You.

Styles, 26, appeared on SiriusXM's The Howard Stern Show earlier this month and revealed he invited Nicks and her friends to his house to listen to Fine Line before its release.

"They're so used to living nocturnally - you know, they wake up really late and then they kind of live through the night 'cause they're, you know, witches," Styles told host Howard Stern.

"So it's getting to like 3am playing the album, I'm like, 'I'm kinda tired' and they're, like, right in their prime. They're really like, 'Oh this is like daytime for us'."

Styles marked Fine Line's December 13 release with a special performance at The Forum in Los Angeles, where he introduced Nicks to the stage for a surprise duet of Fleetwood Mac's Landslide.

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Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks has posted a message to her fans urging them to remain positive as coronavirus continues to spread.

The singer is staying indoors as the US remains in lockdown and she said Harry Styles is inspiring her to write new music as she listens to his album 'Fine Line' to get through the crisis.

She wrote: "Dear Everyone, I know you are doing everything you can to help the situation we are all in. I am staying in with my Goddaughters and my assistant Karen - and all our dogs - Lily, Luna and Mana - trying to think of creative things to do.

"I am getting all my paintings and drawings out - listening to music (mostly Harry Styles' 'Fine Line') and being inspired by him to write some new songs and poetry. Way to go H - it is your 'Rumours'."

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- Stevie Nicks (@StevieNicks) March 23, 2020

Nicks added: "My advice for all this free time and terrible news is just dance, this will pass, love will find a way, it always does."

The former One Direction star has collaborated with the Fleetwood Mac icon on several occasions in recent years, with the pair first teaming up at his debut Los Angeles concert in 2017.

Styles also recently revealed that Nicks offered him some words of wisdom after he completed his album, and advised him to rethink his decision to release 'Lights Up' as the project's lead single.

"I was like, 'Okay'," he said. "I definitely thought about it, but...I feel like the whole point is to just do. And then actually, I guess the feeling for me becomes, 'Okay, well, if I wanted it this way and then she told me to change it - and I didn't - I must really want it this way'."

In another recent interview, Styles likened working with Nicks to "an out-of-body experience".

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Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks has posted a message to her fans urging them to remain positive as coronavirus continues to spread. The singer is staying indoors as the US remains in lockdown and she said Harry Styles is inspiring her to write new music as she listens to his album 'Fine Line' to get through the crisis.

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STYLES HAS DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP WITH HIS IDOL STEVIE NICKS AND THE PAIR HAVE COLLABORATED OVER THE YEARS  PERFORMING AND  WORKING TOGETHER ON NEW MUSIC. THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ROCK LEGEND NICKS FIRMLY PLACES STYLES IN A LEGITIMATE LIGHT AND BOOSTS HIS STAR IMAGE TO SUPERSTAR STATUS DUE TO THE RESPECT HE HAS GAINED FROM AN ESTABLISHED ROCK LEGEND WITHIN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. THROUGH THIS RELATIONSHIP HE IS ALIGNING HIS VALUES WITH THE VALUES FLEETWOOD MAC'S MUSIC REPRESENTS.

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Yes, we know, you love Harry Styles. He's covered in tattoos, in touch with his sensitive side, and apparently really funny. Of course, there are more things to a man than the ink he forever dons, the feelings he profusely shows, and the jokes he charismatically makes. In Styles's case, it's his, well, style.

When the sartorial shift from cookie-cutter boy band member to Rolling Stone cover star hunk first happened, I don't know. But it was seismic, and the fashion world has inevitably seized on it. From his memorable 2019 Met Gala look (the single, dangly earring haunts me) to his signature high-waisted trousers (the higher, the better), we have you covered. Keep reading to see which wardrobe staples you need in your closet to get as close to Styles's rock star magnetism as possible.

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REPORTS STATE STYLES WAS "SOBBING" DURING  FIRST PERFORMANCE AFTER ZAYN LEFT BAND. THUS, POSITIONING HIM IN A SYMPATHETIC LIGHT TO AUDIENCES AND MAKING HIM APPEAR LIKEABLE THROUGH HIS REPORTED SENSITIVITY.

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Zayn Malik apologised to fans after he quit chart-topping boyband today

He revealed he wants to be a 'normal 22-year-old living out of the spotlight'

Singer was signed off band's On The Road tour last week due to 'stress'

Came after the engaged star was pictured with another woman in Thailand

Harry, Louis, Liam and Niall will continue as a four-piece in his absence

Hours after Zayn's announcement, Harry broke down in tears on stage

Harry Styles proved what a shock Zayn Malik's sudden departure from One Direction was on Wednesday, as he broke down in tears on stage in Jakarta.

One Direction took to the stage in the Indonesian capital as the news of their bandmate's decision to quit the band broke around the world.

21-year-old Harry was seen unashamedly crying during the band's latest stop on their On The Road Again Tour while a lonely Louis Tomlinson reached out to put his arm around an imaginary Zayn.

Zayn's bandmates paid tribute to their friend in a statement today, with the remaining four committed to playing another sell out show tonight for their adoring fans, despite the shock news

And Harry made his feelings clear in Jakarta, openingly crying as the group's shocked fans looked on.

At one stage Liam Payne put his arm around Harry to comfort him.

In a black t-shirt and with his hair up in his trademark man bun, Harry wandered around the stage with his head in his hands and wiping away tears.

22-year-old Zayn announced his decision to bow out of the chart-topping boyband, leaving Niall Horan, Harry, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson to continue as a four-piece.

Zayn said in a statement released to MailOnline on Wednesday afternoon: 'My life with One Direction has been more than I could ever have imagined.

'But, after five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band. I'd like to apologise to the fans if I've let anyone down, but I have to do what feels right in my heart.'

He continued: 'I am leaving because I want to be a normal 22 year old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight.

'I know I have four friends for life in Louis, Liam, Harry and Niall. I know they will continue to be the best band in the world.'

The Best Song Ever hitmakers will record their fifth album in Zayn's absence and will continue with the remaining dates on the band's forthcoming world tour.

One Direction added in a second statement released to MailOnline: 'We're really sad to see Zayn go, but we totally respect his decision and send him all our love for the future.

'The past five years have been beyond amazing, we've gone through so much together, so we will always be friends.

'The four of us will now continue. We're looking forward to recording the new album and seeing all the fans on the next stage of the world tour.'

The band still have another few weeks on the road before a break in their tour in May, but then it's back to gigging until the end of October.

Meanwhile, Simon Cowell - who masterminded One Direction from five solo artists who auditioned for The X Factor back in 2010 - thanked Zayn for his commitment to the band.

He added: 'I would like to say thank you to Zayn for everything he has done for One Direction.

'Since I first met Zayn in 2010, I have grown very, very fond - and immensely proud - of him. I have seen him grow in confidence and I am truly sorry to see him leave.

'As for One Direction, fans can rest assured that ‎Niall, Liam, Harry and Louis are hugely excited about the future of the band.'

Within minutes of the news being announced, the star's name was trending on Twitter as the heartthrob's fans mourned their pop idol's departure.

Reactions ranged from heartbroken, to compassionate to angry, but the overriding emotion was devastation.

One fan wrote, 'zayn please @zaynmalik i cant stop crying', while another said, 'Sitting in my room crying over zayn malik cant believe it my favourite person ever #zaynleavesonedirection #saddestimeever @zaynmalik'.

Some fans questioned whether the others could continue on as a four piece without Zayn.

'@zaynmalik we will never forget you because there is no one direction without you', one user posted.

One fan had a slight more angry reaction saying: 'you couldn't even waiting until after this tour was over? selfish @zaynmalik'.

1D Updates wrote: 'I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO OR SAY IM SHAKING AND CRYING AND I DONT WANT THIS TO BE REAL'.

Courtney Boerner tweeted: 'You know your life is pathetic when you start crying over a member of One Direction leaving the band....IM SO SAD'.

But some Twitter users were more positive about the announcement.

Jaclyn Forbes wrote: '@zaynmalik im not gunna say I won't miss you but im glad that you're putting yourself first. :) it's not gunna be the same without you'.

Meanwhile, some reacted to the news with hope that they might be able to fill Zayn's place in the line-up.

Frankie Cocozza, who was a contestant on The X Factor in 2011, wrote: 'Dear @SimonCowell Now Zayn has gone, how about a call up?'.

Other famous stars joined in to share their thoughts on the news as Piers Morgan, Tinie Tempah, Gary Lineker and Katie Hopkins tweeted their reactions.

Last Thursday, Zayn left One Direction's On The Road Again tour prematurely - abandoning band mates Harry, Louis, Niall and Liam - when he was accused of cheating on his girlfriend of three years.

Story of my life: Zayn Malik's One Direction timeline

A spokesperson for the band said: 'Zayn has signed off with stress and is flying back to the UK to recuperate. The band wish him well and will continue with their performances in Manila and Jakarta.'

He was holidaying in Phuket with fellow band member Louis when he was pictured holding hands and with a 19-year-old girl, Lauren Richardson, last week.

Two pictures, including one that saw Zayn resting a hand on the same girl's midriff in an embrace and another of him leaving the Seduction nightclub with the girl, quickly went viral on social media.

As a result flew straight home for 'crisis talks' with girlfriend Perrie Edwards, who he has been engaged to just over a year.

Zayn tweeted about the most recent incident to publicly apologise for 'what it looked like' and declare his love for the Little Mix singer, shortly after the incriminating pictures surfaced.

He wrote: 'I'm 22 years old... I love a girl named Perrie Edwards. And there's a lot of jealous f**ks in this world I'm sorry for what it looks like x.'

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The singer and his fiance spent five hours talking at the house that they shared, with Perrie leaving without her engagement ring and with her bags packed.

Perrie has now been compared to Yoko Ono by angry One Direction fans.

The Little Mix singer has been blamed for her fiancé shocking decision to quit.

Shortly after the 22-year-old singer confirmed the news, one fan lashed out at his fiancée on Twitter, writing: 'Perrie's the modern day Yoko Ono ... I can't believe this'.

Another tweeted: 'PERRIE EDWARDS IS THE YOKO ONO OF ONE DIRECTION'.

Yoko, who is the widow of the late John Lennon, was often blamed for breaking up the Beatles.

Meanwhile, other users suggested Perrie should quit Little Mix in order to support Zayn's desire to lead a 'normal' life.

One fan wrote: 'What just happened?! Did Perrie made him chose her over his career? Unfair, man. She should also quit if that's the case. Just an opinion (sic).'

Sources previously revealed that Zayn was willing to do anything to prove his commitment to the Move singer, 21, after he jetted back to the UK for crisis talks with her following cheating rumours earlier this month.

An insider said: 'Zayn's found touring with the band a big strain this time around - he's seriously exhausted and wanted to let his hair down in Thailand.

'Now his plan has backfired and he's gutted Perrie has been left humiliated.

'He's told Perrie he'll do anything to please her and wants to stop pushing their wedding date back. He says he wants to get married this year. But Perrie is finding it hard to let go of what she's seen.'

The father of Lauren described Zayn's shock decision to quit the band for good as the 'worst case scenario' on Wednesday evening.

Speaking at Lauren's family home in Walthamstow, east London, David Richardson suggested his daughter had gone in to hiding and declined to say where she was.

He said: 'Lauren's not in, you can imagine the attention we've had.'

Referring to the confirmation that Zayn has quit 1D for good, Mr Richardson said: 'I got that good news when I got home from work. It's the worst scenario.

Asked how Lauren felt about Zayn quitting the band, Mr Richardson said: 'I've got nothing to say on the matter whatsoever and, as you can imagine, all we want is to be left in peace.'

The One Direction holiday sparked a second scandal on Sunday morning when pictures of Louis Tomlinson kissing a girl in a pool emerged and rocked his four-year relationship with Eleanor Calder, which is now thought to have ended.

Four piece Harry, Louis, Liam and Niall continued with the Asian leg of the 1D tour though the band sparked criticism when Liam jokingly covered up Zayn's face on a poster.

Zayn was thought to be the most reluctant member of One Direction from the start.

He first auditioned as a solo singer on the X Factor in the summer of 2010, but his mum admitted in 2013 that he was reluctant to audition.

Speaking to BBC News, Trisha Malik said: 'On the morning of the audition Zayn didn't want to go. He chickened out, saying: "Can't I just leave it?"'

Coaxed into it, Zayn's mum said that he should see how it goes.

On The Road: One Direction's relentless touring schedule

'He hated dancing but loved singing,' she recalls. 'He used to sing until three o'clock in the morning and I often used to have to ask him to turn it down.'

The family - Zayn's parents, three sisters and the family dog - have moved to a new house in the city which was bought by Zayn.

In the recent One Direction movie, Trisha is seen, overcome with emotion, as she is handed the keys.

'We never had enough money to buy our own house,' she explains. 'We always lived in rented accommodation, so Zayn knew how very important it was for me to have my own place'.

Trisha used to work as a halal chef in the kitchen of a local primary school, making meals for Muslim children. On Zayn's advice she gave up her job as she said: 'Zayn said "You don't have to do this anymore". Instead, he puts my wage into my bank'.

And it isn't just his mother who Zayn has been scouring the property market for; the kind-hearted musician splashed out on a new family house for fiancée Perrie Edwards' mother.

The heartthrob has proved himself to be the perfect future son-in-law by reportedly splashing out more than £200,000 on a new abode for the Little Mix singer's mum Debbie in Dorset.

After hearing Debbie was keen to relocate from South Shields, Tyne and Wear, to the southern county, Perrie, was going to help her out with footing the bill for a mortgage - before her generous partner stepped in.

Last year saw Zayn hit back against drug abuse claims made about him by US host Matt Lauer on The Today Show in November.

Speaking to The Sun, he fumed: 'I'm really angry and upset by what was said on The Today Show. I was really ill at the weekend. That's why I couldn't fly to America.'

When Matt interviewed the boys, he shocked them when he asked if Zayn's absence was related to drugs.

He said: 'There's obviously a lot of concern, a lot of fans have been tweeting overnight. Is it something more serious? There have been rumors of substance abuse. What's going on?'

Liam replied: 'No, he's just got a stomach bug. He's okay. He's just at home. He just needs to rest.'

A representative for 1D told MailOnline at the time: 'Zayn was taken ill after recording the Band Aid single at the weekend and was unfortunately not well enough to fly to the USA yesterday.

'He will join the band for promotion for the new album as soon as he possibly can.'

The heartthrob recovered and joined his band mates at the end of last week for appearances on Ellen and Jimmy Kimmel and then for the AMAs.

However, in May 2014, MailOnline published a video showing Zayn and Louis Tomlinson laughing and joking about marijuana as they apparently share a roll-up 'joint' during the Latin America leg of their 2014 Stadium Tour.

In the footage, Louis narrates from behind the camera, laughingly announcing: 'So here we are, leaving Peru. Joint lit. Happy days!'

'What do you think about that kind of content?' he asks bandmate Zayn Malik, 21, who is alongside him in the SUV ferrying them to Peru's Estadio Nacional in Lima where One Direction performed to a 40,000 capacity crowd on April 27 as part of their 'Where We Are' tour.

'Very controversial,' Zayn responds.

During the 15-minute journey Louis and Zayn joke with each other and the three members of their team travelling with them.

Louis starts filming while the team prepare to leave. Overhearing discussions between what appears to be a member of the band's security and the driver he says with delight, 'It's about the joint. What a great thing to capture in a different language. They were just asking if it's okay.'

A member of the team asks about the filming: 'Are we allowed to talk contraband in this?'

Louis replies: 'Yes, that's what it is about.'

Driving into the sunlight from an underground parking lot, Louis says, 'I want to light up,' and a member of the team hands him a lighter and the flicker of a roll up being lit is caught on camera.

The sight of a police officer on a motorbike escorting them, is met with great excitement. Louis notes: 'That's the police. That's the po po. One-nil.' He coughs and a cloud of smoke, floats across the camera lens and Louis yells, 'Smokescreen baby!'

The £££ factor! How five teenagers from a TV talent show became the richest boyband in WORLD HISTORY

Later in the video, Louis pans to a police motorcyclist just yards away. Louis giggles, 'One nil b***h! Look at this b***h! He's having a look. He's thinking, "I'm sure I can smell an illegal substance in there." And he's hit the nail on the head.'

At this Zayn smilingly accepts what appears to be the lit joint and takes a drag. 'How is it Zayn?' Louis asks. Pausing a beat before he exhales Zayn replies, 'Nice.'

After a half-hearted attempt to film 'a bit of the culture' with footage of the street beyond the SUV, Louis pans back to Zayn allowing the focus to drop to the smoking 'joint' in his hand and asks, 'How's that kind of culture?'

Zayn replies, 'It's great. It's going to be even greater culture when we get to Jamaica.'

In 2012, Zayn seemed to start to showing the strain of life in the public eye as he announced that he would be quitting Twitter.

According to Huffington Post, he claimed: 'The reason I don't tweet as much as I use to, is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that i get daily goodbye twitter'.

'My fans that have something nice to say can tweet me on the one direction account, x.'

Zayn's departure spawned trends like #ComeBackZayn and #ZaynComeBack and prompted campaigns to get the heartthrob back online which he eventually did several weeks later.

Last year saw one Direction officially become the richest boyband in music history from Britain and Ireland.

The five memebers each have an individual wealth of £15million which combines to a total net worth of £70million.

In one year alone the band earned £45million, according to the Sunday Times' list of richest musicians aged 30 and under.

The increase in the boys' personal earnings, from £9million to £15million, is due to the huge success of their world tour as well as DVD and record sales, lucrative advertising endorsements and their ever-growing American fanbase.

Bradford-born Zayn has bought a Bentley Continental GT worth £32,000 with his earnings, the home worth £280,000 for his mother and a £2.2million mansion in north London.

Earlier this week, Liam Payne seemed to hint that he wasn't too upset by the departure of his bandmate from the band's tour.

On Monday he shared a picture of himself and the other band members Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles, posing with fans and a poster of the group, in which Liam blocked out Zayn's face with his hand.

The cheeky star wrote on Twitter: '#makinglightofasituation sorry for the laughs guys.'

However, fans were quick to react and hit out at Liam for making light of his friend's absence.

Gorgia Rose fumed: 'How dare you cover Zayn's face? Don't f**king do it again.'

And Ana Evans wrote: '@Real_Liam_Payne what the????? Why you covering zayn;s face? Am sorry but I cant c da humour in making joke of a frnd's absence due 2 stress.'

Kristin Harris retweeted the message with her comment 'Too soon. Too soon.'

Huda chimed in to say: 'Cover your own face next time' while a number of users wrote variations of 'Why are you covering Zayn's face?'.

One Direction have more than 1.4bn streams on Spotify worldwide and are the second most-streamed British band on the digital music service.

The band made history this year thanks to their four studio albums - Up All Night, Take Me Home, Midnight Memories and Four - debuting at the top of the Billboard 200 chart.

To date, the band has sold more than 50 million records world wide.

X Factor judge Louis Walsh has claimed that he is not surprised by the news of Zayn's departure.

After helping form the group on the reality TV show in 2010, the accomplished manager claims he knew the Story of My Life hitmakers were having 'problems.'

The 62-year-old star said: 'I knew this was happening. I know everything! Every band has problems.'

But Louis believes the British group will continue to be successful as a four-piece.

He told Ireland's Independent.ie: 'The Spice Girls had it when Geri Halliwell left. Take Take had it when Robbie left. Westlife had it when Brian left. They all still continued. And One Direction will continue now that Zayn Malik has left One Direction. They will go on. The tour will go on.'

Meanwhile, Gary Barlow sent his 'best' to remaining members as the situation surely brought back memories of when his own group was rocked when Robbie Williams dramatically quit in 1995 and Jason Orange left last year.

The 44-year-old singer wrote on Twitter: 'Sending my best to all the 1D boys ! #thatters we've all been there haven't we ? !!!!! (sic)'.

When a fan then suggested Take That are 'proof the show still will go on,' he replied: 'Well said x'.

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The Met Gala is the most anticipated event in the fashion calendar.

Each year the annual event, which started in 1948, raises funds for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is packed with stars, style and splendour.

Under the watchful eye of US Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the 2019 gala will, once again, see celebrities - dressed to impress - walk up the steps of the historic New York landmark in less than one month.

For everything we know so far about the celeb-filled evening, keep reading...

Who are the celebrity co-hosts?

In 2018, The Met Gala was hosted by Rihanna, Amal Clooney and Donatella Versace - a hard trio to beat. However, next year's recently announced line-up has undoubtedly matched it.

Harry Styles will act as co-chair - a rather surprising revelation considering it will be his first time at the prestigious event.

He will be in good hands, however, as he will have the support of seasoned pro Lady Gaga, as well as tennis extraordinaire, Serena Williams.

They will, of course, be joined by US Vogue editor, Anna Wintour - who has famously hosted the event since 1995 - and Gucci's creative director, Alessandro Michele (more on him later).

What is 2019's theme?

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Shocked Harry Styles fans have hit out at the Grammy Awards after the former One Direction singer failed to receive a nomination.

Styles was snubbed from the 2018 nominations months after releasing his self-titled debut solo album.

Fans were fuming at the decision to omit the 23-year-old in favour of acts including Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee, whose hit single Despacito received nods in the Record and Song of the Year categories.

One angry fan tweeted: "Harry literally has an entire f****** album full of incredible heartfelt songs but nah they nominate despacito TWICE b**** tf #GRAMMYs."

Another wrote: "Harry Styles by Harry Styles was created with raw emotion and hard work and this is what he gets?"

A third called for a boycott of the ceremony, posting: "If Harry Styles won't get a Grammy Nomination, I'll boycott."

Styles, who was named Best International Artist at the Australian Recording Industry Association Awards (ARIAs) this week, topped the charts in the UK and across the pond with his debut solo album on it's release in May.

There was also an outpouring of anger at a lack of nominations for Liam Payne and Niall Horan who launched their solo careers earlier this year.

Others were disappointed at the lack of nominations for Shawn Mendes, Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande.

Jay-Z is leading this year's nominations with eight nods including Album of the Year for his critically acclaimed 4:44, as well as Song and Record of the Year.

The 21-time Grammy winner will face tough competition from Bruno Mars who is also up for the big three after receiving six nominations.

The 60th Grammy Awards, hosted by James Corden, will take place at New York's Madison Square Garden on January 28.

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Shocked Harry Styles fans have hit out at the Grammy Awards after the former One Direction singer failed to receive a nomination. Styles was snubbed from the 2018 nominations months after releasing his self-titled debut solo album.

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IN THE ARTICLE IS IS REPORTED THAT STYLES TELLS FANS AT CONCERT -  "WE'RE ALL A LITTLE BIT GAY". THIS SUPPORTS STAR IMAGE OF INCLUSIVITY AND GENDER FLUIDITY.

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During his final tour stop in Los Angeles, Calif. on Saturday (July 14), Harry Styles paused to comment on a fan's sign before launching into his One Direction hit "What Makes You Beautiful." "Can I read this?" he asked the fan. "It says, 'I'm gay and I love you.'"

Taking this in with a smirk, Styles then thanked the fan and said that he loved them as well. "I mean, we're all a little bit gay, aren't we?" Styles asked, eliciting an uproarious response from his audience.

Styles has been a known advocate of the LGBTQ community for years. At a recent tour stop, the singer helped one of his fans come out to her parents after reading a sign that said she wanted to do so. After learning the name of his fan's mom, the singer shouted out, "Tina, she's gay!"

Styles has also worn and waved LGBTQ pride flags at most of his tour stops this year, constantly making it clear that he supports his queer fans.

Watch the moment between Harry and his fan below:

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Harry Styles Says 'We're All a Little Bit Gay' During Sweet Fan Moment at Final Tour Stop: Watch

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During his final tour stop in Los Angeles, Calif. on Saturday (July 14), Harry Styles paused to comment on a fan's sign before launching into his One Direction hit "What Makes You Beautiful." "Can I read this?" he asked the fan. "It says, 'I'm gay and I love you.'"

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IN THE ARTICLE STYLES IS PRAISED FOR HIS CAMP GENDER FLUID LOOK. HE PAIRED HIS SHEER OUTFIT WITH HEELS AND EARRINGS.

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Among names such as Lady Gaga, Billy Porter and Zendaya on everyone's lips following last night's Met Gala, was Harry Styles who stunned onlookers at the star-studded event with his "Camp"-inspired ensemble.

On Monday evening, the singer - who was a co-host at the event - took to the gala's pink carpet alongside Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele dressed in a bespoke outfit designed by the Italian luxury brand that hasn't failed to disappoint sartorial and music fans, alike.

Adhering to the night's theme, "Camp: Notes on Fashion", the former One Direction star blended New Romantism and Victoriana fashion, by wearing a sheer frilled black blouse, trousers, and black heeled boots.

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However, while Styles's outfit entranced onlookers, it was his sole pearl earring that really had people talking.

And, according to the singer's stylist, Harry Lambert, the accessory was a last-minute addition to months of creative work between Michele, Styles and the singer's stylist, Harry Lambert.

In fact, Styles pierced his ear specifically for the gala, with Lambert describing the earring as the "perfect final touch for the outfit".

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The If Beale Street Could Talk star wore a shimmering gold Oscar de la Renta gown with a large ruffle detail down the side. King revealed that her dress was inspired in part by the fictional character Dominque Deveraux from ABC's soap opera Dynasty.

"About four days ago, the day before I left to travel to New York, I was on Gucci's website and saw these pearl earrings," Lambert explained in an interview with .

"Harry and I have discussed previously piercing his ears, and this was the perfect time. I text him and he replied, saying 'Let's do it.'"

The earring appeared to be designed in the shape of a bee with diamond wings.

Opening up about the aesthetic behind Style's look, Lambert added: "This look is about taking traditionally feminine elements like the frills, heeled boots, sheer fabric and the pearl earring, but then rephrasing them as masculine pieces set against the high-waisted tailored trousers and his tattoos.

"The look, I feel, is elegant. It's camp, but still Harry."

Lambert explained that the idea of Style's outfit came together in London several months ago as a result of a meeting between himself, the singer and Michele.

"We met up earlier this year to share mood boards with the Gucci team," Lambert explained.

"We had pages of printed references all on the table from Alessandro, myself and Harry, then we edited them down."

Lambert added that the Gucci team designed approximately 20 designs following the meeting, which then led to him and Styles working through the fabrics, sketches and ideas in order for the design house to produce samples and organise fittings.

While many fashion fans expected Styles to opt for bold prints, as he has done in previous years on his music tours, Lambert said he believes he and the singer have "done that chapter" when it comes to fashion.

"We know it works. It's time to try something new and hopefully shock and inspire in a different way. I know the fans love his outfits, so hopefully they will love what's to come. This is a more subtle form of camp which I love."

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Everything you need to know about Harry Styles' pearl earring Met Gala look

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IN THE ARTICLE HE IS COINED AS THE "KING OF CAMP"(VOGUE, 2019)

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If the Met Gala's theme this year is all about camp, Harry Styles is bound to be its red carpet king. The British singer has built his distinctive style around the idea, often choosing playful suits that riff on costuming made famous by musical icons such as David Bowie, Prince, and Elton John.

This fearless, fun approach to fashion is what camp is all about-so who better to co-chair the evening this year? (As he will, alongside Lady Gaga and Serena Williams.)

Styles's campy attitude has developed over time. It gained momentum after his One Direction days in 2015 when he began to take risks on the step and repeat. His early solo days saw more subtle flourishes: think, a white ruffled button-up worn with a more classic suit. (Dipping a toe into camp, if you will.) Then, things got full-on experimental. Enter the diamond-print suit he wore to perform at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Festival, a theatrical outfit he took even further with a white pussy now blouse and heeled shoes. The printed suit has since fast become his daily uniform; one day it's an elegant floral pattern, and the next, it's a groovy paisley.

As Hollywood men and their stylists begin to consider a red carpet strategy for the Met Gala, allow Styles-a first time attendee of the ball-and his many on-theme looks to serve as a crucial mood board. The takeaway: the more OTT, the better. Above, 12 of his campiest looks to date.
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Harry Styles, the King of Camp, Is the Met Gala's Most Anticipated Fashion Star

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If the Met Gala's theme this year is all about camp, Harry Styles is bound to be its red carpet king. The British singer has built his distinctive style around the idea, often choosing playful suits that riff on costuming made famous by musical icons such as David Bowie, Prince, and Elton John.

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ACCUSATIONS OF STEALING/COPYING FASHION STYLE FROM PREVIOUS MUSICAL ICONS

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ACCUSATIONS OF STEALING/COPYING FASHION STYLE FROM PREVIOUS MUSICAL ICONS

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HE may see himself as the future of music but Harry Styles' stage outfits come from just One Direction - the past.

At the Brit Awards on Tuesday, the singer, 26, wore a yellow suit by designer Marc Jacobs. But it got us thinking that we'd seen it before - on Rolling Stones star Mick Jagger in the 1970s.

And that's not Harry's only style steal from a legend.

Judging by the other looks he has, er, rocked, David Bowie, Elvis Presley and Sir Elton John have also been an inspiration for the former boy-band star.

Here, we highlight the best of Harry's style cover versions.

Elvis: The man who would be king

HARRY'S wardrobe was all shook up for a TV performance in 2017 when he hit the stage looking like Elvis Presley.

Clad in millennial pink and sporting a quiff, he sang on The Today Show in New York but his image harked back to a look from The King's Fifties heyday.

The tailored two-piece with black wide collar was a design from Brit Edward Sexton - who has previously dressed Harry's other style idols Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney.

All that was missing was a pair of Blue Suede Shoes to complete the King's signature style.

Paul McCartney: With a little help from his friend

IN a striking white suit, Harry almost upstaged the bride at pal Pixie Geldof's wedding in 2017.

While there is no doubt that the singer looked Fab, he clearly nicked the image from Paul McCartney, who wore a double-breasted ivory suit back in 1967.

Harry updated The Beatles legend's look by wearing his suit with a wide-open shirt, a daring take on wedding dress code - and a real Sign Of The Times.

Despite the fashion steal, Harry and Paul are reportedly now good pals. We love it when two style legends Come Together.

Brian Jones: Keeping up with the Jones

HARRY proved Mick Jagger is not the only Rolling Stones star he borrows style tips from when he attended the British Fashion Awards in 2014.

Clad in a striped suit by designer Lanvin, Harry looked a ringer for the Stones' late guitarist Brian Jones, who wore a similar style in the Sixties.

Still in One Direction, Harry hadn't found his full flare for fashion, so the trousers were much tighter than the rock wildman's.

Jones' sharp look used to send female fans into a frenzy. And Harry certainly knows how to give his fans plenty of Satisfaction too.

David Bowie: Bowie-ing before a style icon

THERE'S no doubt that Harry is a star, man.

But here he did some Serious Moon-lighting as a pop icon.

In the video for his single Lights Up last year, Harry gave a nod to David Bowie by wearing a pair of high-waisted pastel trousers with gold buttons and braces - just like the Ziggy Stardust legend did on his Serious Moonlight tour in 1983.

Harry swapped outfits three times while attending this year's Brit Awards.

Like style chameleon Bowie, the former 1D star likes lots of ch-ch-Changes when it comes to his wardrobe, too.

Elton John: Jumpsuit shows he's Rocket-fan

HARRY channelled Sir Elton John when he hit the stage at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball last year.

Dazzling the crowd in a sparkling jumpsuit by Spanish designer Alled-Martinez, he showed he can rock a flamboyant look just like the Rocketman did for a gig in 1975.

Harry even unbuttoned the outfit down to his chest like his style inspiration, which delighted his female fans. Thankfully he decided against the specs.

This look is back for 2020, so look out for all-in-ones on the High Street this season.
Yes, for men too.

Prince: A Purple patch for his image

HIS knockout performance at the Brits had us Falling for Harry all over again - and he crowned it all with an outfit inspired by pop legend Prince.

Harry didn't win any awards for his music, but he deserved a gong for his white lace jumpsuit, very reminiscent of the look worn by the Purple Rain singer in 1985.

The Gucci all-in-one outfit might not appear out of place in a fancy dress shop, but Harry managed to pull it off perfectly to become our very own Prince of Fashion.

After that stunning performance, Harry must have partied like it was 1999.

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How Harry Styles nicks his fashion from classic rockers like Mick Jagger

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HE may see himself as the future of music but Harry Styles' stage outfits come from just One Direction - the past. At the Brit Awards on Tuesday, the singer, 26, wore a yellow suit by designer Marc Jacobs. But it got us thinking that we'd seen it before - on Rolling Stones star Mick Jagger in the 1970s.

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'WHY HARRY STYLES IS THE NEW DAVID BOWIE'

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'WHY HARRY STYLES IS THE NEW DAVID BOWIE'

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In 2017, Harry Styles had everyone in the world wondering, 'is it just me or does he sound exactly like David Bowie?' Just so you know, it wasn't just you. Harry's long-awaited first single did pay homage to the late singer with whoops, hollers, and soul-searching lyrics. Music enthusiastic took to the Internet to break down Harry's debut album note-by-note and minute-by-minute to figure out just whom the former 'One Direction' pop singer was drawing inspiration from. While some verses and guitar solos on the album might remind you of Queen or Prince in their prime, David Bowie was clearly felt all throughout the album.

Yet, Harry isn't content to reference the music idol with only his music. He's worked hard to shed the perfectly manicured image from his boy-band days by looking to Bowie as his own pop idol. Sometimes it looks like he's stealing straight from Bowie's closet. Sure, we haven't seen a red star emblazoned across Harry's pretty-boy face yet, but the teen idol has found other ways to add a little Bowie to his life. His style has slowly gone from pretty boy to established musician with suits and shirts that Bowie would have worn himself. He's clearly becoming comfortable with pushing the boundaries and is trying to be innovative as an artist with both his music and look. You could say that's actually what Bowie aimed (and did) do. After all, they say that you should copy the person who you admire the most and we're sure we can guess exactly who it is that Mr. Styles is looking up to these days.

15 His Hit Single Sounds Like 'Honky Dory'

When Harry Styles dropped his solo album and the first single 'Sign of the Times' it was a sign that his days as a boy band pop star were over. The bold chords and classic ballad sound reminded audiences more of David Bowie's 'Hunky Dory' album than it did any singles from Styles former band One Direction. He also paired it with a music video of him in stark dark clothes that recalled to mind either Harry Potter, Irish fishermen, or England in 1942.

Clearly, this was not music fit for the former boyfriend of Taylor Swift. And, that's exactly the way that Mr Styles wants it. He's not afraid to push boundaries with long songs or make a mashup rock ballad that reminds us of a musical great.

14 They Both Wear Female Clothes

Harry Styles is clearly not a 'bro' type of guy. Just like David Bowie wasn't afraid of his effeminate side, Harry is not afraid to slip on his girlfriend's shirt. We're just kidding. We don't actually know whether or not he does wear his girlfriend's shirts. What we do know is that he's not afraid to shop from in the female department.

There have been a few times he's been spotted in a shirt or jacket that popped up on more than one leading lady. He's willing to push boundaries just like Bowie and that comes with love hearts and all pink if he wants to. Pushing the boundaries in fashion landed Bowie in the fashion hall of fame. And, we're sure that Style's taste for androgyny will do the same for him one day.

13 The Unconventional Haircut

Neither of these British pop stars have favoured traditional male haircuts. Even in Bowie's later years when he favoured a more conservative and polished look, he still stuck with that rebellious sweep of hair over his eyebrow. He was destined to stand out.

Styles has taken a play from Bowie's hair book and chooses unconventional hairstyles that are always on the longer side. In fact, his styles have sparked a wave of imitators. First, it was his shaggy mop of waves that girls and boys were rushing to the salon to copy. Then, it was his long beach waves that everyone was trying to emulate. His latest crop might be his most conservative yet. Although, just like his predecessor, Styles keeps that bang long to sweep over his eyes, you know, just in case it looks cool for a photo-shoot.

12 His Passion For Experimentation

While his former bandmate Zayn tends to stick with conventional pop tunes and classic leather jacket and black tee looks, Harry chooses to go to a different place. The young singer prefers to make trends instead of following them. He's not afraid to step outside of the boundaries.

Wearing a black-and-red suit that reminds us of a court jester is not something that Harry is afraid of. He's not even intimidated to write extended songs that drift off into hollering guitar riffs. Harry is a man who enjoys the experiment of being a pop star. So, far it works well for him. He looks good in ruffles. His music is proving that he's a powerful force in the music industry, and he's aligning himself to be alongside the hall of fame just like his idol.

11 His New Album Is Trying To Deconstruct Pop Music

Bowie loved to take pop music into strange and new directions. He didn't follow the status quo and that's why we loved him. Styles has aimed to break the rules of traditional pop music that he followed during his time with One Direction. His solo album asked serious questions, went heavy on the guitar solos, had challenging choruses, and even included songs that lasted 6 whole minutes. He wasn't trying to make the traditional stuff that you always hear on the radio.

Clearly, Harry is interested in making art. Sometimes in order to make art you have to bend the rules. Harry showed that he was willing to go in a different direction just to be able to make something that would stand out amongst the sea of pop albums.

10 He's Disregarding His Normal Pop Boy Roots

There's the classic story in the world of celebrities of a pop kid or Disney starlet trying to shed his or her wholesome image. Some of them end with disastrous results. Others find their roots as an 'adult' musician or actor slowly. Harry is the later.

He didn't rack up DUIs or flip off the paparazzi to prove that he was a grown man. Instead, Harry has chosen to shed his teen idol roots through his style and music. And, it took some time. He slowly began to adopt a style that was more rock n'roll than 'boy band'. And, his music followed suit. Clearly, this is not a musician who wants to be pigeonholed as a teen idol. It's a short lifespan, and Harry knew he would have to branch out and grow up.

9 They're Both English

David Bowie and Harry Styles are both British and both men love suits. There must be something in the water over there that releases great musical potential in so many males who also look good in tailored clothes? Or, maybe it's just that quirky British sense of humor that we love?

Harry and Bowie both seem like interesting men whom we would enjoy grabbing a drink with because there's always a cheekiness to them, as if they don't take life very seriously. From their fashion taste to their interviews you get the feeling that they know that they're not doctors saving lives, but musicians having fun. It's that same realization and sense of humor that pops up in their songs. So, maybe being able to not take themselves too seriously is a British thing?

8 He Talks About Issues In The World

It's not only on Harrys' new album that he openly discusses the issues the world. At a performance promoting his new album, the musician wore one of his traditional suits, in a metallic baroque pattern, and had a large rainbow flag tied onto his microphone. It was a bold statement as the world has become more aware and accepting of gender equality over the last few years.

It would have been easy for Harry to stay silent and never offer a word on his political or cultural opinions. However, he's proving that just like his predecessor he thinks it's important to talk about these issues and he finds a way to show his support. In one interview about the upcoming elections in his home country, Harry voiced his opinion by stating that he'd vote for 'whoever was against Brexit'.

7 They're Both Pop Culture Idols

Harry and David really are the same. They both have great hair and are pop culture idols. While Bowie carved out a name for himself and the future of pop music with a career that spanned several decades, Harry is still young and quite new in the music industry.

Although, with the help of One Direction, Harry has come into the music industry with a bang. He instantly became a pop idol who now boasts having four albums under his belt. To add to his success each of those have peaked on the Billboard charts. Now, he's carving out space in the music industry just for himself. If his first solo album that was released in 2017 is any indication of Harry's future plans, then it's safe to say that he intends to be around for a while.

6 He's Taking Piano Lessons

Harry showed off his more serious side with snapshots of him practicing the piano. In typical Harry Styles fashion, it was a photo to make the women swoon. Yet, that's expected considering he's blessed with such good looks, making him photogenic from every angle.

With his long waves tucked behind his ear and a sober black button-down, he also showed off a side that fans don't always have a chance to see- him practicing his craft. Harry posted the intimate portrait as he learned to play the instrument for his new album. It's a testament to his determination to become a better performer by expanding his craft. It's similar to David Bowie who learned to play the guitar, piano, keyboards, harmonica, mandolin, violin, and a bunch of other instruments that make the rest of us look like underachievers.

5 He's Clearly Been Influenced By Life On Mars

Harry made sure that his team knew he was ready to jump into full-on rock territory. Sure, his album did have a few pop undertones here and there, but all in all, it was a rock ballad that paid homage to Bowie's 'Life On Mars'.

The lyrics were deeper than anything Harry sang as 'the pretty boy' in One Direction. The first few minutes of his solo album even pay homage to Bowie with Harry playing the piano. As mentioned before, he learned the instrument in preparation for his album. Then, Harry used his pretty boy falsetto to whoop, wail, and question the meaning of life just as Bowie wondered in 'Life On Mars'. Harry even cut his hair for his music video in a modern wavy version of the mullet that Bowie sported in the music video.

4 He's Getting Into Psychedelic Soul

Looking at Harry Styles tattoos, love of bold lapel suits, and music, you can clearly tell that he's influenced by several rock legends. Yet, psychedelic soul is also another inspiration for the 24-year old. It's just not front and center.

It's a musical style that was pushed to the forefront of pop music by Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Wonder. And, Harry, who is poised to be a legend one day, is no exception. His song 'Meet Me In The Hallway' is clearly a track that was exposed to Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'. It's crafted to feel like it would have fit in right with the album's release in 1973. Other tracks such as 'Sweet Creature' and 'Carolina' also take inspiration from psychedelic soul. Clearly, Harry is trying to take pop music back to a different time. This suit even allows him to reach into that interesting place of music, with the deep purple patterns and white sleeves peeking out. This is definitely something that Bowie would wear.

3 His Lyrics Are Getting Dark And Cynical

Harry Styles is a sensitive soul. He isn't content to stick with pop music and lyrics meant to get you moving on the dance floor. Harry has a blend of dark moodiness that blends with his desire to help us see past the happy bubbles of our lives. He wants to reach into our souls (or his fans hearts).

His single 'Sign of the Times' was just the tip of the iceberg for the British singer who paired his lyrics with images of him standing on a cliff in the music video. He continued that raw emotion with 'Two Ghosts' that included lyrics such as, "trying to remember how it feels to have a heartbeat." Then, just to make the girls swoon he sealed the album with a few love songs that reminded us that even handsome pop stars have their heart broken too.

2 He's Breaking In That Falsetto

Under the helm of a boy band, we didn't always have a chance to hear Harry's voice. Often he was overshadowed and it was his hairstyles that we remembered. Maybe, that's why he wears all those floral suits to ensure that he's seen and heard. Being on his own has been good to Harry. We finally have a chance to focus on his voice and his rock ballads.

His angelic falsetto paired with his suits give him a dreamy ensemble. Such as his lyrics 'Why are we always stuck and running,'. His voice allows him to jump into layers of distortion that give his lyrics a home run. He hits the high notes with such clarity that it leaves many of us wondering where has he been all this time? Clearly, he's been getting voice lessons to perfect his craft.

1 The Time He Wore A Pink Suit...Or Any Pink Suit Really

Harry loves suits when he's performing. It's no different than David Bowie who often sported a handsome three-piece suit when on stage. However, these aren't your basic Wall Street looks. These are rock stars and these men dress like it.

Harry wears suits that are emblazoned with flowers, gilded gold, and sometimes he'll even throw in a ruffle or two. Once, he wore a pink suit once that brought to mind David Bowie and Mick Jagger all at once. Although, it should be noted that Harry doesn't bust moves on stage quite like Jagger does. He get's a little into it, but he prefers to hold the mic close and swoon or play his guitar. In that way, he's more like Bowie. A sensitive heart with an angelic falsetto that belts out powerful rock lyrics.

References: DailyMail.com

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Harry Styles' new album, that will apparently be here VERY SOON, apparently sounds just like David Bowie and Queen. How exciting.

Big industry website HITS Daily Double has reported that there is a 'huge buzz' around the album (well, duh) within the industry and that Harry has apparently drawn sounds of '70's British rock' and used them as inspiration for his solo sound.

The site says: "In marked contrast to One Direction's production by committee, Styles has crafted a set that recalls the regal high-water mark of '70s British rock, Bowie and Queen in particular.

"The lead single, which could come out as soon as late April or early May, sounds like it would be a hit in any decade."

The site also reveals that Harry is working with producer Jeff Bhasker - who was the mastermind behind Uptown Funk AND has worked alongside Kanye West and The Rolling Stones.

We've been collectively losing our shit ever since we first got wind of the whole Harry Style's solo malarkey and we reckon it's gonna be worth the wait.

Everyone and their nan has been gossiping about Harry's solo material recently including Columbia Records CEO Rob Stringer.

He revealed last month: "We're close and we're very excited. We have a record we're incredibly excited about and it's not far away from being ready. We obviously want everything to be beautifully done, because we think he's here to stay. Harry has stepped up with the vision of someone who's authentic."

Good things come to those who wait guys.

We were also given a HUGE HINT at what solo Hazza is going to look like because what Harry Styles wears is almost as important as what comes out of his glorious mouth. He didn't win a British Fashion Award in 2013 for no reason folks.

Alongside a shot of multiple coloured suits, tailor Edward (who has been working with Harry ahead of his comeback) wrote: "One lucky young man is going to collect a rainbow of suits today. Perhaps too bright and vibrant for some but a fun addition to a spring wardrobe. He may we'll be wearing them on stage. What a lucky chap. Enjoy."

One of those SNAZZY suits could be coming to a town near you veeeeeeery soon.

Zayn Malik teases brand new single Still Got Time Harry Styles' solo album's 'f**king insane,' apparently

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Harry Styles' new album, that will apparently be here VERY SOON, apparently sounds just like David Bowie and Queen. How exciting. Big industry website HITS Daily Double has reported that there is a 'huge buzz' around the album (well, duh) within the industry and that Harry has apparently drawn sounds of '70's British rock' and used them as inspiration for his solo sound.