Harry Styles turns 28! See his route from X-Factor to Coachella in photos
Harry Styles, 28
In February 2022, Harry Styles celebrates his 28th birthday. It seems unbelievable when you think of all his achievements so far, but the British pop star and actor was really born on February 1, 1994!
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Harry Styles at Coachella 2022
It is going to be a joyful year for Harry Styles. He is set to appear at the Californian music festival Coachella, alongside Billie Eilish and Kanye West. Harry’s appearance at this famous venue comes after some controversy surrounding his live shows in 2021.
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Harry’s criticized ‘Love on Tour’
Harry Styles, the British pop icon, had a controversial concert tour at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. He kicked off the second tour of his solo career on September 5, 2021 in Las Vegas.
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Not safe during the pandemic
There was a huge media hype over Harry’s tour, because large numbers of fans attended the shows – with most attention going to the first concert in Las Vegas – and often social distancing and mask rules were ignored.
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‘The Whale’
One of Harry’s signature moves is known as The Whale. This move got the singer in some trouble this time around as many fans were angered about the possible spread of germs. Harry drinks from a water bottle and then spits it out into the air, creating a spouting haze of water – mixed with saliva. Not ideal during a pandemic.
After the backlash from the Las Vegas concert, it has been reported that the singer hasn’t repeated that move since.
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Harry Styles: a star in film, music and fashion
Harry Styles continues to be an icon of music, fashion and film. He broke records with his second studio album, ‘Fine Line’, at the end of 2019. The song ‘Watermelon Sugar’ earned him his first Grammy Award.
(Photo: CBS, still from 2021 Grammy Awards)
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The story of Harry Styles, from year to year
In addition, the 28-year-old pop star and actor appears in several movies and is considered one of the best-dressed male superstars. Let’s have a look at his rise in showbiz over the past decade.
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2010: The makings of a star
Harry auditioned for the X Factor in April 2010 and wowed the judges with the classic song, “Isn’t she lovely?”. In July of the same year his journey in the competition came to an end at the show’s bootcamp but music mentor, Simon Cowell, allowed him and other solo acts to join together, creating the group that we all know as One Direction and entering as a group act in the show. They came third overall.
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2010: Caroline Flack and Harry Styles
At the start of his fame, he raised suspicions and eyebrows with his generation gap relationship with Caroline Flack who was in her 30s. Harry was 17.
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2020: His respect for the devastating news of Caroline’s death
Interrupting our timeline and jumping forward to 2020, Harry Styles paid tribute to his ex-girlfriend Caroline at the Brit Awards in London on February 18. She had died at just age 40. Harry paid his respects to Caroline at the award ceremony by wearing a black ribbon on his left lapel as a sign of mourning.
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2011: Up All Night
Back to young Harry… After the show, One Direction went on the X Factor Live UK Tour with the other finalists from the program. They signed a music contract with Psyco and started recording their first studio album, entitled “Up All Night” in January 2011 which went on to be released in September
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2012: A ‘thing’
His love life continued to spark interest. In 2012 he had a short fling with ‘Inbetweeners’ star, Emily Atack. The relationship didn’t last and they both agreeably reported that they simply ‘went their own way’ after their ‘thing’.
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2012: Haylor
Harry and Taylor. Haylor. Everyone knows Harry Styles and Taylor Swift were an item and constantly in the public eye. Their relationship began in late 2012 and then they broke up only a few months later. They both called the relationship ‘a learning experience’ and actually Taylor didn’t date for a long time after the break up. Both have written songs about each other, or so people believe… Or are these songs written about other people?
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2013: Don’t you wish your girlfriend was…?
For those of you who have noticed, Harry tends to date the slightly older woman. He really raised some eyebrows when he dated former Pussycat Dolls lead singer, Nicole Scherzinger, in the months following his break up with Taylor. She was 35 at the time, compared to Harry who was not yet 20 years old.
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2013-2015: The Kendall ‘Krush’
What perhaps a lot of people don’t know, he had an on-off relationship with beauty Kendall Jenner over the period of a few years. Another fizzled-out relationship. He seems to have had a few of those.
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2013: Styles’ Style
Styles was becoming an icon of, well, style. At this point in his ‘style’ evolution, he liked to go for a bold print. Here he is wearing a bold heart print shirt at the premiere of One Direction’s movie, “This Is Us,” in August 2013.
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2016: The end of 1D?
Professionally speaking, Harry Styles swiftly became the nation’s favourite member of the band and One Direction went on to produce five albums and at the beginning of 2016 they went into a never ending hiatus.
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2017: Sign of the Times
Harry signed with Columbia Records in 2016 as a solo artist. In 2017 he released his first single called “Sign of the Times” which reached number one in the charts. In the same year, he released his first hit solo album, Harry Styles, which received huge critical acclaim.
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2017: Harry found a French fille
He finally had a lasting relationship (!) and dated Camille Rowe for a full year from mid-2017. The couple did not appear much together in public.
Post break up he wrote the song ‘Cherry’ about their struggles to end the relationship and it actually includes one of her voicemail messages in her mother tongue, French. Roughly it is translated, “Hello! Are you asleep? Oh, I’m sorry… Well, no… Nope, it’s not funny… Well then… We went to the beach and now we-”. A chilling, personal end to a track.
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2017: Mr Styles becomes an actor
He is absolutely no stranger to the film camera either. You can watch the documentary he made in 2017 called Harry Styles: Behind the Album. It was a big year for Harry as he also made his first movie appearance in the Christopher Nolan film, ‘Dunkirk’.
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2017: Drastic Dragons
Turning more and more into the fashion icon we know, Harry wore purple silk trousers with embroidered dragons in May 2017 as he was leaving a gig in London. He certainly turned some heads.
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2017: NYC Radio City class
In New York City, September 2017, Harry Styles performed at Radio City. What an iconic stage for a young and upcoming icon. He definitely stands out here in his red, metallic flower suit, matching the formal, classical setting. He accessorised with Gucci loafers and his guitar, attracting attention as a complete star in the making.
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2017: Known worldwide
Harry Styles ‘Live on Tour’ went worldwide between September 2017 and July 2018. He was rapidly becoming a household name from singing, acting and even composing, having also composed the song for Love, Simon film.
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2018: Harry the model
2018 – his modelling career started at Gucci. He fits in well at Gucci who proclaim they are ‘outrageous and wearable’ and was rightly chosen to be an ambassador of their tailored campaign.
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2019: Number one album
In 2019 he released the song, ‘Lights Up’, the first single of his second album, ‘Fine Line’, which finally hit the shelves in December of the same year. The album produced 4 more successful hit singles and reached number 1 on the American Billboard. Harry was the second member of One Direction to have that claim, after his band-mate Zayn Malik.
(Photo: Styles with Stevie Nicks as she was induced into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in March, 2019)
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2019: Harry on a wire
Harry appeared in The Late Late Show in December 2019 and pretty much everyone who watched it was staring at the screen with their mouths wide open. Harry, attached to a zip wire, was swinging across the busy streets of LA whilst singing his songs. This aerial concert created a lot of hype and was a definite first for Mr Styles and the show.
(Image: CBS, still from The Late Late Show)
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2019: The boy with the pearl earring
Styles like you’ve never seen him before. When he co-chaired the 2019 Met Gala, he donned a black jumpsuit with a see-through top and just the one pearl earring. An interesting little-known fact, he got his ear pierced especially for the occasion.
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2020: Hit single
‘Watermelon Sugar High’ came from his second album, released in 2020, and had a 1970s inspired video. About the song, Harry said, “It’s kind of about that initial, I guess, euphoria of when you start seeing someone… or just like being around someone and you have that kind of excitement about them,” according to PopBuzz.
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2021: Harry Styles the fashion icon
Apart from his award for ‘Watermelon Sugar,’ and his leather suit, Harry Styles also surprised the Grammy 2021 audience with long, colored boas and checkered jackets. It is clear he is pushing style boundaries and becoming, quite simply, a fashion icon.
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2021: Harry and Olivia
Harry Styles appeared in Olivia Wilde’s new film and, as we all know, they got to know each other and started dating. They were seen together holding hands at a wedding and became one of the celebrity couples of the year. Wilde certainly fulfils Harry’s interest in women – she is beautiful, successful and ten years his senior.
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