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During the [[COVID-19 lockdowns|COVID-19 lockdown]], Styles highlighted [[Mac Miller]]'s 2020 single "[[Blue World (Mac Miller song)|Blue World]]" as his personal quarantine track of choice.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=2020-03-19 |title=Harry Styles Reveals How He’s Staying Busy During Self-Isolation in New Interview: Listen |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/harry-styles-self-isolation-interview-9338343/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> He also compiled a playlist for Apple Music during lockdown, inclusive of artists such as [[Otis Redding]], [[Sam Cooke|Sam Cooke,]] [[Bill Withers]], [[Billie Holiday|Billie Holliday]], [[Bread (band)|Bread]], and [[Labi Siffre]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Kathryn |title=Harry Styles Is Learning Italian & Sign Language During Quarantine |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/03/9585090/harry-styles-quarantine-learning-italian-sign-language |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=[[Refinery29]] |language=en}}</ref> While writing his third album, ''Harry's House'', in Tokyo, Styles was inspired by [[Haruomi Hosono]]'s 1973 debut album ''[[Hosono House]]'' and paid homage to the album's title.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Michel |first=Patrick St |date=2022-06-05 |title=Harry and the house that Hosono built |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/06/05/music/harrys-house-hosono/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |newspaper=[[The Japan Times]] |language=en}}</ref> Upon announcing ''Harry's House'', Joni Mitchell, whose 1975 album ''[[The Hissing of Summer Lawns]]'' featured a track of the same name, tweeted that she "love[d] the title".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gallagher |first=Alex |date=2022-03-24 |title=Joni Mitchell approves of Harry Styles naming his new album 'Harry's House' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/joni-mitchell-approves-of-harry-styles-naming-his-new-album-harrys-house-3189222 |access-date=2024-06-11 |magazine=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Gerry Rafferty]]'s 1978 single "[[Right Down the Line]]" was a specific reference point during the creation of ''Harry's House''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2022-12-01 |title=Harry Styles' 'House' Had Some Roommates: Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson on Making 2022's Most Ubiquitous Single, 'As It Was' |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/songwriters-kid-harpoon-tyler-johnson-hitmakers-harry-styles-1235447248/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
Styles is also inspired by [[Fine art|fine art.]]. StylesHe has an extensive private art collection, owning original works from artists such as [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], [[Damien Hirst]], [[Polly Morgan (taxidermist)|Polly Morgan]], [[Yunizar]], [[Ben Turnbull]], Jessica Zoob, and [[Hayden Kays]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 February 2014 |title=One Direction's Harry Styles Drops $4 Million on a Jean-Michel Basquiat Painting |url=https://www.complex.com/style/a/susan-cheng/one-direction-harry-styles-drops-4-million-on-a-painting-by-jean-michel-basquiat |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=Complex}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tilley |first=Jade |date=2013-12-03 |title=Jessica Zoob - A British contemporary artist |url=https://interiordesignermagazine.co.uk/2013/12/03/jessica-zoob-a-british-contemporary-artist/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Interior Designer Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webmagazine |date=2013-03-01 |title=Forget Socrates, it’sit's stuffed foxes now for Harry Styles |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/forget-socrates-it-s-stuffed-foxes-now-for-harry-styles-8516871.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |websitemagazine=[[Evening Standard]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stern |first=Joan |date=2023-06-03 |title=5 Crazy Expensive Things Harry Styles Has Bought |url=https://pursuitist.com/5-crazy-expensive-things-harry-styles-has-bought/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Pursuitist |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webnews |last=Nessif |first=Bruna |date=5 February 2014 |title=Harry Styles Spends $33,000 on Sexually Provocative Art—Take a Peek! |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/507775/harry-styles-spends-33-000-on-provocative-sexual-art-take-a-peek |access-date=12 June 2024 |websitenewspaper=[[E! News]]}}</ref> In the music video for ''his 2022 single "[[Late Night Talking]]''", Styles referencesreferenced [[Tracey Emin]]'s 1998 seminal work ''[[My Bed|''My Bed'']]''.<ref>{{Cite webmagazine |last=Gregory |first=Elizabeth |date=13 July 2022 |title=Late Night Talking: Harry Styles stays in bed in his new official video |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/late-night-talking-harry-styles-releases-official-video-for-b1012186.html |access-date=12 June 2024 |websitemagazine=[[Evening Standard]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webmagazine |last=Hunt |first=El |date=19 July 2022 |title=Why Everyone Is Talking About The Model In Harry Styles’Styles' “Late"Late Night Talking”Talking" Video |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/harry-styles-late-night-talking-music-video-girl-bed-model-thea |access-date=12 June 2024 |websitemagazine=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]}}</ref> StylesHe is also inspired by English painter [[David Hockney]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite magazine |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2020-11-13 |title=From College to a Vogue Cover Story, Harry Styles and Bode Celebrate Senior Cords |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/harry-styles-bode-senior-cord |access-date=2024-05-13 |magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2023, Hockney painted a portrait of Styles included in the exhibition called 'David Hockney: Drawing From Life' at [[National Portrait Gallery, London|The National Portrait Gallery]] in London. StylesHe called the experience a "complete privilege" and that "Hockney has been reinventing the way we look at the world for decades".<ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2023-08-02 |title=When Harry Styles Met David Hockney: An Exclusive First Look At A Special New Portrait |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/david-hockney-harry-styles-portrait |access-date=2024-05-13 |magazine=[[British Vogue]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> StylesHe saidhas also cited writer [[TerryAlain O'Neillde (photographer)|Terry O'NeillBotton]]'s famousas shotinfluential, ofspeaking [[Fayeto Dunaway]]''Vogue'', afterStyles winningstated her"I [[Academylove Awardhis forwriting, BestI Actress|Academyjust Award]]think ishe's thebrilliant". singleHe greatestalso photographadmitted inthat history,after andreading thatde "there’sBotton's a2016 picturenovel ''The Course of [[SteveLove'', McQueen]]he andfully [[Aliappreciated MacGraw]]the underwork arequired sheetin that’scultivating soand sustaining a romantic goodbond.”<ref name=":15">{{Cite webmagazine |last=TaylorRamzi |first=TreyLilah |date=6 September 20192020-11-13 |title=SixHarry indispensableStyles factsLikes aboutAlain thede legendBotton—And thatHe isHas Harrythe StylesSweatshirt Prove It |url=https://thefacewww.vogue.com/culturearticle/harry-styles-quickalain-firede-interviewbotton |access-date=2024-06-12 June|magazine=[[Vogue 2024(magazine)|Vogue]] |websitelanguage=The Faceen-US}}</ref>
Styles has also cited writer [[Alain de Botton]] as influential, speaking to Vogue, Styles stated “I love his writing, I just think he’s brilliant."<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Ramzi |first=Lilah |date=2020-11-13 |title=Harry Styles Likes Alain de Botton—And He Has the Sweatshirt Prove It |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/harry-styles-alain-de-botton |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> Styles also admitted that after reading de Botton’s ''The Course of Love,'' he fully appreciated the work required in cultivating and sustaining a romantic bond.<ref name=":15" />
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