When Harry Styles wrapped up his Love On Tour shows in summer 2023, he'd been on the road for 22 months. Or was it 13 years?
The singer had really been on the go since One Direction were formed in 2010. He launched a solo career in 2017, releasing three albums in five years. The most recent, Harry's House, won album of the year at both the Grammys and the Brit Awards.
"It was time for me to stop for a bit and pay some attention to other parts of my life," he recently told The Times.
"I'd always thought, or hoped, that I was the kind of person who didn't need the dopamine hits that doing this job often gives you. But I hadn't actually removed myself from it and it's hard to eliminate the doubt that maybe if it all went away, I'd really miss it."
So, on the cusp of turning 30, he retreated to Italy, recalibrated his life and took up marathon running.
