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Luton, England: The home of London’s second-most frequented airport and the unexpected location where Harry Styles hard-launched his new haircut. Truly a historical day for adherents of the boy-bander-turned-pop-supernova.
Mere 19 days into the musician’s 30th year, the star has marked this third decade by eschewing the buzzcut he shaved at the end of 2023. Instead of continuing to emulate an early 2000s David Beckham—a mode that would’ve been fitting considering his attendance at a Manchester United match—Styles debuted a clean-shaven look with trimmed lengths and a spiked front.
As Harry Styles lore goes, acolytes often espouse that his vocal power comes from his signature curly tresses. (The 2016 frat-boy era when his hair was at its longest led fans to coin this theory.) However, off the back of a two-year global tour and the concurrent release of two studio albums, the clipped aesthetic could signal his indefinite hiatus. Or, as many including Team GRAZIA are willing, a hint that a new body of work is in progress.
Styles marked the end of “Love On Tour” by shocking the world with an emboldened buzz cut. He announced his departure from the spotlight at the time, writing on social media: “I’ll see you again when the time is right. Treat People With Kindness. I love you more than you’ll ever know.”
Since his absence, Styles has made a concerted effort to stay out of the spotlight, with the only sightings of the musician-turned-actor courtesy of paparazzi shots with his new girlfriend, Taylor Russell, out in London. Is this soccer match the right timing Styles is referring to? It’s a fine line. (As is what Kenilworth Road Stadium did to deserve the honour.) But Styles’ return to the zeitgeist is a sign of the times, it’s clear the instance has been a moment worth waiting for.
