Harry Styles on New Music, 'Aperture', and the Human Experience

Embracing a Normal Life

• 💡 Harry emphasizes the importance of normality and staying connected to the world, especially for making music about the human experience.
• 🚶 He actively seeks out everyday experiences, like discovering new places in London by walking, after previously being confined to hotel rooms.
• ✅ After years of saying no, he decided to "say yes to everything" in the last couple of years, leading to more travel and trying new things.

The Magic of the Audience Experience

• 🕺 Spending time as a true audience member reminded him of the magic of standing with strangers, dancing, getting sweaty, and singing.
• 🤝 This experience highlighted that performers and audience members are "all here for the same thing", fostering a shared connection.

"Aperture" as a Mission Statement

• 🔑 His new single, "Aperture," was the last song made for the album and serves as a "perfect mission statement" for its themes.
• 🌱 The song is about opening up to more positive things, accepting transitions and flaws, and acknowledging mistakes to facilitate change.

Upcoming Tour and Collaborations

• 🚀 Harry announced the "Together, Together" tour, featuring seven-city residencies from May to December in locations like Amsterdam, London, and New York.
• ✨ He is honored and amazed to have Shania Twain as the support act, calling it a "very full circle" moment due to her musical influence on him.

Grounding Relationships

• 💖 His sister remains the most "unimpressed" by his fame, which he finds beautiful and grounding, as their relationship is not about his career.
• 🤝 He credits his friends as the thing he's most fortunate for, providing a group he can count on and making him feel "loved no matter what happens."
• 👏 Scott Mills noted that Harry has remained the "same charming, kind, down to earth guy" despite his immense fame.

Future of Music

• 🎤 Harry finds it "hard to imagine" not making music, as he loves it so much.
• 🎶 He is "really excited to be starting again" with new music and looks forward to what shape his musical future will take.