Harry Styles has admitted that he felt "very alone" after One Direction broke up and he went solo.
The former One Direction star spoke about this in a new interview with The Sunday Times Magazine, where he recalled his time with the band, as well as the transition from boyband member to solo pop star. One Direction burst onto the scene in the early 2010s before disbanding in 2015.
Speaking of his former bandmates, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, and the late Liam Payne, Styles said: “When you’re in a band with four other people, there’s so much room to hide".
Styles added: “There’s only ever so much weight that’s on your shoulders. The first couple of times on stage [without One Direction], I’d think, ‘What do I do with my hands?".
“But I also felt very alone all of a sudden,” he continued. “I was lucky to have the opportunity where people were interested in what I was going to make, but I put a lot of that pressure on myself, wanting it to be correct".
Elsewhere, Harry Styles spoke about releasing his self-titled solo album in 2017, admitting that he'd wanted to be more experimental, but worried about disappointing people.
Styles said: “With that first album, I was trying to explore what music I would make by myself, but in that moment I felt there were a lot of people who had put faith in me and I didn’t want to disappoint people or let them down".
Harry Styles is to release his new album, 'Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally' on March 6, which will be promoted with a number of listening parties across 40 cities. More on this story here.
Back in January, Styles' former bandmate Louis Tomlinson admitted that he feels uncomfortable singing some of One Direction's more risqué lyrics, including their 2011 hit, What Makes You Beautiful. Find out more on this story here.
