Harry Styles at the BBC

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

MUSIC: Sweet Creature by Harry Styles

# Sweet creature

# Had another talk about where it's going wrong

# But we're still young

# We don't know where we're going But we know where we belong

# No, we started

# Two hearts in one home

# And oh, it's hard when we argue

# We're both stubborn, I know

# But, oh Sweet creature, sweet creature

# Wherever I go

# You bring me home

# Sweet creature, sweet creature

# When I run out of rope

# You bring me home

# Ooh, ooh

# Sweet creature

# We're running through the garden Oh, where nothing bothered us

# But we're still young

# I always think about you

# And how we don't speak enough

# No, we started

# Two hearts in one home

# I know, it's hard when we argue

# We're both stubborn, I know

# But, oh Sweet creature, sweet creature

# Wherever I go

# You bring me home

# Sweet creature, sweet creature

# When I run out of rope

-# You bring me home

-Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh

# I know when we started

# Two hearts in one home

# And it gets harder when we argue

# We're both stubborn I know

# But, oh Sweet creature, sweet creature

# Wherever I go

# You bring me home

# Sweet creature, sweet creature

# When I run out of rope... #

CHEERING

-# Oh, you bring me home

-Ooh, ooh

# Ooh, ooh. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Harry Styles, everybody!

-Great work.

-Thank you.

-Shall we go and take a seat?

-Let's do this.

CHEERING

I'm going to go here.

That was a lovely welcome.

-That was a beautiful, warm welcome.

-Thanks for having me.

It was really, really nice. OK, he was in the biggest band

-in the world, then he released...

-CHEERING

..the biggest male solo album in nearly 30 years,

and he starred in the biggest film of 2017.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Throughout this special show we'll chat about that incredible career,

as well as dropping a few surprises,

and of course hearing a whole lot more sensational live music

from Harry and his band.

Can we make some noise for our guest, Harry Styles.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Thank you.

-Welcome, Harry.

-Thank you.

It's your very own show at the BBC. We're in Manchester...

-Thanks for having me.

-..which is exciting. Is it nice to be

-back up north?

-It is.

CHEERING I've spent a few days...

I was here for the weekend, it was good.

It was very nice.

We've got to say congratulations, amazing year we've had.

A debut number one single, a debut number one album.

Did you expect that when you were putting it out?

Because you were already famous, cue cheer.

CHEERING

Did you think, oh, this'll be a walk in the park,

-this solo career?

-No, I don't think so.

I think I was very aware that you can't assume anything.

I kind of disappeared a little bit to go and make the album,

and just kind of wanted to make something that I really loved

and wanted to listen to.

-I didn't really know what was going to happen.

-It's gone all right.

I am incredibly lucky

and very thankful to everyone that has supported me.

CHEERING

So it's sort of 18 months since the hiatus,

and I feel like you've achieved more in those 18 months since then

than most people, me included, achieved in their entire lives.

And then we had Sign Of The Times.

-CHEERING

-When that song came out,

that was such a departure from what we'd heard.

Was it a conscious decision to do something far away

from the sound that we'd expect, I guess, as an audience?

Well, I think when I finished the album

-I didn't know that was going to be the single straightaway.

-Right.

You know, I haven't done this for that long, I don't think,

so I kind of feel like the only thing I really know how to do

is just write what I want to listen to and stuff.

And then I really liked that one and I wanted to put it out.

How is it when you hear it on the radio and you hear yourself as a

solo artist, or you're out and about and you hear it in the supermarket?

I'd say the feeling of like driving

and your song comes on the radio,

it is something that I don't really know how to describe.

Cos it must be quite hard, because you want to listen to it,

-cos it's good...

-Yeah..

-..but then you can't turn it up,

-cos if you stop...

-Oh, you can.

If I stopped at the lights and I saw you to singing your own song...

I'd be like, Harry Styles is crazy!

No, I think it is one of those where if you're in the car

and there's people in the car, "I'll turn this down."

-Sorry, guys.

-"Let's switch it."

-Sorry, it's on high rotation.

And then if there's no-one in the car, it's like...

# Whoa, ba-da-da-da...! # LAUGHTER

Well, we're going to get you to perform another song for us.

What do you want to perform for us now?

-I'm going to do a song called Two Ghosts.

-OK, wonderful.

CHEERING

Off you go.

OK, it's a beautiful ballad which perfectly sums up

the end of a relationship, as synonymous with break-ups

as buckets of ice cream and crying yourself to sleep.

-This is the beautiful Two Ghosts.

-CHEERING

# Ooh

# Ooh

# Ooh

# Same lips red, same eyes blue

# Same white shirt, couple more tattoos

# But it's not you, it's not me

# Tastes so sweet, looks so real

# Sounds like something that I used to feel

# But I can't touch what I see

# We're not who we used to be

# We're not who we used to be

# We're just two ghosts standing in the place of you and me

# Trying to remember how it feels to have a heartbeat

# Ooh

# Ooh

# Ooh

# The fridge light washes this room white

# The moon dances over your good side

# This was all we used to need

# Tongue-tied like we've never known

# Telling those stories we already told

# Cos we don't say what we really mean... #

CHEERING

# We're not who we used to be

# We're not who we used to be

# We're just two ghosts standing in the place of you and me

# We're not who we used to be

# We're not who we used to be

# We're just two ghosts swimming in a glass half empty

# Trying to remember how it feels to have a heartbeat

# Ooh

# Ooh

# Ooh

# We're not who we used to be

# We're not who we used to be

# We're just two ghosts standing

# In the place of you and me

# We're not who we used to be

# We don't see what we used to see

# We're just two ghosts swimming in a glass half empty

# Trying to remember how it feels to have a heartbeat

# Ooh

# Ooh

-# Ooh

-Just trying to remember

# How it feels to have a heartbeat

# Ooh

# Ooh

# Ooh

# Oh, yeah

# Ooh, ooh

# Ooh

# Ooh, ooh

# I'm just trying to remember how it feels to have a heartbeat. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you.

Thank you.

SCREAMING

-Yes.

-Thank you.

OK, we're going to go back

-and sort of delve into the history of Harry Styles right now.

-OK.

I heard when you were growing up your dad had impeccable music taste

and he got you into like the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd and stuff.

-Yep.

-Was there anything terrible that you listened to,

or did you just listen to cool stuff?

Was there any Steps back then? No offence if you're watching, Steps.

LAUGHTER I don't think...

I mean, it was different. What my dad listened to or what my mum

-listened to was kind of polar opposites.

-Right.

-She is here.

-But I don't think they're not cool.

-OK.

So what was your mum's end of the spectrum?

-My mum's end of the spectrum was Shania Twain...

-Big.

CHEERING

-..Norah Jones...

-Yes.

-..Savage Garden...

-Yes.

It was those three really.

What was the first song you bought?

Was there anything you really loved when you were little?

I think the first song I like, remember

singing along to in the car -

the first song where it would come on and I knew what the song was -

-was Still The One, Shania Twain.

-Yes.

-And you're going to cover that tonight, right?

-Yeah. Maybe on tour.

When you were a kid, like most kids, me especially, wanted to be

like a pop star or be a rock star or something,

and you'd do performances in front of your family.

My family would be like, "Get out, we're watching the telly."

Were your family more encouraging? Like, "Oh, you're good"?

Cos your mum was super encouraging with you at the start, wasn't she?

Yeah, the only time I really sang was when it was just me and her

-in the car, I'd say was the only time I actually sang.

-Shania?

Most of the time, yeah.

But the first time I remember watching a singer and thinking,

"Oh, that's really cool" was the kid at the end of Sister Act.

-You know when he just goes off?

-That was your calling.

-I remember being like...

-"I want to be a singer!"

-"He's cool, I want to do that!"

-I want to do that.

And it was your mum that made you go to the X Factor audition, wasn't it?

She signed up for you behind your back, essentially.

Yeah, so we would watch X Factor, as I think most people did.

Did you have your tea while you watched it? Cos we'd always do

-a curry and X Factor.

-You'd do, like, chippy tea.

-Right.

And I think we were just watching and I just flippantly said,

"Looks like that'd be fun." And then went upstairs.

Then a few weeks later, she's like, "You've got an audition on Sunday."

I was like, "Oh, what for?" And she was like, "X Factor."

-And I was like, "Oh! All right."

-All right? Let's do this.

-You do what your mum tells you, I guess.

-Yeah.

Harry, we are in Salford,

-this is not too far from where you grew up down in Holmes Chapel.

-Yep.

Here's what happened when I busted Harry out of rehearsals earlier

today and we got into the car to hit the streets of Manchester.

CHEERING

-CAR HORN

-Oh, hello.

So I thought in this time off we could go and do something.

But it's actually quite hard to hang out with you

because everyone goes, "Look, Harry Styles".

But I thought I'd today take you somewhere where no-one's going

-to care.

-OK.

-They straight up, straight up don't care.

Just when I come up north, and I just want to not go too "London" -

-you know, you can get lost in showbiz.

-Yeah.

So I'm going to take you to see some friends who'll keep you grounded.

-OK.

-They are just like a safe gang.

-They're wicked.

-Great.

-You're going to love them.

-Great.

Hi, everybody.

-ALL:

-Hello!

-Hello.

-Who are you?

-This is Nick and Harry.

-Hi.

-Where's Tom?

-Eh?

-Tom, Dick and Harry.

-Oh!

-Take a seat. There's two seats for you.

-Hi, everyone.

-One at the back, one at the front.

-How are you?

What's everybody's favourite activity beginning with B?

-Bingo!

-Bingo!

-Have I got anybody that would like to help calling?

-I'll do it.

Yeah, you do calling. Let's get Harry to do it.

So we do have some fabulous prizes.

Harry, talk us through the prizes.

We have a handkerchief set, complete with a Mars bar

and another chocolate bar.

Whoo!

-Some body butter...

-Ooh!

-..for buttering the body.

-Will you come with it?

Tina!

Tina's like, full house!

And an overrated debut album.

-So eyes down, are you ready?

-We are ready.

-Are we ready, ladies?

-Yes.

-Are we ready?

-OK, we're ready.

31, get up and run. Three-one, 31.

-Nice.

-One fat lady, eight. No?

-No way.

-44, droopy drawers.

-This is good. This is a calling for you.

73, Queen bee.

87. 67. 76. 12.

Five and four, 54.

-Oh!

-I've got a line.

CHEERING

Olive, come and choose yourself a lovely prize.

-What are you going to go for, Olive?

-Ooh, I don't know.

WHISPERING: Take the album, Olive. Take the album.

I'll have these Swiss chocolates.

-Yes, Olive.

-We're going to go for full house.

-OK. OK, pace it.

-40.

-Yes.

-Naughty 40. 39. Two little ducks...

-Quack, quack.

-..22.

53, stuck in the tree.

-How many have you got left, Mary?

-One, two, three, four, five.

-Five to go.

-66.

-Clickety click.

84, seven dozen.

-He's like Carol Vorderman.

-61, baker's bun.

-He's rubbish, isn't he?

72. 58. 19.

-Six.

-Mary's on one number.

-15.

-Yes! Have you done it?

CHEERING

-Yes!

-Yes, Mary!

-Congratulations, Mary.

-Mary, do you want to come and choose one?

-Choose something for me.

OK, Mary, we've got for you... You can have some shower gel,

some chocolates, or the Harry Styles album.

-Shower gel.

-Shower gel.

-LAUGHTER

Good decision.

-Mary!

-Mary!

-Well done, Mary.

-Ooh, that's nice.

It is going to be time for our new friends to leave us.

-So thank you very much for coming.

-Thanks for having us.

-Thanks, Ruth.

Bye, guys. We're going to let you carry on with bingo.

Thanks for having us.

I liked Harry's bingo calling.

-Yeah, I did.

-Nice to meet you.

And I thought he was rather dishy.

LAUGHTER

Well done on the chocolates.

I'm glad I went over there. It made a big difference to me today.

-STUDIO AUDIENCE:

-Aw!

Shampoo!

LAUGHTER

Also, the shampoo...

-Shampoo's obviously provided in there.

-Yeah.

Also, it wasn't shampoo. She got body wash.

Someone told her it was shampoo.

I swear that if she'd known it was body wash

she would have picked the album.

If she'd known it was body wash and not shampoo...

She did not want that album.

Also, the body wash, the rinse was,

the body wash was like a travel-sized freebee one.

That album, was a full, wrapped album.

-And she still went for the shower gel.

-Thank you.

I'm glad Jack took it at the end.

Yeah, Jack had it. He said he's going to use it as a coaster,

so that's...

CHEERING

-Good times. I think I like bingo.

-I love bingo.

-I think that could be a new thing for us. I think that's...

-Yeah.

That could be our new job. Anyway, that is to be continued.

We are now in the One Direction section.

If you Google "One Direction facts" there's so many,

-but I've picked my favourite ones.

-I do it all the time.

-I know you do.

You sold 70 million records worldwide, which is incredible.

-WHOOPING

-You can whoop, you can whoop.

You performed to over 10 million people. That's mad.

And also, you were the first British group to have your first four albums

debut at number one in the US album chart.

I mean, pretty impressive.

That's great.

All of that...

-Didn't even win X Factor.

-I know.

-Didn't even win.

-What did you come, second?

-Third.

-Third?! Even worse.

-Did you remember a moment where it was... Cos it got crazy.

-Yeah.

So many fans, and really intense. Do you remember your first mobbing?

Yeah, I lost my shoes. I lost my shoes.

We got off the train in Paris and I was walking

and I ended up feeling like my feet weren't touching the floor.

And I was kind of floating along.

And then I got in the car, and I was like, "I don't have any shoes on."

-You had no shoes?

-Yeah. My shoes had gone.

Has that happened since, or was that a one-off experience?

-That was a one-off. The shoes thing?

-Yeah.

That's why I started wearing boots.

-They're like...

-Never getting them off him.

Was there a moment when you were all together as a band

and, you know, you thought wow, we have made it.

There must have been moments where you thought,

this is a little bit mad.

-Did you ever sit down and be like, "Hey, guys, madness!"

-Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, I think I found myself constantly surprised by

the level of support that we had

and, you know, felt like the luckiest guy to kind of have it

around us, and get to be part of something like that

-that was so much bigger than any one of us.

-OK.

We're going to have another song now.

-You're going to do a cover.

-I'm going to do a cover, yeah.

Tell us about this, and why you've gone for this tonight.

It's by one of my favourite bands.

It's one of my favourite songs.

And everyone in the band sings, so I'm going to give it a go.

All right, then. Go and join the band, and let's do this.

Thank you very much.

OK, it's time for a classic now,

originally performed by the mighty Fleetwood Mac.

This is The Chain.

CHEERING

SCREAMING

# Listen to the wind blow Watch the sun rise

# Running in the shadows Damn your love, damn your lies

# And if you don't love me now

# You will never love me again

# I can still hear you saying You would never break the chain

-# Never break the chain

-If you don't love me now

-# If you don't love me now

-You'll never love me again

# I can still hear you saying

-# You would never break the chain

-Never break the chain... #

Hey!

# Listen to the wind blow Down comes the night

# Running in the shadows

# Damn your love, damn your lies

# Break the silence

# Damn the dark, damn the light

# And if you don't love me now You will never love me again

# I can still hear you saying You would never break the chain

-# Never break the chain

-If you don't love me now

-# If you don't love me now

-You'll never love me again

# I can still hear you saying

-# You would never break the chain

-Never break the chain

# If you don't love me now You will never love me again

# I can still hear you saying You would never break the chain

# Never break the chain... #

CHEERING

CHEERING

# Chain, keep us together

# Chain, keep us together

# Chain, keep us together

# Chain, keep us together

# Chain, keep us together

# Chain, keep us together. #

CHEERING

I'd like to introduce you to my band, if that's all right?

CHEERING

On bass and vocals we have Mr Adam Prendergast.

CHEERING

Keys and vocals, Miss Clare Uchima.

CHEERING

On drums and vocals, Miss Sarah Jones.

CHEERING

Guitar and vocals, Mr Mitch Rowland.

CHEERING

The next song we're going to do is called Woman.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Oh!

# I'm selfish, I know

# But I don't ever want to see you with him

# I'm selfish, I know

# I told you but I know you never listen

# I hope you can see the shape that I'm in

# While he's touching your skin

# He's right where I should Where I should be

# But you're making me bleed... # Sing it!

# Woman

-# Woman

-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

# W-Woman

# Woman... #

SCREAMING

# Woman

-# Woman

-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

# W-Woman

# Woman

# Tempted, you know

# Apologies are never gonna fix this

# And I'm empty, I know

# Promises are broken like stitches

# I hope you can see the shape I've been in

# While he's touching your skin

# This thing upon me Oh, howls like a beast

# You flower, you feast... # Hey!

CHEERING

# Woman

-# Woman

-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

# W-Woman

# Woman

# Woman

-# Woman

-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

# W-Woman

# Woman... #

CHEERING

CHEERING

# Woman. #

CHEERING

Beautiful!

That's a good song.

-Thank you.

-OK, time now for a bit more local action.

We've already been for a drive,

we've played bingo with some lovely people.

So let's go back on the road for a second part of our day out

-in Manchester.

-CHEERING

So now we're going to go...

We're going to go into town and we going to go and do something

which apparently is like a new thing, a new craze.

-So we've done bingo...

-Like a Manchester thing?

Yeah, a new Manchester thing, apparently.

-I like doing Manchester things.

-I've never done it.

-You know darts is on, darts is a classic.

-Yeah.

-Bingo, a classic.

-Yeah.

-Well, someone tried to up the ante

and they've made axe-throwing a thing, so you get axes.

-So I guess it's like extreme darts.

-OK.

So that's what we're going to go and do now. You're competitive, I think.

I can be, yeah.

No, I mean I'll want to win.

-If we're playing a game, I'll want to win.

-Yeah.

I just want everyone to have an equally nice time.

That's not for me. LAUGHTER

-Hiya.

-How are you doing? You OK? Pleased to meet you.

-I'm well.

-I'm Matt.

-How are you?

-Pleased to meet you.

Matt, we've just been playing bingo, and now we need next level extreme.

We're going to throw axes. That essentially all you need to know.

Come on over this way, if you want to follow me around.

Let's sink them axes! Do you want to first? I'll go.

Nice!

-I think it's too much flippy.

-LAUGHTER

Oh, straight in.

Argh! Ooh...

LAUGHTER

You look the most serious you've ever looked.

-And that's why.

-That's why I wanted to look serious with an axe.

-So we'll pit you guys against each other head-to-head.

-OK, we're ready.

Are you ready for this?

Good.

-Ooh, that is good!

-I think that's in the bull's-eye!

Properly commit.

I can't commit. I have commitment issues.

LAUGHTER

-Yes!

-CHEERING

-Nice.

-Yes. Bull's-eye.

-Ah, no!

-That was a bit rubbish.

-Well played.

-Biggest score yet, very well done.

-Very respectable.

-As the champion, Harry gets to try this.

-The double throw.

Keep your eyes in the middle. Shoulder-width apart.

And then just a big lean in and go for it again, exactly the same way.

Yeah?

Oh! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That is good.

-That was insane. Very well played, bud.

-Absolutely great.

-Do you know who the first person I was starstruck by was?

-Who?

-I was on holiday with my friend in Portugal.

-How old were you?

I was 14. And...

And on the next table

-was Peter Jones from Dragons' Den.

-Yes.

And I lost my... I lost it.

-I lost it.

-What did you do?

-Did you go over to him?

-I asked him for an autograph,

like after the meal.

-What did you say to him?

-And he wrote...

Were you like, "Big fan of Dragons' Den"?

..like, "Keep dreaming, work hard" or something.

Do you think that Peter Jones from Dragons' Den

is the reason for your success?

-Maybe. I kept dreaming and tried to work hard.

-Yeah, and now look.

-I think this chippy's going to be good.

-Oh, my God, it is.

It's going to be quality.

It's proper, that is proper.

-Hello, there.

-Hiya.

-You all right?

-Not bad, you?

-I'm OK.

What can I get you?

-I'm going to do chips, peas and gravy, please.

-Taking out?

-Please.

-Salt and vinegar?

-No, thanks.

-No?

-A little bit of salt.

-No worries.

-That is the revelation of the day.

-What?

-No vinegar?

-I'm not into the vinegar.

-No vinegar?

Have you ever heard of that? Maybe I'll have peas as well, actually.

-There you are. Are you paying together?

-I don't have any money.

-£7.70, please. Thank you.

-Thanks, guys. Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Have a nice evening. Take care.

-Take care, thank you.

-Cheers, bye, guys.

See you later.

Bye, mate. That was funny.

BOTH: # Da-da-da, Manchester!

# Manchester! #

-That was a good day.

-Good day.

-Did you like that day?

-I had a good day.

What more do you want?

-We've had bingo, we've thrown axes, we've had chips and gravy.

-Yep.

-We should probably go and do the show.

-We should probably go.

-I'll drive.

-You drive, cos I've got this to eat.

-You can eat that.

-Let's do it.

-Thanks for that.

-That is wicked.

CHEERING

Can I just say that that end bit there was meant to be like,

"So we'll get the chips, we'll go on the roof, we'll eat the chips."

He'd ate the chips within...

I think I'd got into like second gear and they'd gone.

-But they were great chips.

-Yeah.

-Really good chips.

They were actually good.

I want to talk to you now about going solo,

because with the band you achieved so much,

and a lot of people could have been like, "This is it now." You know?

"I'm done, I've been successful, that's the end of it."

What made you want to go and do a solo record?

I think I just love it so much, performing, and I love writing

so much. And while I was at home I started writing a lot.

And then I was like, well, I might as well...

-Get on with it.

-Might as well do it.

It would be quite weird, I imagine, to go from that, and like playing

stadiums and playing these huge gigs,

just to watching the telly.

I guess you have to keep going on, keep creating, keep doing stuff.

It was nice to take a break,

but I'm definitely a bit of an attention seeker, so I was like...

-No...

-Tiny bit.

Don't look at me.

Don't...

-You went and did the album in Jamaica.

-Yep.

Now did you think, go to work?

I knew I wanted to go and disappear and do it somewhere

kind of away from people, to be honest.

I just wanted nothing else to think about apart from this thing.

And that's kind of what ended up happening is, you know,

you go to the studio and then we'd go up and have dinner

and then you'd write at the house and then you'd go back down

to the studio and it became this 360 experience.

I just loved it so much.

-I'd find it hard to make a record any other way now, I think.

-Yeah.

How did you get together with the band?

Was it like getting together for the first time?

You say you're writing down these things that you want to get off

your chest and create, and you've got to go into a room of...

Not now, they're all your friends

but at the time they would have been strangers.

Was it ever daunting to be like, "Hey, strangers, I feel like this"?

Yeah. I'd done a couple of writing sessions

and they hadn't gone so well.

And I kind of got in this hole of like,

"I don't want to make music any more!"

LAUGHTER I just had this massive block.

And then I went in the room with three guys

that I'd never met before.

You want to be honest when you're writing,

and it's hard to kind of sit in a room

and talk about stuff that's happened to you

and be honest about when you've made mistakes

and when stuff's hurt you and stuff like that.

I think when I felt comfortable with these guys straight away,

I kind of knew that was who I wanted to make the album with.

This is lovely, talking to you.

But I feel it would be even better

if you'd stand up here, walk over there and treat us to another song.

CHEERING

And then we'll talk after. Yeah? Go and do a song.

OK, so it was one of the last songs written for the album,

and some might say the best.

This is Carolina.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Oh, yeah!

-# Ooh... #

-Oh, yeah!

-# Ooh... #

Whoo, oh, yeah!

# She's got a family in Carolina

# So far away but she says I remind her of home

# Feeling oh, so far from home

-# Ooh... #

-Whoo, oh, yeah!

# She never saw herself as a west coaster

# Moved all the way cos her grandma told her

# "Towns, better swim before you drown"

# Well, she's a good girl

# Yeah, she's a good girl

# She's a good girl

# She feels so good... #

Whoo!

Oh, yeah!

# She's got a book for every situation

# Gets into parties without invitations

# How could you ever turn her down?

# There's not a drink that I think could sink her

# How would I tell her that she's all I think about?

# Well, I guess she just found out

-# Well, she's a good girl

-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

-# Yeah, she's a good girl

-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

-# Well, she's a good girl

-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

# She feels so good

# She feels so good

# I met her once and wrote a song about her

# I wanna scream, yeah I wanna shout it out

# And I hope she hears me now

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

-# Well, she's a good girl

-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

-# Yeah, she's a good girl

-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

-# Well, she's a good girl

-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

# Feels so good

# La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

-# Oh, she feels so good

-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

-# Babe, you feel so good

-La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

# Ah, she's a good girl. #

Whoo, oh, yeah!

Whoo, oh, yeah!

Whoo, oh, yeah!

Whoo, oh, yeah!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-OK, we have to talk about Dunkirk because...

-Yeah.

CHEERING

..as they're saying, amazing film. An incredible film to be part of

and like, a huge film for your debut acting role.

Some people, when they start acting,

have to be in terrible films for years.

You were straight in there. How did you get the Dunkirk role?

I mean, I had to send in a tape, because I was in America,

so I did a tape with the casting director for the film

and then they sent it.

And then they said, "Will you come to London for the audition stuff?"

So I flew home and then did, kind of, a bunch of auditions.

And how was the audition?

Because you can't have gone to the audition dressed like that,

-could you?

-I did not.

Or did you go, like, "I'm an actor. I'm a jobbing actor"?

-No. I did have long...

-Flat cap and a broom.

I was just carrying scripts everywhere.

A little shoulder bag and glasses.

Er, no, I did wear a hat.

-Right. Actors like hats.

-I had very long hair.

And I was, like, maybe not helping.

When I told my parents that I'd got the part,

they thought I would be waving the soldiers off at the station.

"Come back soon, boys." LAUGHTER

"Bye, guys."

How was it cutting the hair off? Because that had to happen.

Was that a traumatic experience for you as a hair lover?

I mean, when I auditioned for a World War II film,

I knew I was going to have to have a little trim.

Or at least straightened! But there you are in the movie.

CHEERING

I mean, that was a departure from your look, wasn't it?

This was a big moment for Harry Styles fans.

-The hair had gone.

-LAUGHTER

How was it doing the movie? Because it's not an easy film to go and do

and Christopher Nolan, not an easy director to go and work for.

I imagine this was very serious, it's a very serious topic,

you're in and out of the water all day.

You can't be complaining on Dunkirk the movie, "It's a bit cold",

-because this is a true, harrowing story.

-Yeah.

I'd say that the worst day, like, weather-wise,

-physical-wise, was my first day on set.

-Right.

It was so cold. And usually we had, like...

jackets and stuff that would keep us warm.

They kind of threw us straight into the ocean and it was freezing cold

and there was all this weird foam on the beach and stuff

and sand was blowing everywhere.

It was my first day and I remember at the end just being, like,

"What have I done?" LAUGHTER

"This is so hard."

And on day one, were you, like, "No, I'm not cold, mate. I'm fine"?

-Day one? I'd say I did it through the whole thing.

-Right.

You're around all these stunt guys, you know, everyone else.

You can't be like...to Tom Hardy, like, "It's chilly!"

LAUGHTER

So what's the plan now? Are you going to do more acting?

Are you looking for more scripts?

Are you going to do half movies, half music?

I love music so much, I don't think it would kind of shift,

but if there was something I loved, then maybe, yeah.

OK, I think it's time for another song.

What are we going to have, Harry?

I'm going to do a cover. We haven't played it before.

-It's called Girl Crush.

-OK.

-You go and join the band.

-CHEERING

And let's hear this.

Harry Styles covering the biggest country hit of recent years,

this is Little Big Town's brilliant and Grammy Award-winning Girl Crush.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# I got a girl crush

# I hate to admit it but

# I got a heart rush

# It ain't slowing down

# And I got it real bad

# Want everything she has

# That smile and that midnight laugh

# She's giving you now

# And I want to taste her lips

# Yeah, cos they taste like you

# I want to drown myself

# In a bottle of her perfume

# I want her long blonde hair

# I want her magic touch

# Yeah, cos maybe then

# You'd want me just as much

# And I got a girl crush

CHEERING

# Oh, I got a girl crush

# I don't get no sleep

# I don't get no peace

# Just thinking about her

# Under your bed sheets

# The way that she's whispering

# The way that she's pulling you in

# God knows I've tried

# Can't get her from my mind

# And I want to taste her lips

# Yeah, cos they taste like you

# I want to drown myself

# In a bottle of her perfume

# I want her long blonde hair

# I want her magic touch

# Yeah, cos maybe then

# You'd want me just as much

# And I got a girl crush

CHEERING

# Oh, I got a girl crush

GUITAR SOLO

# I got a girl crush

# Hate to admit it but

# I got a heart rush

# It ain't slowing down. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Erm, OK, well,

you've had a great year, you've had the number one single,

the number one album, number one film, a BBC special.

What's the plan for next year?

Is there anything else out there that you want to achieve?

-I think I'll, er, I'll tour.

-Yeah?

-I'm touring till July.

CHEERING

And then, er, I don't know.

I think I'm going to get in the studio probably.

-Come back for another BBC special or something.

-Yeah.

-CHEERING

-Make this weekly!

-Yeah.

Erm, sadly, though, this is the end of the show, so...

-GROANING

-I know, it's devastating.

Er, can we make some noise please for Harry Styles

and his awesome band?

CHEERING Thank you very much, thank you.

Er, before we go, though, er, you are going to give us

-one last performance.

-Yeah.

And what have you chosen to end the show with tonight?

Er, we're going to finish with my first single,

which is called Sign Of The Times.

-Wonderful. Perfect.

-CROWD CHEERS

OK, so it's goodnight from Harry and me, but let us leave you with

this parting gift, one final performance to round off the night.

With his debut solo single

and worldwide smash Sign Of The Times, this is Harry Styles.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Thank you.

# Just stop your crying It's a sign of the times

# Welcome to the final show

# Hope you're wearing your best clothes

# You can't bribe the door on your way to the sky

# But you look pretty good down here

# But you ain't really good

# We never learn We've been here before

# Why are we always stuck and running from

# The bullets

# The bullets

# We never learn We've been here before

# Why are we always stuck and running from

# The bullets

# The bullets

# Just stop your crying It's a sign of the times

# We gotta get away from here

# Gotta get away from here

# Just stop your crying It'll be all right

# They told me that the end is near

# We gotta get away from here

# Just stop your crying Have the time of your life

# Breaking through the atmosphere

# And things are pretty good from here

# Remember everything will be all right

# We can meet again somewhere

# Somewhere far away from here

# We never learn We've been here before

# Why are we always stuck and running from

# The bullets

# The bullets

# We never learn We've been here before

# Why are we always stuck and running from

# The bullets

# The bullets

# Just stop your crying It's a sign of the times

# Gotta get away from here

# Gotta get away from here

# Stop your crying, baby It'll be all right

# They told me that the end is near

# We gotta get away from here

# We never learn We've been here before

# Why are we always stuck and running from

# A bullet

# A bullet

# We never learn We've been here before

# Why are we always stuck and running from

# The bullets

# The bullets

# We don't talk enough

# We should open up

# Before it's all too much

# Will we ever learn?

# We've been here before

# It's just what we know

# Stop your crying, baby It's a sign of the times

# We gotta get away

# Oh, we got to get away

# We got to get away

# Oh, we got to get away

# We got to get away

# We got to, we got to, away

# We got to get away

# We got to get away. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you very much.

Thank you.