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Harry Styles Says He Lost His Virginity to Radiohead Song While Honouring Thom Yorke

The disclosure ties a personal anecdote to a key artistic influence, signaling the cultural pull that helped prompt his return to touring.

Overview

  • At the Ivor Novello Awards in London on Friday, Harry Styles delivered a laudation for Thom Yorke and said he lost his virginity to Radiohead’s “Talk Show Host.”
  • Styles called Yorke his “hero” and credited a Radiohead concert in Berlin last year with inspiring him to resume live touring.
  • Styles opened his Together Together Tour on May 16 in Amsterdam and has since faced fan complaints about stage bridges that his team says will be changed.
  • Actor Zoë Kravitz has been seen accompanying Styles on the European dates and U.S. outlets report unconfirmed engagement and wedding plans.
  • The ceremony also honored Yorke with the Academy Fellowship Award and included his sharp critique of the music industry, an exchange that linked industry recognition with Styles’s public, personal testimony.