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“There’s definitely been some sequin use over the years.” - Harry on sparkly fashion for @wmag

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Harry Styles for W Mag. Photographed by David Sims.

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Harry Styles for W Mag. Photographed by David Sims.

Read Harry’s profile with Julio Torres, who wrote Harry’s Sara Lee sketch back in 2019, for @wmag in full here: wmagazine.com/culture/harry-…

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Harry Styles for W Mag. Photographed by David Sims.

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Harry Styles for W Mag. Photographed by David Sims.

Harry Styles for W Mag. Photographed by David Sims.

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“Post-Covid, and now in this AI time, there’s something about standing next to a sweaty stranger and exchanging energy that you can’t really replace with anything. The desire is for the more tangible, the little bits of magic that just happen. […] Everything in our world now is about being productive—how do we grow this and optimize everything. Almost exclusively, my favorite things have come in moments of being incredibly unproductive.” - Harry on connecting with others for @wmag

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Harry Styles for W Mag. Photographed by David Sims.

“We did a show a few years ago on Halloween, and it’s one of the coolest experiences to see everyone dressed up. When you look at the world, we’re getting more and more isolated, and we’re losing ceremony. It’s why people still love weddings - it’s a ceremony where we all get to come together. It’s the same thing with sports.” - Harry on Harryween and community for @wmag

“New York operates at a higher frequency than I do. At times, I find it quite a lot. But for that reason, I’ve always loved performing there so much. You really feel the city during the show, this swelling of energy. I’m not going to do this forever. It feels very singular, and that’s allowing me to really be in it. During the shows, there’s a lot more moments where I’m standing there taking it in, when I’m in the room with the crowd, seeing this energy they’ve made. I feel so aware that it exists past the shows, the songs, the tour—everything. It’s like, “You did this more than I did,” in a lot of ways. I can show up and play as many times as people buy tickets for. Doing this many shows in New York is solely because of them.” - Harry on his Together Together residency at MSG for @wmag

“It has always been a joke that when we do a shoot or a video, if I’m not wet and/or cold, we haven’t done anything. When I come offstage, the first thing I do is shower, because it’s better for me to feel like I washed it off. There’s a version where you come offstage and feel like, Oh, I’m the guy right now. I remember that from the really early days, the “How do I stay in this feeling—this is amazing!” Over the years, I’ve tried to acknowledge that is that, and I can wash it off. You do the show, you go backstage, you shower, and all of a sudden you’re naked in this most vulnerable, almost infant-like state of yourself. It couldn’t be more different from what you were doing 10 minutes ago.” - Harry on his relationship to water and fish imagery in his work for @wmag

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Harry Styles for W Mag. Photographed by David Sims.

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Harry Styles for W Mag. Photographed by David Sims.

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Harry Styles for W Mag. Photographed by David Sims.

“With the work as well, it was about: How do I make something that I really love with no perception of what’s expected of me or what people want from me? There’s a cycle when someone makes something that connects with people. It becomes commercially successful, then everything you’re being told that you are is shifting you away from the version of yourself who was able to make something from a nice point of view.” - Harry on changing his perspective when making his work for @wmag

Harry Styles for W Mag. Photographed by David Sims.

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Harry Styles for W Mag. Photographed by David Sims.

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“A big part of the break was about recalibrating the image of myself that I felt like I was accidentally swallowing all the time—that was being reflected back at me but that I didn’t want necessarily. It’s such an unnatural thing to be shown other people’s perception of you all the time. I was a little bit in my head about moving through the world and feeling very aware of how everything was being perceived toward the end of the last tour. Like, if I moved this way, or if I did this—very outside in.” - Harry on dealing with the public perception around him for @wmag

“In the time that I took away from touring, I watered a side of my life I hadn’t paid much attention to previously. Because I started so young, touring became so much of who I was. I would feel quite uncomfortable with stretches at home. I didn’t know what to do with myself sometimes. Now I feel really fortunate to have this incredible job and creative environment, but also this life away from it that I’m excited to spend time in. I don’t know that I had that before. The idea of not touring is less frightening to me. It feels quite special to be in it, bathe in it, and be aware it’s not forever. It doesn’t come with this existentialism that it used to, when I was like, Who am I if I don’t do this? I’m a little more comfortable with who I am if I’m not doing it, which makes touring a lot more enjoyable” - Harry about his break from touring and coming back for @wmag