Home Flashbox

Harry Styles, First-Ever Global Cover Star of Rolling Stone, Gets Candid About It All — For Fans All Over The World

Rolling Stone's first-ever global cover star gets candid about everything from certain fans’ complicated relationship to Olivia Wilde, his political views, the importance of kindness, privacy, therapy, and much more.

Published by

Today, Rolling Stone released its September issue and first-ever global cover featuring the world’s most wanted man, Harry Styles. In this exclusive cover story, Styles goes deep about his huge year, including the latest Harry’s House album, his two upcoming films — My Policeman and Don’t Worry Darling (the latter directed by his girlfriend, Olivia Wilde), as well as his upcoming roles in Marvel’s Eternals franchise. Styles gets candid about everything from certain fans’ complicated relationship to Wilde, his political views, the importance of kindness, privacy, therapy, and much more. As the first-ever cover star to appear simultaneously across all of Rolling Stone’s 14 international editions, Styles opens up like never before, sharing intimate details about his personal and professional life for fans all over the world. 

Harry Styles is Rolling Stone’s first-ever global cover star. Photographed by Amanda Fordyce.
Styled by Harry Lambert

Exclusive quotes from the interview

Olivia Wilde on Styles’ big scene in her movie Don’t Worry Darling:

“The camera operator followed him as he paced around the stage like a kind of wild animal. We were all gobsmacked at the monitor. I think even Harry was surprised by it. Those are the best moments for an actor — when you’re completely outside your body.” 

Styles on his hit single, “As it Was” and the new audience it reached:

“‘As It Was’ is definitely the highest volume of men that I would get stopping me to say something about it. That feels like a weird comment because it’s not like men was the goal. It’s just something I noticed.” 

Styles on certain fans’ mistreatment of his romantic partners:

“It’s obviously a difficult feeling to feel like being close to me means you’re at the ransom of a corner of Twitter or something. I just wanted to sing. I didn’t want to get into it if I was going to hurt people like that.” 

Styles on his film, My Policeman, set in 1950s U.K., when it was still illegal to be in a same-sex relationship:

“It’s obviously pretty unfathomable now to think, ‘Oh, you couldn’t be gay. That was illegal.’ I think everyone, including myself, has your own journey with figuring out sexuality and getting more comfortable with it. It’s not like ‘This is a gay story about these guys being gay.’ It’s about love and about wasted time to me.” 

Read the full interview on Rolling Stone U.S

Recent Posts

Magnetic Fields 2024 Brought the Desert to Life in the Best Possible Way

The festival is one of the most brilliantly organized events in the country

December 21, 2024

Yashraj Announces Fiery New Track ‘Sanatan’

Mumbai hip-hop artist will close out the year with a dedication to his hometown, releasing…

December 20, 2024

Sean Penn: Smoking, Raging and Roaring like a Falcon

The Hollywood superstar did not disappoint at the recent Marrakech International Film Festival, where he…

December 20, 2024

GOT7 Announces Comeback for 11th Anniversary Celebration

GOT7 returns after three years with its new mini-album ‘Winter Heptagon’ in collaboration with Kakao…

December 20, 2024

Ikky is Keeping the Team Spirit Up on Karan Aujla’s India Tour

Producer behind hits like ‘Admirin' You’ and ‘Softly’ with Aujla recently put out ‘I Like…

December 20, 2024

An Afternoon with Monica Bellucci

The Italian diva was on hand at the Marrakech International Film Festival in Morocco to…

December 20, 2024