Harry Styles

Zane Lowe· Host0:00

The Zane Lowe Interview Series All right.

Harry Styles· Guest0:02

I'm live. This is great. Okay I feel like I'm starting these kind of conversations quoting Brian Eno more than ever. Okay.

Zane Lowe· Host0:10

I'm not mad at it at all.

Harry Styles· Guest0:11

It's a good start.

Zane Lowe· Host0:11

Yeah, he's like Yoda.

Harry Styles· Guest0:12

Yes.

Zane Lowe· Host0:13

And, um, one of the most important things he's, he said that I, sticks with me is, like, it's, it's a human right to have taste and to exercise that taste.

Harry Styles· Guest0:19

Uh-huh.

Zane Lowe· Host0:20

And, and asking yourself, "What do I like?" is kind of like the first step to achieving that ultimate sort of goal of expression.

Harry Styles· Guest0:27

Yes.

Zane Lowe· Host0:27

Like, what do I like? And I, and I know you've always gone for that and, and, and stayed true to that, but I feel like this album really is an exercise in sort of what do I like on this record.

Harry Styles· Guest0:38

I think the, the biggest kind of change on this album for me is, like, that I think I noticed was I saw, uh... I think it was Four Tet who, like, w- did an interview, and he was talking about listening to something and being like, "This is brilliant," and going, "How do I make something that sounds like that?"

Zane Lowe· Host1:02

Mm.

Harry Styles· Guest1:03

And kind of shifting that desire to, like, replicate in some way and going, "This is brilliant. How do I make something brilliant?" And I, like, saw him say that at, like, a kind of right at the start I was making the album, and it felt like a really pivotal thing for me. I think living with songs that you love