"The one subject that hits the hardest is love," Styles says, "whether it's platonic, romantic, loving it, gaining it, losing it … it always hits you hardest. I don't think people want to hear me talk about going to bars, and how great everything is. The champagne popping … who wants to hear about it? I don't want to hear my favorite artists talk about all the amazing shit they get to do. I want to hear, 'How did you feel when you were alone in that hotel room, because you chose to be alone?'"