Trivia

His first solo tour sold out in minutes. His second solo tour soon became a hybrid of arenas and stadiums, including two stints at Wembley Stadium, which sold out within hours.

His impersonation of Mick Jagger on Saturday Night Live (1975) was lauded by Jagger himself as "the best one he'd seen so far".

Since going solo, he has started playing the guitar publicly, but he can also play piano, bass guitar, and drums.

He idolizes Stevie Nicks, Chris Martin, and Mick Jagger, among others and has listed the band Queen as one of his biggest musical inspirations.

He wrote all the songs on his debut album "Harry Styles" and also his sophomore album, "Fine Line".

To fully immerse himself in the creative side of writing his album, he spent over a month secluded in Jamaica with his producers and some members of his band.

He is an avid reader. His favorite authors are Charles Bukowski, who inspired two of the songs in his album ("Woman" and "Only Angel"), Haruki Murakami, Alain de Botton, Joan Didion, and Lisa Taddeo.

He wrote his first solo single, "Sign of the Times", alone in the piano in an hour. Then his co-writers polished it with him. His producer, Jeff Bhasker, has expressed that a lot of this song is improvised and that's why it's so long, clocking in 5 minutes and 40 seconds.

He is godfather to Jackson (son of close friend and photographer Calvin Aurand), Ruby (daughter of Ben Winston), and Arlo (son of his personal assistant and close friend Emma Spring).

He was in a band called "White Eskimo" before One Direction.

Was the youngest member of the band One Direction.

He has expressed several times that the image the media has portrayed of him is not true and has shown disdain when being called a womanizer or when it's implied he likes older women.

His favorite albums are Astral Weeks by Van Morrison , At Last! by Etta James , Blue by Joni Mitchell , and Rubber Soul by The Beatles.

Is good friends with James Corden, Stevie Nicks, Ben Winston, Lizzo, and Adele.

He owns homes in Los Angeles, New York, Lazio (Italy), and London, but he splits his time between London and LA.

He was the first (and so far only) former X Factor contestant to win a Grammy.

He's a self-proclaimed feminist and egalitarian and was seen wearing a shirt that read "Women Are Smarter", distributed by the It's A Sickness shop. Part of the proceeds of this T-shirt go to Planned Parenthood.

He expressed that if he hadn't been a singer, he would've liked to become a physiotherapist or a lawyer.

In December 2020, he became the first-ever solo male to appear on the cover of American Vogue. The magazine had featured men on its cover nine previous times, but all were accompanied by women.

He has expressed his support for the LGBTQ community consistently since he was eighteen years old. Most notably, he wore a shirt that read "Love Is Equal", called out the Westboro Baptist Church on social media and during one of his concerts, wore a jersey of Michael Sam (the first openly gay football player to be drafted by the NFL) during his band's concert in Saint Louis, has shown his support for The Lesbian and Gay Switchboard Organisation, shouted "Happy Pride" on Pride Day during his band's concert in San Ciro, Italy, and used his social media several times to post rainbow flags on important dates (after the Pulse shooting, when gay marriage was legalized in America, etc).

He can juggle.

Many of his ancestors were farm labourers in Norfolk.

His first pet was a dog named Max.

Has 60 tattoos so far. The only time he regrets it is when it takes an hour in the makeup chair on set to cover them all up when filming.

He has an older sister named Gemma.

The first preschool he went to was called Happy Days.

Reportedly, he is the subject of certain songs on Taylor Swift's album "1989", including "Style", "Out of the Woods" and "I know Places". They were said to be in a relationship in 2012.

On his father's side, Harry is the grandson of Keith Frederick Styles and Beryl German. On his mother's side, Harry is the grandson of Brian William Selley and Mary Smith.