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♪ Tastes like strawberries ♪
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♪ On a summer evenin' ♪
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♪ And it sounds just like a song ♪
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♪ I want your belly ♪
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♪ And that summer feelin' ♪
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♪ I don't know if I could ever go without ♪
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♪ Watermelon sugar ♪
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Harry Styles is our "Hitmaker of the Year" because
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he's achieved what is really, really difficult these days
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which is to have two songs in the top 25 most consumed tracks
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of the year.
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Harry Styles is just an icon.
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I think what separates him from the rest of the pack is that
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he really took his pop roots with One Direction
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and put them in a completely new direction
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by heading more towards the rock genre.
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♪ Gotta get away from here ♪
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♪ We gotta get away from here ♪
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The obvious move when an artist leaves a boyband
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is: make more boyband-type hits.
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Well, Harry Styles did not do that.
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He made a record, his self-titled album from 2017,
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that sounded like it was made in 1972.
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♪ You don't have to say you love me ♪
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♪ I just wanna tell you something ♪
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♪ Lately you've been on my mind ♪
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But the difference this time is, there's radio hits.
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You've got "Watermelon Sugar" and, you know,
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several others from the album that have really made
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him not just a star in his own right,
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but a star because of his song.
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There's a lot of people who are into Harry Styles now
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who never would've been caught dead buying a One Direction album,
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and yet have now had to come to the conclusion
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that, "Hey, this guy is making music for me too,
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even though I didn't think I was part of the target demographic."
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This is a really good soft rock record from the 70s
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disguised as a pop record from the 21st century.
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Harry Styles strikes me as kind of the George Clooney of pop,
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in that he's brilliant at what he does, no one doubts his ability,
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but you feel so comfortable settling in with him.
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You know you're not gonna watch him sweat.
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He's so confident and at ease with himself.
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♪ What if I'm down?, What if I'm out? ♪
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♪ What if I'm someone you won't talk about? ♪
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♪ I'm fallin' again, I'm fallin' again ♪
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♪ I'm fallin' ♪
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He's proven that he can take a vision,
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take an album project,
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and give it to his fans so that they can devour it as a complete, cohesive collection.
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♪ You're so golden ♪
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it's no suprise that
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Variety's cover boy would also be their 2020 "Hitmaker of the Year."
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You all know that I am talking about my best friend, Mr. Harry Styles, okay.
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His new song, Fine Line, has debuted at number one in the U.S.
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and has broken the record for the number one sales for a British male artist--
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I don't remember what the email said that I was supposed to say,
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but I can't read the email while I'm doing the video
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so just cut me some slack, folks.
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I'm on set.
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Geez, Louise.
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Come on, guys.
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And the chair I'm using is so creaky.
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Not only has Fine Line broken all these records, but he's tacked on three Grammy nominations.
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Now, I have gotten to know Harry over the last couple months
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making the film Don't Worry Darling,
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and I learned that Harry is not only and incredibly talented musician
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and a very, very good actor, but he's a genuinely wonderful dude.
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He, like, brings coffee and donuts every morning to meetings and
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sent me flowers on my wedding night,
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and now is in a throuple with me and my new wife.
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And he's a very generous lover,
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and, folks, he is a manly man if I've ever met one.
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So, I am thrilled and honored to present
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Harry Styles, which is his real name, he told me on set by the way.
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That's his real-- He was born with that name.
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It's like, how could he not be a star with the name "Harry Styles."
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It is my true honor to present Harry Styles with Variety's "Hitmaker of the Year."
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Hi, I'm Harry.
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I just wanna say a massive thank you to Variety
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for making me the "Hitmaker of the Year."
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It's very strange, and a very proud moment for me,
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and for everyone who I made the record with.
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I don't think any of us ever walked into the studio with the intention of
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making hits.
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I think we try and make good music that we like,
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and sometimes that connects and sometimes it doesn't.
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it's very cool to think that people liked some of the songs from the last album.
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thank you very much for this.
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I wanna say thank you to everyone at Columbia Records for supporting me,
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for leaving me alone while we made this album.
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I wanna thank my manager, Jeffrey, and Tommy.
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for always supporting me.
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this is a very cool-- it's a very cool moment, so.
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I wanna thank Tom, Tyler, and Mitch, and Sammy for making this record with me.
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Yeah, very proud of this, so thank you so much, and
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I will get back in the studio,
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Yeah, thank you. This is cool.
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And I hope to see you soon.
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Take care. Stay safe.
