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how harry styles built his solo career: a thread
unlike most people think, harry was not pushed to be the frontman of the band back in the x factor days, if you go back and look at their performances and interviews from that time, liam was the one who was portrayed as the leader/frontman of the group
harry’s natural charisma and charm was the thing that naturally made him stand out from the group without even trying, he easily became the public’s favorite and the one media was always focused on this went on for years and lead to rumors of him going solo
those rumors were fueled when this solo demo was released, don’t let me go is a song written by harry back in 2013
they would get asked about going solo in 2013 and harry stayed quiet
in that same year harry met the azoff family and instantly became friends with jeff and the entire family adored him, he starting learning a lot about the industry and meeting new people who had huge weight in there, he has stated that he wanted to learn as much as possible
in 2013 harry also started writing songs for other artists such as ariana grande and alex and sierra, he also wrote songs and kept them for himself (two ghosts being one) and he recently talked about how he wanted to write with as many people as he could to improve
what harry said about keeping two ghosts for himself instead of giving it to the band as planned
2014, harry suggests a hiatus for the band, and i would like to talk about the “audiences would become exhausted” part, it’s well known that bands don’t last forever, the estimated period of activity of most bands is around 5 years, and harry knew that
the hiatus was denied and the band continued on, nevertheless harry kept working with people outside the band and making his own name, specially through his style, he used to attend fashion events on his own and even received awards for it
2015, the year that solo harry was actually born, during this year harry was with jeff all the time, he even got him and glenne to tour with him, by this year harry had a different team working with him while the band recorded their last album, which he wrote and sung most of it
harry lambert introduced us to solo harry back in 2015, in case you didn’t know he was harry’s stylist in the band and the other 3 shared the same one, he made harry stand out even more during the last year of the band with the printed suits
kid harpoon and harry also met around 2015 and became friends, years later he would be big part of harry’s most successful album to date
during 2015 everyone asked them if the band was coming back and if they were going solo, all his bandmates said stuff, harry always stayed quiet
another one
first day of 2016, harry signs his solo contract with full stop management and columbia records (80m) after many bets from other companies such as apple music and jay z
may 2016 harry launches his own record label, erskine records, so that he’s the only owner of his music and no one else can control his masters
i could go on for hours but i’ll leave it at this, harry was so smart for doing all of this and securing a successful solo career before even debuting, the result of hard work and being passionate about what you want in life
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