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Harry Styles is finally explaining why he was in the crowd when the new pope was announced last year.
During a recent radio interview, the "Aperture" singer shared the "wild" story behind the viral photo of him seeing Pope Leo XIV chosen as successor to the late Pope Francis following a conclave election in the Vatican in May 2025, per People. Fans were mystified when Styles was spotted in the crowd of onlookers in Saint Peter's Square, wearing sunglasses and a "techno is my boyfriend" hat as the new pope waved to those attending the special event.
"I was getting a haircut in Rome," he said. "I heard all these people start shouting, 'Habemus papam! Habemus papam!' 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!'"
Once his haircut was over, Styles decided he would join the excited crowd to see the rare event.
"So then he finished up, and I was like, 'I'm [a] five minutes walk from there,' so I walked over there," he recalled. "It was wild."
Styles made his return to music last week with his new song "Aperture," the lead single off his upcoming fourth solo studio album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. In a recent interview for On Air with Ryan Seacrest, he shared the inspiration behind the track.
Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. drops March 6. Listen to "Aperture" on iHeartRadio.