Harry Styles: The Stories Behind the Songs

by Caroline Sullivan

The full story behind every single song Harry Styles has ever released, including brand new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.

Covering his formative years with One Direction as well as a deep dive into each of his masterful solo albums, this is the definitive guide to the music of Harry Styles and a celebration of one of pop's brightest stars.

Sunday Times bestselling writer Caroline Sullivan (the New York Times, The Times, Vogue) explores and explains each of Styles' tracks in turn, examining the inspiration, the production and the legacy of one of music's great modern innovators.

Featuring everything from hit singles to lesser-known gems, cover versions to One Direction classics, Harry The Stories Behind the Songs is the first book to examine all of Harry's hits - and more besides.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication October 8, 2026

About the author

I'm not the Caroline Sullivan who writes poetry - I'm the other one, who's published six books: Bye Bye Baby: My Tragic Love Affair with the Bay City Rollers; Madonna: Ambition. Music. Style.; Ed Sheeran: Writing Out Loud; Adele: The Other Side; Dua Lipa: The Unauthorized Biography (bit of a dull title, apologies) and the Sunday Times bestseller Taylor: Era by Era.

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