Rolling Stone Australia — June 2017

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Rolling Stone

A year in the life

of the singer as he

leaves behind his

boy-band past,

heads to Jamaica

and comes of age

Photographs by

THEO WENNER

January 2016.There’sabenchatthetopofPrimroseHill,

inLondon,thatlooksoutovertheskylineofthecity.Ifyou’d

passedbyitonewinternight,youmighthaveseenhimsitting

there.Alankyguyinawoolhat,overcoatandjoggingpants,

handsthrustdeepintohispockets.HarryStyleshadalotonhis

mind.Hehadspentfiveyearsasthebuoyantfanfavouritein

OneDirection;now,anuncertainfuturestretchedoutinfront

of him. The band had announced an indefinite hiatus. The white

noiseofadulationwasgone,replacedbythe

hushedsoundofthecitybelow.❖The fame

visiteduponHarryStylesinhisyearswith

By

Cameron

Crowe

Harry

Styles’

RIDE WITH ME

Styles in London

in February.