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Harry Stylesis finally revealing why he showed up at a monumental moment for the Catholic church.
The "As It Was" singeraddressed his unexpected presenceat Pope Leo XIV's conclave election at the Vatican in May during a new interview with BBC Radio 1.
"I was getting a haircut in Rome," Styles said, "and I just heard all these people start shouting, 'Habemus papam! Habemus papam!' People just running down the street."
The pop star added that his barberalsobegan chanting the Latin phrase, which means "we have a pope."
"So the guy cutting my hair stopped cutting my hair," Styles recalled. "He was like, 'Habemus papam!' Then he finished up."
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Styles then decided to get in on the papal action. "I was like, 'Oh, I'm like a five-minute walk from there,'" he said. "So I walked over. It was wild."
The singer later joked that it was unusual to see someone receiving more public scrutiny than he does. "I was like, 'Who is this getting all this attention?'" he said.
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Styles recently announced his fourth solo album,Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. He also debutedits lead single, "Aperture,"this week and revealed the lineup for his forthcoming Together, Together world tour.
"I think a lot of the songwriting on the album is kind of classic pop songwriting," Styles said in the BBC Radio 1 interview. "I think it just came at a time when I was starting to go out dancing a lot more, so I would just keep hearing a lot of different types of music. I was feeling how going to parties with friends and stuff, the music I was hearing, the kinds of experiences with music that I was having was starting to influence the music."
Styles went on to discuss his musical influences and his priorities while crafting the LP. "With 'Aperture' in particular, I think just wanting to have a lot of fun when playing it was a big part of what I ended up making," he said. "I went to LCD Soundsystem a couple times. I saw them at a festival in Madrid that was in a car park, basically, and then I saw them again at Brixton, and it's so joyous when you're watching them be so immersed in it. I think the inspiration for me came from like, 'Oh, that's how I want to feel when I'm on stage.'"
He continued, "I was listening to Durutti Column and stuff like that, and then just being out and kind of in a bit of a shift of the world for me of just hearing different things."
Styles also attempted to explain the relationship between disco and kissing suggested in his new album's title. "Drink water all the time, but you're gonna have to pee occasionally," he said. "You don't necessarily keep drinking. You can have a break from kissing if you want, or you could also drink water while you pee. I think it's kind of optional. But I think the idea is you take a break from kissing to disco."
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Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionallyis out March 6.
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