In a recent interview, Harry Styles discussed embracing a slower pace in Italy following his 2023 tour hiatus. The 32-year-old singer shared insights on family, running marathons, and distancing from social media. He also previewed his upcoming fourth album.
Harry Styles, the 32-year-old former One Direction member, opened up in an interview with The Sunday Times Magazine, published on February 14, 2026, about lifestyle changes after wrapping up his Love on Tour in 2023, which supported his Grammy-winning album Harry's House.
Styles described the period after the tour as a time to "stop for a bit and pay some attention to other parts of my life." He spent the summer of 2024 in Italy, particularly Rome, calling it a "transitional moment" to settle into a new space. There, he learned the value of slowing down, recounting a visit to a café where he realized, "I don’t remember the last time I sat down and had a coffee — if I’ve ever sat down and just had a coffee."
"Italy became so important to me because I was so used to everything moving so quickly," Styles said. "I realized the pleasure in just being in the moment of what you’re doing. The Romans are the best at that — that’s their speciality. The pace they’ve taught me has been so special."
Around the same time, his sister Gemma had a baby, making Styles an uncle. "To be there to get to know my niece as she’s growing up, it’s so obvious to me what’s real," he noted. "It was really obvious that was where I wanted to be."
The singer has also stepped back from social media, removing Instagram from his phone to feel "so much healthier in my relationship with this world that I’m stepping back into."
Styles, who began running in his early twenties, pursued marathons as he approached 30. "It was healthy for me to have something as an outlet that gave me some structure," he explained. In March 2025, he completed the Tokyo Marathon in three hours and 24 minutes, finishing in the top fraction of runners. Later that year, he ran the Berlin Marathon in two hours and 59 minutes under the pseudonym "Sted Sarandos."
Looking ahead, Styles teased his fourth solo album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, set for release on March 6, 2026, following a global residency tour. The lead single, "Aperture," debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early February 2026. This follows his previous No. 1 albums: his 2017 self-titled debut, 2019's Fine Line, and 2022's Harry's House, which won album of the year at the Grammys and featured the 15-week No. 1 hit "As It Was."
