Harry Styles is reminiscing about his late-night conversations, and it's clear that the "Harry's House" singer has been grappling with some challenges in his career. He's often felt that his impact in the music industry isn't significant enough.
"Something I've often struggled with, in the midst of a tour, is feeling unsure of what I'm giving and what I'm adding to the world," Harry, 32, told Runners World in an interview published on March 3. "Especially when the reward system and the kind of adulation that you can receive feels so loud."
The "Golden" star continued, "I'm getting all this energy. People are giving me so much, which I deeply appreciate. But what am I contributing? At times, I felt quite existential about that."
Despite these occasional doubts, Harry seems to have found an answer while working on his upcoming album, "Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally." As he added the final touches to the record, which will release on March 6, he realized his importance lies in how fans interact with his music - not just on a melodic level. Overall, he wants to create a body of work that will make listeners think and start their own conversations.
"I think I'm of less importance," the former One Direction member explained. "But it can also be really freeing to know my job here is to just remain a person and keep recording that. I think there's freedom in realizing that actually my job is to let people watch while I ask the questions, because questions are more interesting than answers."
True to his words, Harry - who's rumored to be dating Zoë Kravitz - also reassured that this new sonic era (and its accompanying pricy tour) isn't just about him but more so "all about the fans" and the creatives that helped him build the album's sound.
"It isn't down to me," he noted. "I can't sell out a venue, only they can do that. And there's a producer that I work with who makes me great, and everyone who works on my team. Everything that I've been rewarded for takes a lot of people."
In terms of what listeners can expect on "Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally," Harry admitted that his recent time in Berlin - where he ran in a 3-hour marathon in September - and its vibrant club scene inspired him to focus on making "good electronic music," such as the bouncy production on the album's lead single "Aperture."
"When you're out at night, it's such a community, but you're also watching people have such individual experiences," he expressed. "I wanted to recreate [what] I had on the dance floor, being lost in instrumentation and the musicality. It was so immersive. This is how I want to feel when I'm on stage too. I don't want it to feel like a sermon I'm delivering. I wanted it to feel like, 'Oh, we're in this music together.'"
