The former One Direction band member is also known for his eye-catching outfits. He doesn't shy away from the occasional feather boa, glittery belt or shiny pink pants on stage either. Styles arriviving at the 2023 Grammy Awards Image: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Photo/picture alliance A gender-fluidstyle Like a true tousled-haired prince, Styles invites me to attend a concert with him by the philharmonic in Hamburg, eight hours before his own show. My great uncle lives here,” Styles says of Hamburg. “He married a German lady, so I have a German cousin. They always used to come and visit when I was a kid, and the only word in English [the cousin] knew was ‘lemonade’. I didn’t know if she actually wanted lemonade or was trying to say ‘Give me some water, please!’” We walk out before the crowd fully disperses. Styles lingers a second to take some photos of the room before he heads out to get ready for his concert, where he’ll bounce around the stage, lifted by the wails of young fans who have been waiting years for this moment.

In the past couple of years, he started to go to therapy more routinely. “I committed to doing it once a week,” he explains. “I felt like I exercise every day and take care of my body, so why wouldn’t I do that with my mind?”

10. Lady Gaga

Now, besides the unavoidable singles and the victory-lap world tour, there are other indicators of next-level stardom: his skincare, nail polish and clothing line called Pleasing and a fashion collection with Gucci, not to mention his flourishing movie career. He’s starring in the psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling and in the intimate drama My Policeman, and he’s nabbed a deal with Marvel Studios to play Eros in at least one of the Eternals films. “Everything in my life has felt like a bonus since X-Factor,” he says, referring to the singing competition that led directly to One Direction. “Get on TV and sing. I never expected and never thought that would happen.”

TikTok went crazy for the opportunity, too. The hashtag #hslot, for “Harry Styles Love On Tour,” has 1.8 billion views. And fashion-minded fans rallied around #hslotoutfit, which itself has 155 million views. Many of the popular videos center around a TikTok favorite — the transformation. For example, TikToker @huneyhonter’s post shows her at home, dressed down in sweats. There’s audio that says, “I messed up,” then Harry Styles’ song “She” begins to play — “She lives in daydreams with me (she)”— and her full concert look appears. Others have used Styles’ song “Kiwi” to show off their looks inspired by the singer. And plenty of other TikTok posts have documented Styles’ own tour looks, which were, frankly, all dreamy. @battybel Using London itself as a framework, the show examines why these creatives chose the city, and why particular spaces inspired them (the city’s club culture is pored over in particular, with old posters and video footage highlighting the tight relationship with young designers like Martine Rose, Charles Jeffrey’s LOVERBOY label, and Nasir Mazhar). Will be attending a Harry Styles concert on 9/18 and would love something a bit edgy. Maybe some cool patterned pants and a contrasting top.” And while he may be everywhere in 2022, Styles is, at the moment, literally right in front of me, sitting in an armchair of a hotel business suite in Hamburg, Germany, on a sweaty June afternoon. After a dip in the Irish Sea this morning, he flew into town and is now enjoying a day off in the middle of his first European tour since 2018.

A gender-fluid style

Monday’s Camp-themed Met Gala will play host to one more such transformation. Sure, we might get John Waters in a crazy Comme des Garçons skirt or a Schiaparelli flamingo hat, or maybe even RuPaul dressed as reverse-drag. But one of the most anticipated arrivals will be a former boy band member discovered on the X Factor who is now on billboards across America clutching baby farm animals in Gucci tailoring. That's right: Harry Styles is now a full-fledged fashion icon.

See footage and pictures of Louis Tomlinson performing ‘Out Of My System’ at the Rolling Stone UK Awards in collaboration with Rémy Martin It wasn’t just any show; it was the first time he performed his third and soon-to-be-biggest album, Harry’s House, in its entirety. The crowd that May night covered Long Island’s UBS Arena in feathers and glitter and tears — a ritualistic skin shedding of sorts whenever Styles comes to town. Read next Styles, without prompting, points out how silly he finds some of the arguments about how he may identify to be: “Sometimes people say, ‘You’ve only publicly been with women,’ and I don’t think I’ve publicly been with anyone. If someone takes a picture of you with someone, it doesn’t mean you’re choosing to have a public relationship or something.” Christina Formica, a 24-year-old beauty publicist, attended four shows of the tour, putting together different outfits for each one. “He’s so comfortable with himself and isn’t afraid to wear colors and mix patterns. My style used to be bland and dark, but now I’m more comfortable wearing what I want and expanding the colors in my wardrobe. I would have never worn purple and orange multicolor pants with a purple boa before,” she said. The exhibition features hundreds of pieces from burgeoning designers, many of whom went on to become household names. Andy Stagg/the Design Museum

Styles also represents a modern masculinity, in which a man can wear a Dorothy (of “The Wizard of Oz”) mini dress and still be a sex symbol. Fans noticed something different about the encore: Styles didn’t end with his usual closer, ‘Kiwi’; instead, he opted to finish the night with a second performance of his new single ‘As It Was’, his dance-through-the-tears pandemic reflection on isolation and change. When he played it, the crowd exploded in a way even Styles had never experienced. It left him a bit shaken. With three singles from the 2022 "Harry's House" and a fourth song, heis the first British solo artist to have four top 10 hits in the US charts, a feat last accomplished by The Beatlesin 1964, according to German magazine Musikexpress .