has struggled—it’s that they can’t quite believe anybody who looks like Styles, any homogenous white guy, especially such a conventionally beautiful one, has the audacity to publicly signal a lack of privilege outside the value of his face. When Styles says “people like me,” he doesn’t necessarily mean his story is rags-to-riches, please fetch the violins. He probably means a lower-middle-class, rurally English son of divorced parents.
All this nepo-baby discourse, all this talk of leg-ups and familial privilege, and in 2010, a 16-year-old, completely unknown Harry Styles skived off school and walked into anaudition. Of course there’s built-in white, male privilege at play, but there’s being a popstar’s son or daughter, or the nephew of a music exec, or rich enough to intern at a label, too. Thirteen years ago, Styles was a nobody. On Sunday, Styles won album of the year at the Grammys.
I don’t know how to conclude this. You’ll be unsurprised to hear that sometimes, the internet isn’t the best place for a nuanced conversation about how one clear and present privilege doesn’t cancel everything else out. It’s actually impossible to separate the strands of the plait, to de-spaghetti it all. Privilege isn’t a fixed point—it ebbs and flows from person to person, family to family.
Good article and a lot of food for thought. How I interpreted his statement is that he still seems to think of himself as a “normal” person; the one he was before he got famous.
Wrong. He has never complained about his struggle. It’s actually the opposite, and that’s the way he shows his gratitude for how lucky he is. Context is important, but no one cares to find it. At least, you can learn about his mindset and attitude through his past interviews.
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Y’all need to delete this shit! He is talking about where he came from and working in a bakery to where he is now! Any real fan would know what he meant!
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