Harry Styles Joins Brittany Broski's Royal Court

You parli italiano.

Only a little bit.

Surely not.

How do you keep it up?

Mostly just talking with friends.

Cool.

And I do a little bit of, you know, the app to, um, Raya.

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Welcome to Royal Court, the show where pop culture royalty compete for a spot on my trusted council. I am your host and Queen Lady Brittany of House Broski and today I'm joined by the guest. I'm joined by the guest, a rock star turned disco diva all the way from the island of Eroda.

Please welcome Lord Harry Styles.

Woo! Woo!

Woo!

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Oh, greetings!

Good start, good start.

Great start, right?

Thank you for having me.

My Lord, how was the journey in?

It was long.

Yeah?

Traffic felt...

I mean, Burbank did.

Did you parallel park the carriage?

No, I parked like a crazy person. I blocked everyone in, sorry about that.

Now, what are we wearing today?

I'm wearing a cape, a crown, and some ears. Not often seen all together. And they're actually kind of holding the crown on.

They aren't.

One is kind of cocked listening that way,

and one's cocked listening that way.

Well, Lord Harry.

Yes. Are you ready for the trials set before you today?

I'm ready.

All right, without further ado, let the trials begin.

Let's go. You run a lot of marathons.

I run two, two's not a lot.

Two's a few.

Two's a couple. Three is a few, technically.

You're actually so right. You've run marathons. Have you ever peed on yourself?

Be honest.

Do you know what? I actually didn't need to pee. Really? Either of them. Like, I had a lot of people tell me that I should, that I was going to pee on myself. So then I got to like the end of the training and I thought, well, I don't have any long runs left

and I don't know that I can go run for like 10 minutes just to pee on myself. So I actually never practiced peeing on myself. That's good. I've done it in the past, but not while running.

Okay.

Different context.

Different context entirely.

Okay. Your third album is called Harry's House.

Correct.

What are the rules for Harry's House, the house rules? Is it a shoes off household? Do you run a tight house?

I'm shoes off.

Okay.

There's not that many people

who come to my house to be honest.

I've got one.

If you're tearing it up in the bathroom, just spray. Just use a room spray.

Oh. You know what I mean?

Come on.

Okay.

Come on.

Just use a room spray.

Oh, that's the rule.

Yeah, that's my rule.

Terrible guest etiquette.

It really is. Favorite British curse or insult? I learned a new one recently.

Okay.

Wally.

Oh, Wally's nice. It's kind of like, um, like Goober. Right? Wally's kind of like a Goober.

Bring back Goober. Wally, knobhead.

Knobhead.

Plonker.

It's an absolute classic.

Belend.

Belend's great.

Twat.

Twat.

Prat.

Prat.

Prick.

Ooh, Prick's classic.

I quite like Prick. He's a knob. He's just a knob. He's a knob. Knob's good. 1D famously started on The X Factor. Yes.

If you had to audition again not singing, what talent would you come with?

Someone Britain's Got Talent.

Oh, Britain's Got Talent.

Maybe not The X Factor.

I can eat quite a lot of yogurt.

You've never seen a man put back yogurt?

No, I eat like remarkable amounts of yogurt. Your gut health's insane. It shocks my friends. Shocks them.

How did you kind of figure that out?

It's a little bit like, you know when you watch the Olympics and there's someone on the pommel horse and you go like, oh, how did you discover that you were good at that? It's a bit like that, but it's yogurt. Right. Copious amounts of yogurt. Just like, you have some and then you're like,

I could have a bit more of that.

I reckon.

No one has a healthier GI tract than you right here.

Microbiome.

I'm fine in my friend's houses.

You have a song called Music for a Sushi Restaurant.

Correct.

Question is, what other locations

do you think deserve a song? I really like cremation songs. I remember being at my grandma's funeral and as the belt started, it just left. It feels so inappropriate and then because of how abrupt it was and then I just started thinking about Inappropriate cremation songs. Yep. Really like my fire for example, right? Maybe burn. Uh-huh ring of fire ring of fire and then I was then I was then I was off

What is watermelon sugar high? It's not like a hybrid cart. There's like a watermelon gummy, you know, I like a

sugar rush of sorts.

Okay.

I have never seen more Red Bull than is in your fridge. Like I would suggest try like the fruit thing.

Yeah.

Because there is a similar effect. Yeah. There, I've never seen it like.

Like how I got it?

How you got it. Yeah. Did you say you liked it somewhere and then people started saying...

Yeah, my heart health is questionable at this point. I'm... it's not looking great. I might try yogurt soon. Yogurt might be in my future. You once narrated a bedtime story for the Calm app.

Yeah.

What's your bedtime routine?

Well, I've just started washing my face. Ooh, actually. I don't know. I've just got an electric toothbrush. I used to be acoustic. I used to be... I was acoustic for a long time.

Analog.

And I've just gone electric.

Wow.

I feel like Bob Dylan.

That's major.

What's your favorite shitty fast food?

I really like burgers. I think I just like eating with my hands.

It's the truth. Fast food. I really like burgers. I think I just like eating with my hands. Okay.

Is the truth. I think there's something like...

Caveman.

Yeah.

It's like I love like a turkey leg. You know that idea of like, my sister always talks about the idea of girl dinner.

Totally.

Boy dinner I've discovered is just eating a rotisserie chicken over the sink.

Yes.

But fast food, I like burgers.

Okay. You bought your house in London when you were about 18. Is that right?

I did, yeah.

Do you have any regrettable design choices you remember making?

I had a green rug for a long time. And then I also bought this piece of art that was like one of the first things I bought, I think when I was 18. It was a statue of Jesus wearing boxing gloves.

And I think there was a point where I was like,

what is this?

So it's not in my house anymore, but for a while it was there.

In your song, Two Ghosts, you have a lyric that says, we're just two ghosts swimming in a glass half empty.

Yeah.

What's in the glass, ideally, for you?

Perfect day.

What's in the glass?

You should try Red Bull.

Yogurt?

Yeah, yogurt.

I probably haven't had a Red Bull in like 12 years.

I wouldn't start.

Once you kick it, it's hard to, slippery slope.

Yeah, you start looking like me. It's a gateway carbonate beverage. It is, into Monster.

Right.

And old Four Locos.

Yeah, oh Lord. Bring back Goober and Four Locos.

Correct. I think they are mutually exclusive.

Okay.

Is there a fashion choice from the 2010s that you deeply regret?

Oof, in the 2010s, I wore, I think I wore like, like really, really tight jeans. And I know there was kind of, it was of a time, but I think they were, they were,

They were tight.

Tighter than, than my legs were. So.

Painted on.

Yeah, so it kind of was like, you know, now I'd be like, just wear a size bigger.

Yeah.

Or three sizes bigger.

Hey, maybe wear clothes that fit.

Yeah, yeah.

So I'd say that probably.

Could I offer one into the ring?

Oh, please.

Wide brim hats.

Actually, no.

You know what?

No. No, actually, no.

I'm a serious person, I don't deserve it. You bring me on to bully me?

Wide brim hats.

Wide brim hats.

Yeah, the Venice hat.

The Venice hat. But it had the curls coming out of it, so it's like excusable, but at a certain point it's not.

You know what I mean?

You're an instant. Once while recording an album, you bit off a piece of your tongue I suffer for your art. I mean, it didn't feel like it this time.

I had so much fun making this album.

Love to hear it.

And I only lost a toe.

But it was the extra toe.

Nail.

Toe nail.

See, he's doing bits.

Yeah, there you go. I'm getting a little too comfortable.

Favorite Shania Twain song?

Do you know what, I think the one I actually remember so much from when I was younger was Honey I'm Home.

Ooh.

And we're gonna do an acapella cover.

Honey I'm home and I had a bed.

Yep.

Pull me, pull me, yep.

By the way.

Pfft.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Too comfortable.

You said on Nard War, Oh fuck. That Girl of My Best Friend by Elvis was the first song that you remember kind of being obsessed with. Yes.

No wrong lyrics to.

But in other interviews you say it's Dreams by Fleetwood Mac.

Yeah.

Is there anything else you're lying about?

Yeah.

Are those teeth fake?

No. Okay? No.

Okay.

No.

This hairline, no.

No.

No. No.

Ridiculous.

What facial expression best sums up kiss all the time, disco occasionally?

Hey.

With that, you've passed. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Whoa, Harry.

You did so splendidly in the interrogation.

How do you feel? I feel good.

All right.

Yeah.

I hear you've brought me something.

I have.

Squat up.

Oh.

Um, I'm gonna play you a song from the album. Ow.

Ow. I'm gonna play you a song from the album. Ow! What?

If that's okay.

Yeah, that's fine.

Or I can give you something now.

I can just give you.

No, yeah, that's fine.

I won't like watch you while you're listening. I was gonna say, this feels so intimate.

This is track nine.

Huh?

Oh, he's cancelling.

Okay.

Tell me if it's too loud. This is track nine. Huh? Always canceling. Okay. Tell me if it's too loud.

What the fuck is your problem? Yeah, yeah.

That doesn't represent the music.

That's not happening at all.

Just to clarify.

What the fuck!

Hey, what are we doing? Can I tell you something? You need to go to jail, and second of all, that, like, I wanna leave the show sweating. You know what I mean? Like, soaked, like I'm wearing,

I'm gonna come in a swimsuit probably, in like a swim shirt, so it'll be moisture wicking. That is so-

Moisture wicking?

Moisture wicking? Wick it off. That's crazy. It's so dance. Dancing is so back. I feel normal about that.

Thank you for showing that to me.

Should I put these anywhere?

Squire? You ready for the real reason I brought you here today? We need to talk about Rosalia's new album. What did you think?

I think it's great.

It's ridiculous.

So brilliant.

Do you think that the hyper drama of what Lux is, is what's been missing from music?

I think what is really inspiring to see when you see something like Lux is like it's so obviously for her, it's so obviously to fulfill something that we like get to watch. I think it feels like really respectful to be like I'm just gonna give the audience what they want but actually I think when you do that without having your whole heart in it it's actually kind of disrespectful.

Totally. When you see her make something like heart in it, it's actually kind of disrespectful. Totally.

When you see her make something like that, it's like, it so obviously had to be that way to fulfill something in her.

I agree.

That is why I like listening to it. I'm like, this is inspiring that someone made something like that.

It's inevitable. It's inevitable piece of art that they have to make.

I think it's not fun to have an artist that you love come out and be like asking questions about, is this okay? Like, do you guys like it? Like, is this okay for you? As an audience member, I don't feel like I can enjoy it

because now I'm worried about if you're having a good time. Right. I don't have to worry about you at all. Totally. You're so sure of what you're doing that I can just enjoy it and I can like relax.

I love that. In the vein of I guess speaking multiple languages in terms of art, you parli italiano.

Only a little bit.

Only a little bit? Surely not. So how do you keep it up?

Mostly just talking with friends. Cool. And I do a little bit of, you know, the app to, um...

Raya.

Grindr.

To, you know, just for like grammar and stuff. It's good to like be seen all the time. And, um...

And...

And, uh, yeah.

And just like being immersed in it is like so obviously the best way to learn. But I have looked, I'm very fortunate that I have friends who are like very patient. The Italians are very like helpful and they like, you know.

Fan culture is such a big part of, you know, your life and your job. Is there anything that you are a super fan of that maybe you feel like you don't get to talk about a lot? Because I know, you know, Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, these sort of things,

but like, is there a more niche thing that maybe you don't get a lot of air time?

Something that is always like there for me that isn't necessarily constant, but it's something that I come back to a lot. If I can't sleep sometimes I'll watch Mike Tyson's 10 Greatest Knockouts on YouTube. Which is like, it's just, they're amazing. And then, usually, for some reason the next recommended video is like old episodes of Supernanny. Have you ever seen that show?

I've got, I'm on my way.

Yeah, yeah. So then I watch, you know, like worst ever behaved kid and it's like this kid is like, you know. And then I'm like, okay, I'm ready to go back to sleep.

Ah, yes.

Harry, you've passed.

Thank you.

Well, Lord Harry, you've passed. Thank you. Well, Lord Harry, we've approached the part of the interview where I'm going to make you draw. What's in front of you is a shield. There are four prompts on the shield. You're going to use these markers and draw your answer to each prompt. While you're doing that, there's a bit of double-tasking involved. I'm going to ask you some more kind of serious career-based questions.

Okay. Can I just say, before we begin this part, on behalf of the Harrys everywhere, the Forever Forever video was fucked up and it made me cry, but thank you for making it. And I think that there is such a beautiful, it's almost like a you know that we know. It's so much bigger than just going to see Harry Styles. It's the community, it's the friendships that are created,

it's the lightness, it's the levity, it's the laughter. And I think that, yes, that's you, but it's bigger than you as well. So I guess my question is, what's your North Star when it comes to interacting with fans?

I think they're like the most honest group of fans. Obviously there's people who love things that they love and will say that, but I think a lot of the time, like saying that you love something is like weirdly vulnerable. Like even saying like, oh I love this band to the point where I'm like emotionally invested in this band is a scary thing to do. The fans that I've experienced are just so willing to do in a way that is like very generous towards me. They will say we love this and if they don't like it say we don't

like it. There's no like posturing with them, you know? And I think a lot of the time their opinion can be kind of cast aside as like, oh, it's like hysteria and they don't really get it or something, or like I think their taste can be questioned based on the fact that they wear their heart on their sleeve.

I think the truth is they're the most honest. So I think for me, it's like about remaining honest in my response to that. And I think like you were saying with the Forever Forever video, Stella who made the video,

to me, I think it's really rare someone captures that group of fans in a way that is like so respectful with so much integrity for who they are as humans and I think what I love about that video and about like Stella's work of shooting the fans is that I think she's capturing like a human aspect of like the individuals that make the

environment so special and I think that is the thing that is like so much bigger than me.

Looking back at your first solo album,

Yes.

you said that you can see now all the places where you were bowling with bumpers on. That was the analogy used. I love that analogy and I'm curious as to what maybe some of those bumpers were.

Yeah, I think, I think, like, I love the first album. I think it's like exactly where I was at the time. And I think recognizing that at the time in my life, I was like scared to get it wrong. I don't think I would change it for that reason. I just feel aware of like, when I look back at it,

I'm like, oh, I was really afraid to get it wrong. You know, I don't regret doing that. I think just, I can see bits of production or something are like slightly more ambitious than maybe they were on the first album.

When talking about the genesis of Pleasing, you said that it was always the small moments in life that brought you the most joy. What's a recent moment that you can recall that's like, this is one of those moments?

I think like I just had like a nice Christmas with my family and stuff. I think just being in a place in my life where I think for a long time, I used to always feel like I was kind of supposed to be somewhere else.

Like I was trying to find something and maybe my joy was over in this place and maybe if I went over to this place I'd find something that made me really happy. And I think being in a place where even if you know where the good things or bad things are happening like just feeling like oh I'm right where I'm supposed to be has been like really powerful to me. I think I feel like I'm just kind of enjoying those moments of like, I'm not necessarily doing anything.

You're just being present, being in your body.

Yeah.

It's hard in this industry.

What I love so much is seeing people take themselves out for ice cream. You see it a lot in LA. Like by themself, they've gone to get ice cream. It's such a moment that's centered around just your joy, that I think I get a lot of joy

in seeing people do that.

Fame is so hard to grasp. So nebulous, it's demanding, and it's nonstop. What helps you make sense of this life that you have been living for a long time, but it's so not normal?

I think I've always felt like very fortunate to have friends that like, I think supporting me have a life away from work stuff where I don't feel defined by it. You know, I think like having friends, we kind of rarely talk about work stuff a lot of the time

and people who have kind of supported me taking time away from it. I think for me a large part of it was like, I've always wanted to not have it be the thing that defined me, but I think without actually taking time away from it, it's just really hard

to know who you are outside of it. So I think it's like, yes, I know I don't want to define myself by it, but if it's the only thing you're doing, it's kind of hard to not define yourself by it. I think for me, like taking a break and having a couple years away from it, it was just really important for me to like enjoy myself and like myself while not doing this job. I think without taking proper time to do that,

it's just really difficult, especially when the kind of reward system is so loud. It's kind of like, if you're just surrounded by people going like, we love you because you do this, it's kind of like,

it's just difficult to separate where that begins and ends. Yeah. And I think the last couple of years, it was just really important for me to recognize like, all right, I don't think this, this like balance is necessarily

the healthiest thing for me. So I think it was just kind of time for me to go like, pay some attention to other parts of my life.

I love what you said recently about your relationship with your sister, because it really spoke to me, because I have the same with mine. Working in this industry, it's such an out-of-body thing sometimes, and I feel like when I'm with those people

who have known you for forever, like, those have become such important relationships to me at this point in my life. So I'm sure you feel the same.

To have someone who like knows you so well, you know, who remembers you before you have memories. Like feeling loved in that way is the thing that like makes you feel like you can do anything and go be anything and come home and like still have a friend like that.

You realize that's the stuff that really fills you up. Because I think with work stuff, while it's so incredible and there's all these loud hits of dopamine you get, I think acknowledging that there's a ceiling to the kind of deep joy it can bring you. It's like being able to just feel those things

and enjoy them instead of expect them to like fulfill the deepest parts of you. Because then you don't, then you're not asking that from it. You know, you're not like coming to, putting music out and doing shows.

Thinking that it might be the thing that like fulfills these deepest parts of me, and then at times it doesn't, that's, like, terrifying. But when you don't expect it to, then you can just enjoy it,

and you can, like, go into your life and find all this joy in, like, all these unexpected places of, like... It's not as loud a reward. It doesn't like hit you with these things, but the kind of quiet hum of like positivity

that it gives back to you is like, it just keeps going past something that I think is like measurable.

Yeah, it's deeper waters. Yeah.

And with that, present us your shield.

Symbol that represents the Al of my druid disco ball. Druid disco ball.

Love it.

Thanks.

This is some sort of fish thing.

Nice.

It's a little sluggy as well. This is the viaduct in Holmes Chapel. And this is a Jesus statue.

It's got something else.

Because the prompt was something stupid. And it is a Jesus statue. That's what it is. Because the prompt was something stupid.

And it is.

Yeah.

Amazing, Lord Harry.

Would you sign it for me?

Yes, I will.

Lord Harry, it is my pleasure and privilege to induct you into my royal court.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

We'll proceed with the knighting. Stay where you are. I knight thee, Lord Harry, elf and disco diva of the realm.

She-whee!

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And a parting gift for you.

Wow.

Thank you so much.

This is warm.

Well, he's been holding it, my choir. Okay, okay. Is there anything you'd like to promote to my realm?

Um, I have a new album coming out. It's called Kiss All the Time, Disco Occasionally. And it's out March 6th. And if you haven't watched Mike Tyson's Ten Greatest Nights, I recommend you do so.

Amazing. Love, Perry. Thank you. Gods, take him away.

Goodbye. applause

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