The young actor and pop star talk about the power of social media, addiction, and modern masculinity.<\/b>
\nHarry Styles is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, the star of an Academy Award-nominated film, a Gucci model \u2014 and now, apparently, a pop culture journalist. i-D got Styles to interview his fellow 2017 Oscar season cohort and Soft Boy Internet Heartthrob Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet. Chalamet is the star of the film Beautiful Boy, playing in limited release now. And while Styles doesn\u2019t have any obvious connections to the film or to Chalamet, it\u2019s best not to look a gift horse in the mouth, especially when the gift horse has so many iconic quotes.
Styles is notoriously tight-lipped in interviews, but Styles\u2019 conversation with Chalamet is fun and insightful, maybe the most revealing print interview Styles has ever done \u2014 and he wasn\u2019t even the interview subject. Styles and Chalamet talked about the power of social media. Chalamet brought up social media\u2019s influence on #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter, but pointed out that, for many creatives, social media can become a toxic place where comments, criticism, and bigotry can get in the way of personal artistry. Styles agreed, comparing social media a party where \u201cthree people who are great and 23 people who aren\u2019t that nice.\u201d
Styles and Chalamet also talked about what it means to be a nontraditional heartthrob in 2018, and to embrace a softer and kinder version of masculinity. It\u2019s what fans find so appealing about both of them \u2014 that you don\u2019t have to be tough and aggressive and harshly masculine to be a man. Styles put it beautifully:
Styles and Chalamet also traded their desert island movies, songs, and books. Styles is a big old music nerd, shouting out \u201cMadame George\u201d and Rob Sheffield \u2018s book Love Is A Mix Tape. When Styles asked Chalamet about Nicki and Cardi, and the young actor replied, \u201cLook, Nicki went to my high school but\u2026 Cardi\u2019s a legend so why can\u2019t we all just love each other?\u201d Styles, ever the tactful pop star, refused to comment.
Read Chalamet and Styles\u2019 full interview here .<\/p>\n

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