Harry Styles is a Globally known pop star. He came to the scene in 2010 on the show X Factor. Harry was only 16 when he first performed on the show. When he was eliminated, he was brought back and put into a band called One Direction. The band blew up all over the world, with a wide fanbase of teenage girls. In 2015, the band broke up and all the members started their own solo careers. Harry has grown a huge fan base since then.
The Fandom
Harry Styles fan's go by "Harries". Harries are not just teenage girls anymore but a variety of people all over the world. Videos of babies dancing too songs at concerts or on the Tv, older people listening to his music on the radio. All age groups listen to Harry Styles, and everyone is included.
Harry's fans are considered hard core fan girls, while Harry himself is a private person his fans tend to always know what he's up to. Their love for the singer has been proven time and time again. They go to his concerts, follow fan account instagrams, and they buy his merchandise.
Concerts
Harry Styles has performed all over the world. From the United States to Scotland, just for example. He has recently had a banner put up in Madison Square Garden in New York City, stating that he has had 15 consecutive shows in the Garden. But this wouldn't be possible without his fans. All 15 of those shows sold out, every night, 15 nights in a row, 300,000 fans saw him perform in those 15 nights.
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| Harries outside of the stadium |
His fans go above and beyond when getting ready for these shows. Sparkly outfits, Feathered Boas of all colors, people even recreating his outfits from prior shows. Harry's fanbase has grown over these last couple of years since his Love on Tour. Being posted all over social media, for example TikTok and Instagram. During Harry's "Love on Tour", on Halloween night all fans dress up in costumes and join in with the fun of dressing up with Harry. Most of the time, fans will dress up as Harry, or past costumes that he has come out in.
A lot of people today use social media. Instagram is a very good way to stay connected in what Harry Styles is doing at all times. For example, Harryflorals is a fan created instagram account with 862,000 followers. This account posts sightings of Harry, videos from concerts and even updates on his personal life. All of these photos and videos are sent in from fans who follow the account.
Before concerts, fans will tweet and post on other social media platforms anticipating what outfit Harry will come out in. Before every night the topic will be trending on twitter with all fans making their guess about what color.
Harry Styles Brand Pleasing
Most people have heard of the app "Wattpad". If not, the app is used for authors or fans to write stories about anything, but more commonly, fan fiction. Lots of Harry Styles fans create stories on this app, and others, about Harry. Most stories follow Harry directly but others take a different course.
An example to this is, Duplicity, this is a common fan favorite. The story is made by user Happydays1d, and all together has 97.6 million reads. This author has other stories out, all about Harry Styles.
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