In a new interview, Harry Styles explained why he was in Rome for the conclave election, when Pope Leo XIV was announced as Pope Francis\u2019 successor.<\/b>
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He didn\u2019t travel just to witness the conclave in person.
Harry Styles is one for random little side quests, and now that he\u2019s back in music mode, he\u2019s finally explaining one of his recent excursions. In a new interview with BBC Radio 1, the singer confirmed that he was in the crowd at St. Peter\u2019s Square in Rome during the conclave election in May, when Pope Leo XIV was announced as the late Pope Francis\u2019 successor.
Speaking to host Greg James, Styles confirmed his identity in the viral photo from the Vatican and revealed that he didn\u2019t set out to watch the new Pope being introduced to the world. \u201cI was getting a haircut in Rome, and then I just heard all these people start shouting, \u2018Habemus papam, habemus papam\u2019 [\u2018We have a pope\u2019], and people just running down the street,\u201d he recalled.
Even his stylist got excited about the development. \u201cSo the guy cutting my hair stopped cutting my hair, and he was like: \u2018Habemus papam. There\u2019s a new pope. There\u2019s a new pope,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cSo we finished up, and then I was like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m like, five minutes\u2019 walk,\u2019 so I walked over there. It was. it was wild.\u201d
Styles did not explain why he was in Rome, with James quipping, \u201clong way to go\u201d for a haircut, nor why he was wearing a hat that read \u201ctechno is my boyfriend,\u201d especially after getting his hair done. However, he did agree with James that it was one of the few times that he was genuinely upstaged at an event. \u201cI was like, \u2018Who is this getting all this attention?\u2019\u201d he joked.
Styles\u2019 interview was to promote his new song \u201cAperture,\u201d the first single from his upcoming album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. However, while making this album, he embarked on numerous side quests around the world, which went viral and tickled his fans.
Along with the new Pope\u2019s introduction, Styles also ran a marathon in Tokyo (finishing in three and a half hours), attended festivals like Glastonbury (where he gave a random interview and was seen kissing a mystery woman), helped a fan parallel park, and went clubbing in Berlin. The latter ended up inspiring his new album the most, as he told Capital Breakfast in a separate interview.
\u201cI spent a lot of time in Berlin last year, and I was meeting a lot of fun and interesting people and hearing a lot of different kinds of music,\u201d he recalled. \u201cThat was influencing the music I was making. And I was just kind of loving what I felt like. That was kind of the goal, to make an album that I could enjoy playing as much as I enjoyed making it.\u201d<\/p>\n