Speaking to Greg James on the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show, Styles said: “It happened (when) I was getting a haircut in Rome, and then I just heard all these people start shouting: ‘Habemus papam, habemus papam’ (‘we have a pope’), and people just running down the street. “So the guy cutting my hair, stopped cutting my hair, and he was like: ‘Habemus papam, there’s a new pope, there’s a new pope’, so then we finished up, and then I was like: ‘Oh, I’m like, five minutes’ walk (from history)’, so I walked over there. It was wild.”Later in the interview, Styles joked that his new album Kiss All The Time. Styles released his self-titled debut solo album in 2017, followed by Fine Line in 2019 and Harry’s House (2022) – the first and third releases reaching number one in the UK charts. Styles has also had two UK number one singles as a solo artist with As It Was and Sign Of The Times, and has won multiple Grammy and Brit awards.

Source: The Times January 23, 2026 12:07 UTC