What?!
Okay, so here’s the video, if you haven’t seen it.
And WOW. My mind is blown has to how life has worked out after that.
I think Harry Styles in an incredible performer. Incredible. And he has such a lovable personality.
But I worked helping with casting for America’s Got Talent back in the day, and I honestly don’t think we would’ve even sent him through to see the judges based off of that audition. The fact that he’s now become a mega-star is mind-blowing.
And what’s so cute is he has diehard fans fighting in comment sections that he actually doesn’t sound bad, because they love him so much. Which is adorable.
But it’s not very good. And that’s okay! His first time on national TV, at 16 years old. It’s okay to not be polished yet! Look what he’s become!
So, I guess some takeaways, in my mind, for this are:
- People truly can grow and change immensely. If you love something, get a coach and stick with it. I would’ve never expected to see that much growth from someone.
- The people who love you LOVE you. It’s sweet that he has people so deeply in his corner about a silly video from 10 years ago that he doesn’t even need to be defended for, because he’s famous and great now, so who even cares about that?
- You always, always have to try. If that audition begat Harry Styles the STAR, imagine the things we think we might not be qualified for, and what those things can become!