Harry Styles: We Want What He’s Having

Watermelon, among other things.

Even though we’re only into our tenth week of lockdown and restrictions seem to be easing on the daily, it’s still a weird feeling to see people living the pre-lockdown life on the WWW. As people edge closer and closer together on screen as we continue our binge-watching stint, we find ourselves shouting, “That’s too close! TOO TOO CLOSE!” And heaven help us if they get hot and heavy.

Enter, our apparent worst nightmare: Harry Styles.

More specifically, Harry Styles’ Watermelon Sugar High.

“This video is dedicated to touching,” reads the opening frames of the clip that just about broke the WWW when it landed a few days back.

It opens innocently enough. We find Styles, dressed as a young Elton John / early 90s Ibiza raver, alone on a beach politely toying with a watermelon on a table. Then, slowly but surely, we move into a montage of writhing bodies. And, we can’t look away. No matter how much we want to.

It's mesmerising. Yes, his Hawaiian shirts, heart-shaped glasses and watermelon. But also, the true forbidden fruit: human beings in very close proximity.

While we can help you with the former (see our edit below), it's still no dice on the latter. From Styles himself: “DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. Practice social distancing.”