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Harry Styles said he had to have a 'real, honest conversation' with himself as to where he saw himself in five years after watching three of his closest friends get married.
The singer, 32, spoke about the 'loneliness' of fame and how he took a three-year hiatus from music to establish what he really wanted in life.
In a new interview on Apple Music's The Zane Lowe Show, Harry revealed he wants to get married and start a family - as his relationship with actress Zoë Kravitz, 37, goes from strength to strength.
Harry explained why he took a break from music after completing his mammoth Love On Tour in 2023, which saw him do 169 shows over a two-year period.
He said: 'I stop everything, then I get to decide what I want to bring back in. Like what are really the things that I want in my life?
'If you're like touring all the time and you're doing this all the time and all these things, there's no space to really choose.
Harry Styles said he had to have a 'real, honest conversation' with himself as to where he saw himself in five years after watching three of his closest friends get married
'I think I had a real honest conversation with myself about, okay, in five years, what do I want my life to look like? And then how do I make changes to aim at that? I don't want to be the guy who's on his own but was like, oh, I really did it.
'I want to be fulfilled and I want to be in great relationships with people. I want to have great friendships with people. I want a family. I want these things. It just allowed me to go like, okay, what do I have to do to create space to allow these things to happen? I can't just expect them to just happen to me.'
Harry went on to talk the importance of building a future with the 'right person'.
The Watermelon Sugar hitmaker and Zoe were first spotted holding hands in August 2025
In September last year, Zoe and Harry were pictured out with her dad Lenny, suggesting their relationship was getting serious.
He said of why it's important to be with the right person: 'They hold you accountable to the person that they know you want to be. I think accepting flaws and stuff is like, yes, having understanding is wonderful, but you know that I want to be better than that.
'So when you challenge me on something. It's a gift to me, actually.'
Harry's new outlook on life was influenced by watching his friends tie the knot. It inspired his song American Girls, which is off his upcoming fourth studio album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.
In a new interview on The Zane Lowe Show, Harry revealed he wants to get married and start a family - as his relationship with actress Zoë Kravitz, 37, goes from strength to strength
He said: 'I think the song to me is like, it's actually quite a lonely song in a lot of ways. I watched my three closest friends get married.
'And actually seeing them trust in something and risk something to find something truly fulfilling, in a way that isn't as like shiny and on paper as exciting as like, you know, watching them get married. I was like, I'm single, so I'm having all the fun.
'And “merican Girls is actually about watching them get married and like, you know, there just is a magic when you find the right person that you want to be with.
'But I think watching them do that.
'It's like being truly vulnerable with someone, like sharing a life with someone like that.
'Having the time to stop and assess all of it and really look at my life from a bird's eye view and go, "what do I actually want in my life?" Like, I have all these things around me all the time. It's hard to pull those things in without making space for them.'
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