Our Favourite Artist Reinventions We got to know these singers once through their music, then we got to do it all over again when they spiced things up. From leaving world-famous boy bands to pursue a solo career, to finding new fame after some old YouTube days; all these artists found a new sound and made themselves all the better because of it.
HARRY STYLES Alice Fortt When you're thinking about artist reinvention, you don't really need to look any further than Harry Styles, who arguably went through one of the biggest transformations of the last decade. Metamorphosing from the boynext-door cutesie pop prince of One Direction into the 70s-rock glam god as we know him today, Styles is an entirely different person from who he was ten years ago. Following his embarkment onto a solo career, one could argue that Styles truly became himself for the first time. Finally, out from under the shadow of intense pressure and shady contracts that plagued One Direction (even leading member Zayn Malik to leave the band, amongst other reasons), Styles finally found the freedom he so craved, as he discussed in his interview with Zane Lowe preceding the release of his second album, Fine Line (2019). Now, Harry Styles is arguably one of the key figures in the 70s-rock and prog-pop revival movement. With two albums under his belt, Harry Styles (2017) and Fine Line, a 70s glam look that has shot him to the very top of the best-dressed lists and a heart-on-my-sleeve attitude, he's a far cry from the Harry Styles of One Direction; in fact, one can barely see the similarities between them anymore.
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